If the taker-up of any watercraft, logs, or lumber, or finder of lost goods, bank notes, or other things, shall take reasonable care of the same, and any unavoidable accident happens thereto without the fault or neglect of the finder or taker-up before the owner shall have an opportunity of reclaiming the same, such taker-up or finder shall not be accountable therefor, if in cases of accident as aforesaid the finder or taker-up within ten days thereafter shall certify the same to the county auditor, who shall make an entry thereof in the auditor's estray book.
[R60, § 1517; C73, § 1520; C97, § 2379; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 644.16]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27 ~IC95, §556F.16
Referred to in § 331.502
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