1084                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 611

may deduct: SHALL DEDUCT ALL COSTS INCURRED IN AD-
MINISTERING THIS ACT.

(i) Any costs in connection with sale of abandoned property.

(ii) Any costs of mailing and publication in connection with
any abandoned property.

19. 17. Any person claiming at any time an A LEGAL interest in
any property delivered to the State under this Article may MUST file
a claim thereto or to the proceeds from the sale thereof on the form
prescribed by the administrator WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM
THE DATE OF THE LAST PUBLICATION MADE BY THE AD-
MINISTRATOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 11 HEREOF OR
WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF
SALE, IF A SALE IS TO BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 17 15 HEREOF, WHICHEVER DATE IS LATER.

20. 18. (a) The administrator shall consider any claim filed under
this Article and may hold a hearing and receive evidence concerning
it. If a hearing is held, he shall prepare a finding and a decision in
writing on each claim filed, stating the substance of any evidence
heard by him and the reasons for his decision. The decision shall
be a public record.

(b) If the claim is allowed, the administrator shall make pay-
ment forthwith. The claim shall be paid without deduction for costs
of notices or sale or for service charges.

21. 19. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator
or as to whose claim the administrator has failed to act within ninety
days after the filing of the claim, may commence an action in the
circuit court for the County or in one of the law courts of Baltimore
City to establish his claim. The proceeding shall be brought within
ninety days after the decision of the administrator or within one
hundred eighty days from the filing of the claim if the administrator
fails to act.

22. 20. The administrator, after receiving reports of property
deemed abandoned pursuant to this Article, may decline to receive
any property reported which he deems to have a value less than the
cost of giving notice and AND/OR OF holding sale, or he may, if he
deems it desirable because of the small sum involved, postpone tak-
ing possession until a sufficient sum accumulates.

23. 21. The administrator may at reasonable times and upon rea-
sonable notice examine the records of any person if he has reason to
believe that such person has failed to report property that should
have been reported pursuant to this Article. If any person refuses to
permit the examination of his records, the administrator may issue
subpoena to compel the person to testify and produce his records;
said subpoena to be served by the sheriff of the county or Baltimore
City where the person resides or may be found. The person shall
be entitled to the same per diem and mileage as witnesses appearing
in the circuit court of the State or the courts of Baltimore City which
shall be paid by the State. If any person shall refuse to obey any
subpoena so issued or shall refuse to testify or produce his records,