556F.7 When owner unknown.
If the owner is unknown, the finder shall, within five days after finding the property, take the money, bank notes, and a description of any other property to the county sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the city in which the property was found, and provide an affidavit describing the property, the time when and place where the property was found, and attesting that no alteration has been made in the appearance of the property since the finding. The sheriff or chief of police shall send a copy of the affidavit to the county auditor who shall enter a description of the property and the value of the property, as nearly as the auditor can determine it, in the auditor’s lost property book, together with the copy of the affidavit of the finder.
[R60, §1508; C73, §1514; C97, §2373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12205; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.7]
94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
C95, §556F.7
95 Acts, ch 49, §19; 2000 Acts, ch 1043, §2
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.