When any person supported at the expense of any town dies, leaving personal estate not exceeding fifty dollars in value, the selectmen of such town may sell it for the use of such town, unless some person interested in such estate takes out administration thereon within ninety days after such death.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-132
(Formerly Sec. 17-288). When property of deceased person whom town has supported may be sold
(1949 Rev., S. 2598.) History: Sec. 17-288 transferred to Sec. 17b-132 in 1995.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.