Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 434. Lost and Unclaimed Property § 434.156

Sec. 6. Property found by the appraisers to be of no intrinsic or commercial value, after being appraised and recorded as such, may be donated to state institutions for the use of patients or inmates or to charitable institutions, or may be destroyed, but the inventories of such property shall first be submitted to the state administrative board and the authority of that board secured for such disposition of the property. Property remaining unsold by the state police after having been offered for sale at any 2 state police sales may be disposed of by the commissioner of the state police in the same manner upon order of the state administrative board.