If the owner be unknown, such person shall, within five days after such finding, take such money, bank notes, and a description of any other property before the county auditor of the county where the property was found, and make affidavit of the description thereof, the time when and place where the same was found, and that no alteration has been made in the appearance thereof since the finding; whereupon the county auditor shall enter a description of the property and the value thereof, as nearly as the auditor can determine it, in the auditor's estray book, together with the affidavit of the finder.
[R60, § 1508; C73, § 1514; C97, § 2373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12205; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 644.7]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27 ~IC95, §556F.7
Referred to in § 331.502
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