TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 6. BAILMENT -- DEPOSIT

Part 3. Gratuitous Deposits

When Duties Of Gratuitous Depositary Cease

70-6-303. When duties of gratuitous depositary cease. The duties of a gratuitous depositary cease upon the depositary's:

(1) restoring the thing deposited to its owner; or

(2) giving reasonable notice to the owner to remove it and the owner failing to do so within a reasonable time. However, an involuntary depositary under 70-6-103(2) may not give notice until the emergency that gave rise to the deposit is past.

History: En. Sec. 2483, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5156, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7659, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1847; Field Civ. C. Sec. 930; re-en. Sec. 7659, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-212; amd. Sec. 2089, Ch. 56, L. 2009.