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The finder of such lost goods, money, bank notes, or other things, shall forthwith give written notice of the finding of such property. Such notice shall contain an accurate description of the property and a statement as to the time when and place where the same was found, and the post-office address of the finder. Said notice shall:

1.  Be posted at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the property was found and in three other of the most public places in the said county; and

2.  In case the property found shall exceed ten dollars in value, the notice shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in and having general circulation in said county.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 877, 878, 880; R60, § 1509, 1510; C73, § 1510, 1514-1516; C97, § 2372, 2374; S13, § 2372, 2374; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12206; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 644.8]

Section History: Recent form

  94 Acts, ch 1188, §27

  C95, §556F.8


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