16 Pa. Stat. § 8437
Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
That all clothing and personal property of deceased persons received in such morgue, who are unknown or unclaimed, shall be retained at said morgue under charge of the coroner for the period of one year, unless sooner claimed by the legal representatives of the deceased, and at the end of one year may be sold at public sale, after advertisement by publication in one or more newspapers in said county once a week for three weeks, and by not less than six handbills posted in the neighborhood of said morgue.
16 P.S. § 8437