The owner of any vehicle, the registration number plate of which has been removed and recovered by the sheriff, may complete the registration of such vehicle and receive such registration number plate by paying to the county treasurer the full amount of the license fee for the registration of such vehicle together with a penalty in the amount of five dollars ($5). The county treasurer shall deposit two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of each such penalty in the salary fund of the county sheriff's department and two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of each such penalty in the special fund created and established under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-145.
K.S.A. 8-145c