This results in serious storage and disposal problems until we can auction them off. The City ordinance requires that the owner of any bicycle with a wheel diameter of 20 inches or more, who lives in the City, must purchase a registration sticker and place it on the bicycle. Our only purpose is try to get bicycles returned to their rightful owners. We keep a copy of the bicycle registration form in the Police Department. If police from another department recover a bike with a sticker, they can call us to find out who owns it and return it to them.
Many bikes get ridden and dumped in other jurisdictions.
If your bike is registered and later stolen, we will already have all the information on your bike, such as make, model, serial number and type. This improves our chances of finding and returning your bike, even if the thief removes the registration sticker. So far we have been able to return 5 bikes to the owners that we would not have been able to do if they had not been registered. The registration process was designed to be quick and simple. Merely take your bicycle to Ernie's.