§ 8-03-09 — Unclaimed property - When sale permitted

Whenever any trunk, valise, bundle, package, or article of property transported or coming
into the possession of any railroad, or express company, or any other common carrier in the
course of business as common carrier, remains unclaimed and the legal charges thereon
unpaid during the space of six months after its arrival at the point to which it has been directed,
and the owner or person to whom the same is consigned cannot be found upon diligent inquiry,
or, being found and notified of the arrival of such article, refuses or neglects to receive the same
and pay the legal charges thereon for the space of three months, it is lawful for such common
carrier to sell such article at public auction after giving the owner or consignee fifteen days'
notice of the time and place of sale through the post office and by advertising in a newspaper
published in the county where such sale is made and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay all
legal charges on such article, and the amount over, if any, must be paid to the owner or
consignee upon demand.