556F.16 Responsibility of taker-up. If the taker-up of any watercraft, logs, or lumber, or finder of lost goods, bank notes, or other things, takes reasonable care of the property, and any unavoidable accident happensto the property without the fault or neglect of the finder or taker-up before the owner has anopportunity of reclaiming the property, the taker-up or finder shall not be accountable for theunavoidable accident, if within ten days of the accident, the finder or taker-up certifies theaccident to the county auditor, who shall make an entry of the accident in the auditor’s lostproperty book. [R60, §1517; C73, §1520; C97, §2379; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §644.16] 94 Acts, ch 1188, §27C95, §556F.1695 Acts, ch 49, §20Referred to in §331.502 Sat Dec 23 11:04:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 556F.16 (14, 0)
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