71 Pa. Stat. § 733-724

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 733-724 - Property in safe deposit vault or held for safekeeping

The secretary may, any time after taking possession of an institution as receiver, give written notice to anyone claiming or appearing on the books of such institution to be the owner, or to be entitled to the possession, of any personal property left with such institution as bailee for safe-keeping or depository for hire, and to anyone appearing on the books of the institution to be the lessee of any safe, vault, or safe deposit box, notifying such bailor or lessee respectively, to remove all such personal property within the period fixed by the notice, provided that such period shall in no case be less than sixty days after the date of the notice.

At the expiration of such period if the lessee of a safe, vault, or safe deposit box has not removed the contents thereof, the secretary may cause such safe, vault, or safe deposit box to be opened either in his presence or in the presence of the deputy receiver of the institution, and in the presence of a notary public not an officer or employee of the institution or of the department. The contents, if any, of such safe, vault, or safe deposit box shall then be sealed and marked by such notary with the name and address of the lessee in whose name such safe, vault, or safe deposit box appeared on the books of the institution and with a list and description of the property therein. The secretary shall take such action as he shall deem desirable to safeguard such property until it is delivered to the owner or is otherwise disposed of in accordance with law.

The secretary shall follow the same procedure and have the same powers with regard to the property left with the institution as bailee for safe-keeping or depository for hire and not called for within the period specified by the notice.

The contract of bailment or lease, if any, shall be considered at an end upon the date designated by the secretary for the removal of the property therein. The amount of unearned rent or charges, if any, paid by the bailor or lessee, shall become a debt of the institution.

71 P.S. § 733-724

1933, May 15, P.L. 565, art. VII, § 724.