State?s abandoned property debuts on eBay

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The state?s lost and found just went global.

Maryland is now using eBay instead of public auctions to sell property from safety deposit boxes where the owners have either stopped paying the rent or the lease has expired, according to Lynn Hall, manager of the state?s unclaimed property division. Banks by law must give property from safety deposit boxes to the state after three years.

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