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Session Laws, 1999
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(2) DURING THE 30-DAY HOLDING PERIOD, THE DIVISION SHALL POST
NOTICE IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION IN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WHERE THE
PROPERTY INITIALLY WAS FOUND.

(3) THE DIVISION SHALL DELIVER PERSONAL PROPERTY BEING HELD
BY THE DIVISION TO AN INMATE IF:

(I) THE PROPERTY IS CLAIMED WITHIN THE 30-DAY HOLDING

PERIOD;

(II) THE INMATE SATISFACTORILY ESTABLISHES A RIGHT TO
POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY; AND

(III) THE INMATE GIVES A PROPER RECEIPT FOR THE PROPERTY.

(B) CONTRABAND.

(1) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS:

(I) TO DEFINE WHAT PROPERTY CONSTITUTES CONTRABAND IN
THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE DIVISION; AND

(II) TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE CONFISCATION OF
CONTRABAND BY STAFF OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

(2) AN INMATE WHOSE PROPERTY IS CONFISCATED AS CONTRABAND
SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE PROPERTY REMOVED FROM THE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR SENT TO A PERSON OUTSIDE THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY AT THE INMATE'S EXPENSE.

(3) IF AN INMATE FAILS TO HAVE PROPERTY REMOVED FROM OR SENT
OUTSIDE THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE
OF CONFISCATION, THE PROPERTY SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED PROPERTY
UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(2) AND (3) OF THIS SECTION.

(C) ABANDONED PROPERTY.

(1) PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT IS UNCLAIMED WITHIN THE 30-DAY
HOLDING PERIOD ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
DEEMED ABANDONED PROPERTY.

(2) ABANDONED PROPERTY MAY BE CONVERTED TO THE USE OF THE
DIVISION, SOLD, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER

(3) ALL CLAIMS TO ABANDONED PROPERTY ARE ABSOLUTELY BARRED.

(D) CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECT OF SECTION.

(1) THIS SECTION DOES NOT CREATE OR RECOGNIZE ANY CAUSE,
ACTION, OR DEFENSE OR ABRIDGE ANY IMMUNITY OF THE DIVISION, THE
COMMISSIONER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE.

 

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