Moneys, choses in action and effects deposited by a member in trust with the veterans’ facility and unclaimed at the death of the member, dying intestate, shall be deemed to be the property of the veterans’ facility. Such property shall be held in trust for three years following the death of the depositor, with power to invest the funds and to use the income for the benefit of the members as the advisory council of the veterans’ facility and the Adjutant General may deem most advisable.

Upon claim made within three years following the death of the depositor and sustained by legal proof, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the advisory council of the veterans’ facility and the Adjutant General, such property shall be paid over to the claimant entitled thereto upon acknowledging, executing and delivering a proper release and discharge.

Such property remaining unclaimed three years after the death of its depositor shall be deemed to be the property of and subject to the absolute control and disposal of the veterans’ facility, to be used for such purposes as the advisory council of the veterans’ facility and the Adjutant General may deem most advisable.

L.1989,c.162,s.14.