7-14-5. Delivery to county treasurer of property found on body--Action for recovery.The coroner must within thirty days after an inquest upon a dead body deliver to the county treasurer any money or other property which may be found upon the body, not expended for burial expenses as provided in §7-14-3, unless claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives of the decedent. If he fails to do so, the treasurer may proceed against him for its recovery by a civil action in the name of the county. Source: PolC 1877, ch 21, §84; CL 1887, §679; RPolC 1903, §914; RC 1919, §5970; SDC 1939, §12.1103.
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