54 STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 57-58 ESCHEATS. 



SEC. 57. LISTS OF ESCHEATED LANDS. 



Upon the settlement of any escheated estate, and before the 

 discharge of the administrator, officer or person in charge 

 thereof, all moneys in his hands shall be paid to the State 

 Treasurer who shall issue his receipt therefor in duplicate, one 

 of which shall be filed with the State Board of Tax Commission- 

 ers, and he shall prepare a duplicate list accurately describing 

 all real property so escheated, one of which shall be filed with 

 the said State Board of Tax Commissioners and one in the office 

 of the Commissioner of Public Lands. (Laws '07, p. 254, sec. 

 5 ; sec. 1360 Rem.-Bal. ; 175 sec. 9 Pierce.) 

 SEC. 58. DISPOSITION OF ESCHEATS. 



All escheats shall inure to and become a part of the permanent 

 common school fund of the state, and all escheated real prop- 

 erty shall be managed, sold and handled in the manner provided 

 by law for the management, disposition and sale of the state 

 common school lands. (Laws '07, p. 255, sec. 7 ; sec. 1362 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 175 sec. 13 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Code '81, sec. 3302 (sec. 1341 Rem.-Bal.). 



Escheats inure to common school funds: Const., Art. IX, sec. 3, 

 ante, and Laws '09, p. 320, sees. 1-3 (sees. 4598-4600 Rem.-Bal.; 413 

 sees. 605-609 Pierce.) 



Lease of improved escheated land in cities: sec. 136, post. 



