tha paymant or aaid ahargea, ma ahall' pay over tha balanaa to tha pamon entltlod to the mama. JX th, ownem* reaidenoa la be- yond the Statr or ia unkn~wm, the pareon holding maid property ahall not ba required to give luah notiaa ba- rorcl pr00~0dbg to 8eil.n
"bt. 5305. It the par8on who la lagally entitlead to native tha balanaa mantlonod In this ahap- tsr la not lmo~n, or ha8 rOarNedtrola the Stata or drool tha oounty in whiah auoh rapalow aa done, or suah property waa OQ held, the parson PO holding aal& property shall pay the balanoa to tha aounty treaaurar or tha county in whioh maid proparty la held and take Ua'ra- oeppt thereror. Whenever auah balanoe ahall ramin In the poaaaaaion or tha aounty traaaurar for the riod of two gaara uuolaimad by tha party legally ent r tlad to the aaam, euah balanae ahall b1)ama.a part of the OOWty fund or the aounty In which the proparty wa11 sold, an6 8hal.l be appl.fed~aa any other aounty funb or DAoneY of su0h 0ountg 18 applioa or uaecLw
In annwaring your question, it must firat ba aetermlnea that legal title to the property In quaation Haag bean divested by operation of' law or otherwise before oertifioate ot title thereto cari be issued, 1.~' "' The recta stated do not authorize dIapoaitIon of the property as rtolen property as provIdea ror in Artiolsa 933-34 ana 938 of ow code or Cr+ainal Prooeaum. In the abeenaa of the owner or meld property ana whare the napI or deacrIptIon of the thief is unknown, a aon@laInt alle@.ng theft : oannot stand.
The property Ueaaribed in your aonmunIaatIon, under the recta atated therein, aould not be oonaldered abandoned property, and, theretore, the .rInder of mama aoquiml no title to said property* In the aaae of Sikea v. State, 2% S. W. 688, JuatIae Hurt of the OoW of Criminal Appaalr maid:
Vhs word *sbandon* maana a giving upi a total desertion; an absoluta relinquishment. Abandonmant inalud@a both ths Intention to for- sake or abandon and the aot by which auah In- tention In carried Into erred. Property may be maid to be abandoned when ths owner *thr~wa it away,* or when It Is voluutarIly left or loat, without any intent or expeatation to regain It;*
Title to the property involved in your aomaunIoa&n could be dlveated by the rorealoau.re of an amalerted comaon-law lien, or a atatutory lien, thereon ior the Flaount or storage buo. To deter- mlhe this, we must oM8Ider thewIng prinoiplea Of law:
(*I *A garage-keeper or other person in whoae po6aeaaIon a vehicle has been'pleoed for storage is entIt1e.d to aesart a oonmon-law lien thereon for the amount hue him and, aotlng pur- went, to the etatuta, may me11 the oar and apply the prooeeda to the payment of hls ohergea.W (5 TSX. Jur., Sea. 62, ppa.643~44)
(b) "A garege-keeper in, with resp%ot to VehIolea which have been plaoed in his possession for storage or repair,