40A:9-58 - Disposition of personal property of unknown decedent - New Jersey Statutes

40A:9-58.  Disposition of personal property of unknown decedent
    The county medical examiner shall take charge of the personal property found  on or pertaining to an unknown decedent.  The said county medical examiner  shall make an inventory of all such personal property and file a copy thereof  with the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders.  Within 20 days after the  death, the said personal property with a copy of the inventory shall be  delivered to the county treasurer.  After 20 days following such delivery the  county treasurer, in his discretion, may sell said property at public or  private sale.  If the proceeds of any such sale shall not be claimed by a  personal representative of the decedent or person entitled thereto within 2  years after the sale, the said proceeds shall become the property of the  county.

     L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.