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AL HB341
Bill
Status
5/25/2023
Primary Sponsor
Parker Moore
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AI Summary
HB341 Summary
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Authorizes Morgan County Sheriff to sell abandoned and stolen personal property at public auction after remaining unclaimed for six months, with notice published in newspapers or posted at courthouse for at least 20 days prior to sale.
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Permits sheriff to sell perishable abandoned or stolen property immediately without notice if owner cannot be located, holding proceeds for six months before depositing net funds to sheriff's office.
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Allows sheriff to sell abandoned or stolen firearms only to federally licensed gun dealers via sealed bid process, or destroy them if unclaimed after six months.
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Directs auction proceeds (after deducting recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale expenses) to be deposited into sheriff's fund for exclusive use in law enforcement purposes at sheriff's discretion.
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Permits property owners to claim abandoned or stolen property anytime before sale by providing proof of ownership and paying reasonable recovery, maintenance, storage, and publication costs.
Legislative Description
Relating to Morgan County; to amend Section 45-52-233.02, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the maintenance of abandoned and stolen personal property by the sheriff; to add Sections 45-52-233.04 through 45-52-233.09, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the sheriff to sell certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property at public auction; to provide for the auction and for the disposition of proceeds; to authorize the sheriff to sell or destroy certain, stolen, or unclaimed firearms; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Morgan County, sheriff, to provide for sale of unclaimed property
Last Action
Enacted
5/25/2023