{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-50-1","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50-1","heading":"Disposition of perishable property.","body":"All goods of a perishable nature left with any person, when the owner is unknown or when the owner neglects to take them away after reasonable notice, shall be advertised at least one week in a newspaper published in the county where they were left; and, if not then claimed and taken away, may be sold at public auction, under the inspection of a state marshal of such county, and the proceeds of the sale, after deducting the expenses thereof and the charges for which they may be liable, shall be deposited with the treasurer of the town where they were left, who shall hold the same, subject to the provisions of part III of chapter 32.","path":["TITLE 50. LOST AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY","CHAPTER 859. LOST AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_859.htm#sec_50-1","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"83effa00ebdf442129f61f216398af592960151aeca98685df2635bd955b7282","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-49-93-to-49-115","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-50-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}