2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 32. Property
ARTICLE 34. LOST OR UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 8. Finding Strays or Property Adrift
32-34-8-9. Sale of property; proceeds distribution; receipts
Sec. 9. (a) The court shall issue a warrant to the sheriff to sell the property at auction, giving ten (10) days notice in writing of the time and place of sale and describing the property to be sold.
(b) The sheriff shall, within five (5) days after the sale, return the order and proceeds of sale to the court, retaining one dollar ($1) for the sheriff's services.
(c) The court shall immediately pay over to the county treasurer the proceeds of sale, after deducting the proper amount to be paid to the finder, fifty cents ($0.50) for the fee of the judge of the court and, for every mile that the judge must travel in making the return, a sum for mileage equal to that sum per mile paid to state officers and employees.
(d) The court shall receive from the treasurer duplicate receipts and file one (1) receipt in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and one (1) receipt with the county auditor.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-3-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.
