Section 1215-B - Unclaimed property and sales.(a) Duty.--The coroner shall safely keep in the coroner's charge:(1) The personal effects and property that appear to have been on or about the person at the time of death or have been found on a decedent whose body is received at the county morgue or at any other facility serving in lieu of the county morgue.(2) The effects and property that are delivered to the coroner according to law.(b)Required holding period.--The coroner shall hold the property for one year unless the property is claimed by a legal representative of the deceased or is duly and lawfully disposed of or claimed.(c) Property unclaimed after one year.--After one year, the coroner shall direct the unclaimed or undisposed property to the commissioners to be sold at public sale. Money and property as security that may not be subject to a public sale shall be turned over to the commissioners for proper disposition or use.(d) Notice.--Notice of a public sale under subsection (c) shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for three successive weeks. The proceeds of each sale shall be paid immediately into the county treasury. The provisions of this subsection shall be in lieu of escheating to the Commonwealth.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 22, eff. 12/24/2018.