Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1301.9. Property held by courts and public officers and agencies

1. Except as provided in clauses 2 and 2.1 or clause 6, all property held for the owner by any court, public corporation, public authority or instrumentality of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any other state, or by a public officer or political subdivision thereof, unclaimed by the owner for more than three (3) years from the date it first became demandable or distributable.

2. Bicycles held for the owner by a municipality unclaimed by the owner for more than ninety (90) days from the date it first became demandable or distributable.

2.1. All tangible property, other than bicycles, held for the owner by a municipality unclaimed by the owner for more than three (3) years from the date it first became demandable or distributable.

3. The bicycles held pursuant to clause 2 and tangible property held pursuant to clause 2.1 and which the State Treasurer refuses in writing to accept may be disposed of by the municipality to the highest bidder after due notice by advertisement for bids or at public auction at such time and place as may be designated by the municipality or the governing body may, by resolution, donate the bicycles or such tangible property to a charitable organization.  Any proceeds from the sale of the bicycles or such tangible property shall be retained by the municipality and used for municipal purposes.

4. Bicycles held by or acquired by the Commonwealth for ninety (90) days may be disposed of at public auction at such time and place as may be designated by the State Treasurer.  Proceeds of such sale or sales shall be deposited in the General Fund.

5. All property held by or subject to the control of any court, public corporation, public authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth or by a public officer or political subdivision thereof, which is without a rightful or lawful owner, to the extent not otherwise provided for by law, held for more than one year.

6. Restitution held for the owner by any court, public corporation, public authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, or by a public officer or political subdivision thereof, unclaimed by the owner for more than three (3) years from the date it first became demandable or distributable.