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Committee approves changes letting coroners dispose of property from unclaimed decedents; unclaimed funds over $50 to state treasurer
Summary
Senate File 75 would update an early-1900s statute to allow coroners to dispose of property found on unclaimed decedents, require proceeds to pay burial expenses first, deposit remaining funds over $50 with the State Treasurer's unclaimed-property account, and set a 180‑day claim period.
Senate File 75, a measure to modernize how coroners and counties handle money and property found with unclaimed decedents, was amended and advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Amanda Sanchez, Fremont County clerk of district court, and Diane Sanchez, Laramie County clerk of district court, described practical problems under the current statute, which requires coroners to deliver property over $50 to the clerk of district court but provides no clear disposal process. "At this time ... the current law does not give us a direction on how to dispose of that property besides taking it to the Clerk of District Court," Amanda Sanchez told the committee, adding that some clerks have…
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