§ 40-2-7 - Property abandoned by deceased or discharged residents.
SECTION 40-2-7
§ 40-2-7 Property abandoned by deceased ordischarged residents. – All personal property, excepting moneys, which shall have been left by anydischarged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the controlof the department of human services and which, now or hereafter, shall not havebeen claimed by any of the discharged or deceased patients or inmates, or theirnext of kin, within one year from the date of discharge or decease, shall bedeemed to have been abandoned. All abandoned personal property shall bedisposed of as provided in this chapter.