Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
PROPERTY STORAGE/RETRIEVAL
NO: J-1800
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
February 18, 2003
REVIEWED:
06/08/2018
REVISED:
03/10/2006
UPDATED:
06/08/2018
J-1800-1
POLICY
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office maintains a Property Room for the express purpose of storing
property in accordance with all applicable laws and ordinances, protecting the public safety, and
to accomplish our law enforcement mission.
Property stored in the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Property Room is classified as follows:
Evidence: Any property that comes into the custody of the Sheriff’s Office that may
tend to prove or disprove the commission of a crime or the identity of a suspect,
pursuant to an official criminal investigation.
Found Property: Non-evidentiary property coming into the custody of the Sheriff’s
Office and whose owner may or may not be known. Property that has been
determined to be lost or abandone