The necessary and legal costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, investigation, admission, commitment, and support of a mentally ill person admitted or committed to a state hospital shall be paid:
1. By the county in which such person has a legal settlement, or
2. By the state when such person has no legal settlement in this state, or when such settlement is unknown.
The legal settlement of any person found mentally ill who is a patient of any state institution shall be that existing at the time of admission thereto.
[C73, § 1402; C97, § 2270; S13, § 2270; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.1]
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