Article 76Disposal of Money and Goods Left Behind

①In the case of providing funeral assistance pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (2), a public assistance administrator may allocate the money and securities left behind by the deceased to public assistance expenses, and if this is still not sufficient, he/she may allocate the proceeds from selling the goods left behind to public assistance expenses.

②A prefecture or municipality shall have a right of priority over the statutory liens of the other creditors for the goods left behind with regard to the expenses under the preceding paragraph.