Pennsylvania § 13915 Unclaimed property and sales

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 13915 — Unclaimed property and sales

Pennsylvania § 13915

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 16COUNTIES

PartPART IV

Ch. 139CORONER

Subch.GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

16 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 13915 (2026).

Text

(a)Duties.--The coroner shall safely keep all of the following in the coroner's charge:

(1)The personal effects and property that appear to have been on or about the individual at the time of death or have been found on a decedent whose body is received at the county morgue or at any other facility serving in lieu of the county morgue.

(2)The effects and property that are delivered to the coroner according to law.

(b)Required holding period.--The coroner shall hold the property for one year, unless the property is claimed by a legal representative of the deceased or is duly and lawfully disposed of or claimed.

(c)Property unclaimed.--After one year, the coroner shall direct the unclaimed or undisposed property to the county commissioners to be sold at public sale. Money and proper

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(a) Duties.--The coroner shall safely keep all of the following in the coroner's charge:

(1) The personal effects and property that appear to have been on or about the individual at the time of death or have been found on a decedent whose body is received at the county morgue or at any other facility serving in lieu of the county morgue.

(2) The effects and property that are delivered to the coroner according to law.

(b) Required holding period.--The coroner shall hold the property for one year, unless the property is claimed by a legal representative of the deceased or is duly and lawfully disposed of or claimed.

(c) Property unclaimed.--After one year, the coroner shall direct the unclaimed or undisposed property to the county commissioners to be sold at public sale. Money and property as security that may not be subject to a public sale shall be turned over to the county commissioners for proper disposition or use.

(d) Notice.--Notice of a public sale under subsection (c) shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for three successive weeks. The proceeds of each sale shall be paid immediately into the county treasury. The provisions of this subsection shall be in lieu of escheating to the Commonwealth.