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January 1, 1991

ADMINISTRATIVE MEMORANDUM NO. 6.6


TO:            Vice Presidents, Deans, Division Directors, and Other
                  Administrative Officials

FROM:        Office of the President

SUBJECT:   Abandoned and Unclaimed Personal Property

The 65th Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1994 which became effective on August 29, 1977. The statute authorizes the promulgation of rules and regulations providing for the disposition of abandoned and unclaimed personal property. The University of Texas at San Antonio will operate under the following procedures:

  1. The University Police maintain the official Lost and Found Office. Abandoned and unclaimed personal property of every kind should be delivered to the University Police. The University Police will tag, date, and number the article and record its receipt.

  2. The University Police will maintain custody for a period of sixty (60) days.

  3. All unclaimed or abandoned property of every kind, coming into the possession of the University Police, which shall remain unclaimed for a period of sixty (60) days shall be delivered by the University Police to the Business Manager (who is the official Property Manager for the University). The Business Manager will sign a receipt for all articles delivered to him by the University Police for possible sale. Such sales will only occur after certain procedural steps have been taken by the University in an attempt to notify the owner (as outlined in the Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part Two, Chapter VII, Section 10).

  4. Proceeds of any sale, after deducting the reasonable expense of keeping such property and the cost of the sale, will be used by the University for the general UTSA scholarship fund.

  5. Vehicles, which are abandoned and unclaimed, will be disposed of in accordance with Article 6687-9 of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as hereafter amended.

  6. Drugs in the possession of any component institutional police department will be disposed of in the manner prescribed by Article 4476-14, Section 8, of the Texas Dangerous Drugs Act and by Article 4476-15, Section 5.08 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act, or as hereafter amended.

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