(1) If, within 6 months after the sale under section 2(4), the owner of the property files with the county board of commissioners, city or village council, or township board of trustees a claim for the property and proves a right to the property, the county board of commissioners, city or village council, or township board of trustees shall direct the treasurer who received the proceeds of the sale of that property to pay the owner the amount of proceeds or the face value of money not subject to the public sale provision contained in this act. The county board of commissioners, city or village council, or township board of trustees shall not approve any claims filed more than 6 months after the sale.

    (2) A law enforcement agency disposing of property as provided in this act is not liable to the owner of that property.