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60 OK Stat § 60-674.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-674.2. Property delivered to the State Treasurer.

|If any person claims an interest in any property delivered to the State Treasurer in which the owner of the property is determined to be deceased, the State Treasurer shall not pay over or deliver to the claimant property as provided in Section 651 et seq. of this title, unless the claimant provides the following items: |1. A certified copy of letters of administration or letters testamentary from the probate of the estate of the decedent naming the claimant as the personal representative of the estate of the decedent;2. A certified copy of the decree of distribution from the probate of the estate of the decedent determining the claimant to be entitled to receive such property through the estate of the decedent;3. If the owner of the property executed an inter vivos trust which provided for the disposition of the property of the owner, a properly verified copy of the trust instrument which shows the claimant is the trustee or beneficiary of the trust or otherwise entitled to the property reported;4. If the property is derived from real property located in Oklahoma, a certified copy of a final decree quieting title of the decedent's real property, determining the claimant to be the successor in interest of decedent's ownership interest;5. If the value of the property is Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more, a certified copy of the death certificate of the owner of the property;6. If the value of the property is Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less, a signed affidavit executed by the claimant stating that the claimant is entitled to receive such property, the reason the claimant is entitled to receive such property, that there has been no probate of the estate of the deceased owner, that no probate is contemplated and that claimant will indemnify the state for any loss, including attorney fees, should another claimant assert a prior right to the property.The State Treasurer may require other reasonable documentation, in addition to the above items, to determine the validity of the claim.Added by Laws 1994, c. 304, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 334, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 84, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 426, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 133, § 10, emerg. eff. April 24, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 224, § 12, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 241, § 4, emerg. eff. May 10, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 131, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.NOTE: Laws 1999, c. 10, § 21 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 426, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-675 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-675. Determination of claims - Payment.

|A. The State Treasurer shall consider any claim filed under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and may hold a hearing and receive evidence concerning it. The procedure to be followed hereunder shall be as prescribed by the Administrative Procedures Act. If a hearing is held, the State Treasurer shall prepare a finding and decision in writing on each claim filed, stating the substance of any evidence heard by the State Treasurer and the reasons for the State Treasurer’s decision. The decision shall be a public record. |B. Upon approval by the State Treasurer, the claim shall be paid forthwith from the Unclaimed Property Fund. The claim shall be paid without deduction for costs of notices or sale or for service charges.C. The State Treasurer shall not pay monies to rightful owners, or their heirs, devisees, and assigns, exceeding the reimbursement amount the Treasurer shall receive from the Mineral Owner’s Fund attributable to such payments to rightful owners, or their heirs, devisees, and assigns.D. Claims against the Mineral Owner’s Fund shall be subject to the same statutory requirements and administrative rules as applicable to claims under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 25, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2009, c. 433, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 241, § 5, emerg. eff. May 10, 2010.
60 OK Stat § 60-677 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-677. Declining receipt of property - Delivery of property before presumed abandoned - Sale of securities.

|A. The State Treasurer may decline to receive any property reported under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act which the State Treasurer considers to have a value less than the expense of giving notice and of sale. The State Treasurer may promulgate rules pursuant to this subsection. |B. A holder, with the written consent of the State Treasurer and upon conditions and terms prescribed by the State Treasurer, may report and deliver property before the property is presumed abandoned. If a property holder reports and delivers property to the State Treasurer before it is presumed abandoned under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and it is in the best interest of the property owner for the property to be treated as abandoned, the Treasurer shall treat the property as abandoned.C. The State Treasurer may decline to accept weapons abandoned in safe deposit boxes which become property subject to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Such property shall be deposited with a local sheriff or municipal police department.D. If a claimant under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act makes a verifiable and proper claim, but fails to properly transfer securities into the claimant's name within ninety (90) days of claim approval by the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer may, upon notice to claimant, sell and convert such securities to cash for the benefit of the claimant.Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 27, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 24, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 318, § 8, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 124, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 131, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
60 OK Stat § 60-677.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-677.1. Destruction of property having insubstantial commercial value.

|If the State Treasurer determines after investigation that any property delivered under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act has insubstantial commercial value, the State Treasurer may destroy or otherwise dispose of the property at any time. No action or proceeding may be maintained against the state or any officer or against the holder for or on account of any action taken by the State Treasurer pursuant to this section. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 25, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 233, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
60 OK Stat § 60-678 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-678. Report may be required - Failure to report property - Examination of records.

