§201G-76 Lien on abandoned personalty, sale, etc. Whenever the corporation has in its possession for four months after the termination of any residence or occupancy herein mentioned any personal property that has been left in or about any housing project by any person who formerly resided in, or occupied a room, dwelling accommodation, living quarters, or space in the housing project, the corporation may sell the same at public auction and apply the proceeds thereof to the payment of its charges for storage of the personal property, and for public notice and sale, and to the payment of other amounts, if any, then due and owing to it from the former resident or occupant for rent or for any utility or service. Before any sale is made, the corporation shall first give public notice of the time and place of sale at least two times in the county in which the personal property is located. The notice shall contain a brief description of the property; the name, if known, of the former resident or occupant who so left the property in or about the housing project; the amount of the charges for storage, if any, and the indebtedness, if any; and the time and place of the sale. The charges for storage, if any, and for notice and sale, and the indebtedness, if any, shall be a lien upon the personal property. Notices of several sales may be combined and given in one notice, and whenever so combined and given the expenses of notice and sale shall be a lien and shall be satisfied in ratable proportion according to the amount received for each lot of property so noticed for sale. [L 1997, c 350, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 2, §57 and c 212, §3]