2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 32. Property
ARTICLE 34. LOST OR UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 8. Finding Strays or Property Adrift
32-34-8-23. Shipwrecked property; inapplicability
Sec. 23. (a) Sections 1 through 22 of this chapter do not apply to property described in this section.
(b) If, upon any navigable waters within or bordering Indiana, cargo that is shipped as freight, the baggage of passengers, or a part of either of a vessel is cast adrift, afloat, or ashore by a wreck, accident, or mischance of the vessel, the cargo or part of the cargo found and secured by a person may be reclaimed by the captain, clerk, or officer navigating the vessel, the super cargo, or the owner or agent of the owner of the cargo or baggage.
(c) If the property described in this section is not claimed within seven (7) days after the property is found, the finder of the property shall advertise the property as required for articles described in section 1 of this chapter.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: 32-9-3-23; 32-9-3-29.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
