§ 46-10-27. Inventory and accounting for unclaimed property — Delivery to treasurer.
If no owner, agent, or other person interested in the property wrecked on Block Island shall appear within one year after it shall have been taken into the custody of the director of the department of environmental management, and establish his or her claim thereto, the director shall present to the general treasurer an inventory of the property (or, if sold, an account of all the sales) with an account of all the moneys paid by him or her for duties on the property and for the expenses of securing and preserving it; and he or she shall make an oath to the truth of the inventory and accounts, and shall pay and deliver to the general treasurer the balance of the accounts, with all the property remaining in the director’s hands, to the use of the state.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 119, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 145, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 150, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 115, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 46-10-27.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Section 46-10-1. - Appointment of town commissioners of wrecks and shipwrecked goods — Bond.
Section 46-10-2. - Commissioner to take charge of wrecked property.
Section 46-10-3. - Employment of assistants by commissioner — Disobedience of orders.
Section 46-10-4. - Inventory of property — Compensation and reimbursement of commissioner.
Section 46-10-5. - Arbitration of amount due commissioner — Action at law.
Section 46-10-6. - Compensation due persons other than commissioner — Appeal.
Section 46-10-7. - Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property.
Section 46-10-8. - Publication of notice of finding of wreck.
Section 46-10-9. - Sale of property to pay duties.
Section 46-10-10. - Sale of perishable goods or goods subject to reduction in value — Accounting.
Section 46-10-11. - Inventory and accounting for unclaimed property — Delivery to town.
Section 46-10-12. - Compensation of commissioner for property delivered to town.
Section 46-10-13. - Suit by town for unclaimed property.
Section 46-10-14. - Bond of director.
Section 46-10-15. - Taking charge of property wrecked on Block Island.
Section 46-10-16. - Employment of assistants by director.
Section 46-10-17. - Appointment of agent for director.
Section 46-10-18. - Penalty for disobedience of order of director.
Section 46-10-19. - Inventory of property wrecked on Block Island — Reimbursement of director.
Section 46-10-20. - Arbitration of amounts due director.
Section 46-10-21. - Action for amounts due director.
Section 46-10-22. - Amounts due parties other than director — Appeal.
Section 46-10-23. - Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property.
Section 46-10-24. - Publication of notice of wreck found on Block Island.
Section 46-10-25. - Sale of property to pay duties — Perishable property.
Section 46-10-26. - Sale of property subject to reduction in value.
Section 46-10-27. - Inventory and accounting for unclaimed property — Delivery to treasurer.
Section 46-10-28. - Director of the department of environmental management — Salary and expenses.
Section 46-10-29. - Provisions limited to wrecks in New Shoreham.