§ 40.1-2-11 - Abandonment of property of deceased or discharged residents. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 40.1-2-11

   § 40.1-2-11  Abandonment of property ofdeceased or discharged residents. – All personal property, excepting moneys, which shall have been left by anydischarged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the controlof the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals and which, nowor hereafter, shall not have been claimed by any of the discharged or deceasedpatients or inmates, or their next of kin, within one year from the date ofdischarge or decease, shall be deemed to have been abandoned. All suchabandoned personal property shall be disposed of as provided in §40.1-2-12.