13-3942. Delivery of unclaimed stolen or
embezzled property to county sheriff


If property stolen or embezzled is not claimed by the owner within six months after
the conviction of the person for such theft or embezzlement, the magistrate or other
officer having it in custody shall, upon payment of the necessary expenses incurred in
its preservation, deliver it to the county sheriff, who shall sell such property in the
same manner as personal property is sold under execution in a civil action, and the
proceeds shall be paid into the county treasury.