§ 253.41. Disposition of unclaimed personal property, including money, of discharged or deceased inmates of institutions.  


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  • All moneys and articles of personal property belonging to a discharged or deceased person in any institution now or hereafter under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Social Services shall, if unclaimed by such discharged person, or the legal representative of such deceased person, for a period of one year after the discharge or the decease of such person, be deemed abandoned, and shall be inventoried and turned over to the Commissioner of Social Services, who shall forthwith pay any moneys so unclaimed to the County Commissioner of Finance, who shall place the same to the credit of the county. Any personal property, other than money, remaining so unclaimed shall be sold at public or private sale as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services, and the money derived therefrom shall be paid to the Commissioner of Finance and credited to the county as above provided.

(Added as § 225 by L.L. No. 4-1968)