§ 45-32-36. Unknown owners.
If any real property or any estate or interest in it is unclaimed or held by a person
or persons whose whereabouts are unknown, after making inquiry satisfactory to the
superior court for the county in which the real property lies, the agency, after the
expiration of one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and
declaration referred to in § 45-32-31, may petition the court that the value of the estate or interest of the unknown person
or persons be determined. After notice by publication to those persons as ordered
by the court, and after hearing on the petition, the court shall fix the value of
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§ 45-32-36. Unknown owners.
If any real property or any estate or interest in it is unclaimed or held by a person
or persons whose whereabouts are unknown, after making inquiry satisfactory to the
superior court for the county in which the real property lies, the agency, after the
expiration of one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and
declaration referred to in § 45-32-31, may petition the court that the value of the estate or interest of the unknown person
or persons be determined. After notice by publication to those persons as ordered
by the court, and after hearing on the petition, the court shall fix the value of
the estate or interest, and order the agency to deposit the sum in the registry of
the court in a special account to accumulate for the benefit of the person, if any,
entitled to it. The agency making the deposit shall take the receipt of the clerk
of the superior court, and be discharged from all liability. When the person entitled
to the money deposited has satisfied the superior court of his or her right to receive
it, the court shall cause it to be paid over to that person, with all accumulations.