(770 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 141, par. 1)
Sec. 1.
Except as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code in sections 7-209,
7-210, 7-307 and 7-308 regarding the lien and foreclosure
provisions for warehousemen and carriers and except as provided in the
Self-Service Storage Facility Act, enacted by the Eighty-Third General Assembly,
whenever any trunk, carpet-bag,
valise, bundle, package, or article of property, transported, or coming
into the possession of any railroad or express company, or any other common
carrier, or innkeeper or warehouseman, or private warehouse-keeper, in the
course of its or his business as common carrier, innkeeper, warehouseman or
private warehouse-keeper remains unclaimed and the legal charges thereon
unpaid during the space of 6 months after its arrival at the point to which
it shall have been directed, and the owner or person to whom the same is
consigned cannot be found upon diligent inquiry, or, being found and
notified of the arrival of such article, refuses or neglects to receive the
same and pay the legal charges thereon for the space of 3 months, it shall
be lawful for such common carrier, innkeeper, warehouseman or private
warehouse-keeper to sell such article at public auction, after giving the
owner or consignee 15 days' notice of the time and place of sale, through
the post office, and by advertising in a newspaper published in the county
where such sale is made, and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay all
legal charges on such articles, and the overplus, if any, shall be paid to
the owner or the consignee upon demand.
(Source: P.A. 83-800.)
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