California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Mcmanus, No. 2008045539, No. B219205 (Cal. App. 2010):
Even independent of statute, the police have a nonstatutory duty to take care of the property of arrestees which includes their vehicles. (People v. Scigliano, supra, 196 Cal.App.3d at p. 29.)
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