§ 46-10-7 - Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property.
SECTION 46-10-7
§ 46-10-7 Penalty for unauthorizedintermeddling with property. – Every person who shall after the arrival of the commissioner take, detain, orintermeddle with any property shipwrecked or found as aforesaid, except underthe direction of the commissioner or of the owner, agent, or other personinterested, provided, that the owner, agent, or other person interested, haspossession of the property, shall forfeit one thousand dollars ($1,000) forsuch offense, to be recovered in the name of the commissioner, one-half ( 1/2)thereof to the use of the commissioner and one-half ( 1/2) thereof to the useof the person lawfully authorized to receive the property.