Michigan · statute · 238 of 1957, Mich. Comp. Laws · 6 active provisions
The provisions of this act shall apply to: (a) Personal property of patients in state hospitals remaining after the death, discharge, release or escape of the patient and unclaimed by the patient, his or her relatives or heirs or personal or legal representative. (b) Personal property of prisoners in state prisons rema…
The provisions of this act do not apply to property subject to the provisions of the uniform unclaimed property act, or to property subject to the provisions of Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1937, being sections 28.401 to 28.406 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The provisions of this act apply to personal effects of…
Each state department, board or institution when necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act shall delegate authority to 2 or more of its employees, hereinafter called appraisers, to examine and appraise lost or abandoned property in its possession remaining unclaimed for at least 6 months. The said appraisers sha…
Should the said appraisers be unable to decide whether or not certain articles of lost or abandoned property are of intrinsic or commercial value, professional opinion may be sought. No fee shall be payable for such opinion. Whether or not professional opinion is sought as to the value of any article of lost or abandon…
Upon the request of the commissioner of the state police, property previously reported to him pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of this act shall be delivered to his custody at the East Lansing state police headquarters or to such state police post as the state police commissioner may direct. Said property shall…
Property found by the appraisers to be of no intrinsic or commercial value, after being appraised and recorded as such, may be donated to state institutions for the use of patients or inmates or to charitable institutions, or may be destroyed, but the inventories of such property shall first be submitted to the state a…