District of Columbia Code
Subchapter X - Property
§ 5–119.18. Property treated as abandoned

Any property or money returned to the Property Clerk as the proceeds of crime, and which shall not be called for as evidence by any proceeding in the courts of the District within 1 year from the date of such return, may, unless specially claimed by the owner within that time, be thereafter treated as other unclaimed, abandoned, or lost property or money, as provided in this chapter.
(R.S., D.C., § 424.)
1981 Ed., § 4-169.
1973 Ed., § 4-167.
Disposition of unclaimed property, public or government held property, see § 41-112.

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District of Columbia Code

Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences

Chapter 1 - Metropolitan Police

Subchapter X - Property

§ 5–119.01. Property Clerk office created; definitions

§ 5–119.02. Lost, stolen or abandoned property — Custody

§ 5–119.03. Registration record

§ 5–119.04. Powers of notaries public

§ 5–119.05. Administration of oaths; certification of depositions

§ 5–119.06. Property clerk — Return of property — General requirements; multiple claimants; immunity; property needed as evidence; notice to owner; disposition upon failure to claim

§ 5–119.07. Acquittal of accused

§ 5–119.08. Ownership claim by other than person arrested

§ 5–119.09. Property transmitted; deceased and incompetent persons; storage; fees; sale

§ 5–119.10. Sale at public auction; motor vehicle with lien of record; disposition of proceeds from sale

§ 5–119.11. Immunity from damages to property; exception; “gross negligence” defined

§ 5–119.12. Sale of unclaimed animals

§ 5–119.13. Sale of perishable property

§ 5–119.14. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Generally

§ 5–119.15. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Perishable property

§ 5–119.16. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Large quantities of goods held for sale

§ 5–119.17. Use of property as evidence

§ 5–119.18. Property treated as abandoned

§ 5–119.19. Abandoned intangible personal property