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241.09 UNCLAIMED MONEY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OF INMATES OF
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
    Subdivision 1. Money. When the chief executive officer of any state correctional facility
under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections obtains money belonging to inmates
of the facility who have died, been released or escaped, and the chief executive officer knows
no claimant or person entitled to it, the chief executive officer shall, if the money is unclaimed
within six months, deposit it in the inmate social welfare fund for the benefit of the inmates of
the facility. No money shall be so deposited until it has remained unclaimed for at least six
months. If, at any time after the expiration of the six months, the inmate or the legal heirs appear
and make proper proof of identity or heirship, the inmate or heirs are entitled to receive from
the commissioner of finance any money belonging to the inmate and deposited in the inmate
social welfare fund pursuant to this subdivision.
    Subd. 2. Unclaimed personal property. When any inmate of a state correctional facility
under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections has died, been released or escaped
therefrom leaving in the custody of the chief executive officer thereof personal property, other
than money, which remains unclaimed for a period of 90 days, and the chief executive officer
knows no person entitled to it, the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's agent may
sell or otherwise dispose of the property in the manner provided by law for the sale or disposition
of state property. The proceeds of any sale, after deduction of the costs shall be deposited in the
inmate social welfare fund for expenditure as provided in subdivision 1. Any inmate whose
property has been sold under this subdivision, or heirs of the inmate, may file with, and make
proof of ownership to, the chief executive officer of the institution who caused the sale of the
property within two years after the sale, and, upon satisfactory proof to the chief executive officer,
the chief executive officer shall certify to the commissioner of finance the amount received by the
sale of such property for payment to the inmate or heirs. No suit shall be brought for damages
consequent to the disposal of personal property or use of money in accordance with this section
against the state or any official, employee, or agent thereof.
History: 1961 c 750 s 16 subd 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 c 192 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c
326 art 8 s 3; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50

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