Ohio § 505.108

§ 505.108.

Except as otherwise provided in this section and unless the property involved is required

to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Revised Code, property that is

unclaimed for ninety days or more shall be sold by the chief of police or other head

of the organized police department of the township, township police district, joint

police district, or office of a township constable at public auction, after notice

of the sale has been provided by publication once a week for three successive weeks

in a newspaper of general circulation, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code , in the county, or counties, if appropriate, in the case of a joint police district.  The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the fiscal officer of the township and

credited to the township general fund, except that, in the case of a joint police

district, the proceeds of a sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the joint police

district board and credited to the appropriate fund according to agreement of the

participating townships and municipal corporations. If authorized to do so by a resolution adopted by the board of township trustees or,

in the case of a joint police district, the joint police district board, and if the

property involved is not required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of

the Revised Code, the head of the department, district, or office may contribute property

that is unclaimed for ninety days or more to one or more public agencies, to one or

more nonprofit organizations no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit

of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities

of which consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation,

or to one or more organizations satisfying section 501(c)(3) or (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 .