Section 678. Disposition of money or property found on deceased

1.  Money
  and other property found upon the body of the deceased, not required for
  the purposes of the investigation, shall  be  delivered  to  the  county
  treasurer.  Unless  claimed in the meantime by the legal representatives
  of the deceased, articles held for the purposes  of  the  investigation,
  except such writings of the deceased as may be relevant to the diagnosis
  of  means or manner of death, shall be delivered to the county treasurer
  at the conclusion of the investigation.
    2. Upon the delivery of money to the county treasurer he must place it
  to the credit of the county. If other property is delivered  to  him  he
  must,  within one year, sell it at public auction upon reasonable public
  notice, and must, in like manner, place the proceeds to  the  credit  of
  the county.
    3.  If  the  money in the treasury be demanded within six years by the
  legal representatives of the deceased, the  treasurer  must  pay  it  to
  them,  after  deducting  the  amount  of expenses incurred in connection
  therewith, or it may be so paid at any time thereafter, upon  the  order
  of  the  board of supervisors; provided, however, that such money may be
  so paid at any time upon the written  order  of  the  surrogate  of  the
  county.
    4.  Before auditing and allowing the account of the coroner or medical
  examiner, the board of supervisors must require from him a statement  in
  writing  of  any money or other property found upon persons whose deaths
  he has investigated, verified  by  his  oath  to  the  effect  that  the
  statement  is  true  and  that the money or property mentioned in it has
  been delivered to the legal representatives of the deceased, or  to  the
  county treasurer.