162.040 Escheated property. So much property in each school district as escheats to the state, and is not required by the provisions of KRS Chapter 393 to be disposed of in some other manner, shall vest in the state for the use and benefit of the public schools in the district. The b oard of education of the district may, in the name of the state and for the use and benefit of the schools of the district, by its chairman or other officer designated by it, enter upon and take possession of the property, or sue for and recover the proper ty by action at law or in equity. The board may sell and convey any of the property by warranty deed or otherwise. Effective: July 13, 1990 History: Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 550, effective July 13, 1990. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4399 -56.
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