If after twenty–four months, any check or warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this title is unclaimed by the intended recipient, the amount of such check shall remain or revert to the credit of the original fund or account against which it was drawn, any provisions of the law in this state to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 17.0820 as added by SL 1965, ch 97, § 4.