556F.16 Responsibility of taker-up.
If the taker-up of any watercraft, logs, or lumber, or finder of lost goods, bank notes, or other things, takes reasonable care of the property, and any unavoidable accident happens to the property without the fault or neglect of the finder or taker-up before the owner has an opportunity of reclaiming the property, the taker-up or finder shall not be accountable for the unavoidable accident, if within ten days of the accident, the finder or taker-up certifies the accident to the county auditor, who shall make an entry of the accident in the auditor’s lost property book.
[R60, §1517; C73, §1520; C97, §2379; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.16]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.16
95 Acts, ch 49, §20
Referred to in §331.502
Structure Iowa Code
Section 556F.1A - Taking up vessels, rafts, logs and lumber.
Section 556F.2 - Warrant — appraisal — return — record.
Section 556F.3 - Value under twenty dollars.
Section 556F.4 - Value exceeding twenty dollars.
Section 556F.5 - Advertisement — when title vests.
Section 556F.6 - Lost goods or money.
Section 556F.7 - When owner unknown.
Section 556F.8 - Advertisement.
Section 556F.9 - Record of publication.
Section 556F.10 - Additional publication.
Section 556F.11 - Vesting of title.
Section 556F.12 - Ownership settled.
Section 556F.13 - Compensation.
Section 556F.14 - Costs, charges and care — assessment.
Section 556F.15 - Proceeds — forfeiture.
Section 556F.16 - Responsibility of taker-up.