§ 32-34-8-9 — Sale of property; proceeds distribution; receipts

Indiana § 32-34-8-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 34: LOST OR UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
• Ch. 8: Finding Strays or Property Adrift

Text

(a) The court shall issue a warrant to the sheriff
to sell the property at auction, giving ten (10) days notice in writing of
the time and place of sale and describing the property to be sold.
(b) The sheriff shall, within five (5) days after the sale, return the
order and proceeds of sale to the court, retaining one dollar ($1) for the
sheriff's services.
(c) The court shall immediately pay over to the county treasurer the
proceeds of sale, after deducting the proper amount to be paid to the
finder, fifty cents ($0.50) for the fee of the judge of the court and, for
every mile that the judge must travel in making the return, a sum for
mileage equal to that sum per mile paid to state officers and employees.
(d) The court shall receive from the treasurer duplicate receipts and
file one (1) receipt in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and one
(1) receipt with the county auditor.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-3-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.