12-940. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Dispose' means the transfer of property by its return to the owner, sale, conversion or destruction or by any other means of disposal. 2. ' Evidence' means property that is held for possible presentation in a judicial or administrative proceeding to establish the truth or falsity of an alleged matter of fact. 3. ' Found property' means recovered, lost, surrendered, abandoned or otherwise received property that is turned over to a public agency where the owner may or may not be known and that is not classified as evidence. 4. ' Property' means any item, including currency, that is held for safekeeping or as evidence or found property or that has been abandoned, unclaimed or awarded by the court. 5. ' Property value' means the reasonable value of the property in its present condition. 6. ' Safekeeping' means storage of an asset or item of value by a public agency that is not classified as evidence and that belongs to a known individual.
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