2009 Iowa Code
Title 14 - Property
Subtitle 1 - Personal Property
CHAPTER 556F - LOST PROPERTY
556F.7 - WHEN OWNER UNKNOWN.

        556F.7  WHEN OWNER UNKNOWN.
         If the owner is unknown, the finder shall, within five days after
      finding the property, take the money, bank notes, and a description
      of any other property to the county sheriff of the county or the
      chief of police of the city in which the property was found, and
      provide an affidavit describing the property, the time when and place
      where the property was found, and attesting that no alteration has
      been made in the appearance of the property since the finding.  The
      sheriff or chief of police shall send a copy of the affidavit to the
      county auditor who shall enter a description of the property and the
      value of the property, as nearly as the auditor can determine it, in
      the auditor's lost property book, together with the copy of the
      affidavit of the finder.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [R60, § 1508; C73, § 1514; C97, § 2373; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      12205; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 644.7]
      

         Section History: Recent Form

         94 Acts, ch 1188, §27
         C95, §556F.7
         95 Acts, ch 49, §19; 2000 Acts, ch 1043, §2
         Referred to in § 331.502