§ 556F.7 — When owner unknown

Iowa § 556F.7

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIV: PROPERTY
• Ch. 556F: LOST PROPERTY

Text

If the owner is unknown, the finder shall, within five days after finding the property, take
the money, bank notes, and a description of any other property to the county sheriff of the
county or the chief of police of the city in which the property was found, and provide an
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affidavit describing the property, the time when and place where the property was found, and
attestingthatnoalterationhasbeenmadeintheappearanceofthepropertysincethefinding.
The sheriff or chief of police shall send a copy of the affidavit to the county auditor who shall
enter a description of the property and the value of the property, as nearly as the auditor can
determine it, in the auditor’s lost property book, together with the copy of the affidavit of the
finder.

Legislative History

[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]