|A. The State Treasurer may require any person who has not filed a report to file a verified report stating whether or not the person is holding any unclaimed property reportable or deliverable under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. If the State Treasurer has reason to believe that any person has failed to report property in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the State Treasurer may make a demand by certified mail, return receipt requested, that such report be made and filed with the State Treasurer. The report of abandoned property or any other report required shall be made and filed with the State Treasurer within sixty (60) days after receipt of the demand. |B. The State Treasurer may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any person if the State Treasurer has reason to believe that such person has failed to report property that should have been reported pursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The State Treasurer may contract with any other person or entity to conduct the examination on behalf of the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer may keep confidential documents and working papers obtained or compiled by the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's agents or designated representatives in the course of conducting an examination, except for information required to be subject to public inspection pursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.C. If a person is treated under Section 656 of this title as the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, the State Treasurer, pursuant to subsection B of this section, may examine the records of the person if the State Treasurer has given the notice required by subsection B of this section to both the person and the business association at least ninety (90) days before the examination.D. If a holder fails after September 1, 1991, to maintain the records required by Section 679.1 of this title and the records of the holder available for the periods subject to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act are insufficient to permit the preparation of a report, the State Treasurer may require the holder to report and pay the amount that is reasonably estimated from any available records.Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 28, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 26, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2008, c. 108, § 6, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008; Laws 2019, c. 150, § 6, eff. July 1, 2019.
60 OK Stat § 60-679 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-679. Proceeding to compel delivery - Costs of examinations or investigations.

|A. The State Treasurer may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. |B. The actual cost of any examination or investigation incurred by the State Treasurer in administering any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be borne by the holder examined or investigated, provided that in no case may the charges exceed the value of the property found to be reportable and deliverable as a result of the examination, and either:1. A written demand for a report shall have been made and not forthcoming in time specified in Section 678 of this title;2. A report has not been received, and the examination or investigation by the State Treasurer establishes that the holder willfully or without reasonable cause has failed to report property reportable under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and property reportable thereunder is discovered by such examination or investigation; or3. A report has been received and the examination or investigation by the State Treasurer establishes that the holder willfully or without reasonable cause has failed to report additional property reportable under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.C. The cost of examination made pursuant to subsection C of Section 678 of this title may be imposed only against the business association.Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 29, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 199; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 27, eff. July 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-679.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-679.1. Records of names and addresses of owners and instruments.

|A. Every holder required to file a report under Section 661 of this title, as to any property for which it has obtained the last-known address of the owner, shall maintain a record of the name and last-known address of the owner for ten (10) years after the property is reported, except to the extent that a shorter time period is provided in subsection B of this section or by rule of the State Treasurer or the holder's regulatory agency or commission. |B. Any business association that sells in this state its travelers checks, money orders, or other similar written instruments, other than third-party bank checks on which the business association is directly liable, or that provides such instruments to others for sale in this state, shall maintain a record of the instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the state and date of issue for three (3) years after the date the property is reportable.Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 28, eff. July 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-680 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-680. Interest - Penalties - Waiver or remittance.

|A. A person who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be required to pay interest at the annual rate of ten percent (10%) on the property or value thereof from the date the property should have been paid or delivered. |B. In addition to the penalty imposed in subsection A of this section, a person who willfully fails to render any report or deliver property or perform any other duties required under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be required to pay a civil penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day the report is withheld or the duty is not performed, but not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).C. A person who willfully fails to pay or deliver property to the State Treasurer as required under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be required to pay a civil penalty equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the property that should have been paid or delivered.D. A person who willfully refuses after written demand by the State Treasurer to pay or deliver property to the State Treasurer as required under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.E. The interest or penalty or any portion thereof, as imposed by subsection A, B or C of this section, may be waived or remitted by the State Treasurer if the person’s failure to pay abandoned funds or deliver property is satisfactorily explained to the State Treasurer or if such failure has resulted from a mistake by the person of either the law or the facts subjecting that person to pay abandoned funds or deliver property subject to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, or inability to pay such interest or penalty resulting from insolvency. The State Treasurer shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act requiring the identification and recording of those circumstances under which interest or penalty, as imposed by subsection A, B, or C of this section, may be waived. The State Treasurer may also authorize amnesty programs to promote voluntary compliance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, and may participate and cooperate with other state administrators of abandoned or unclaimed property programs in nationwide amnesty programs. For purposes of this section, amnesty programs are programs in which potential holders of unclaimed property are granted waivers of interest and civil penalties if they voluntarily begin to comply with the reporting requirements of the state’s unclaimed property laws.Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 30, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 278, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 244, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 331, § 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 29, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 136, § 7, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 318, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004.
60 OK Stat § 60-681 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-681. Promulgation of rules – Continuation of rules in effect.

|The State Treasurer may promulgate necessary rules to carry out the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Promulgation of any rules shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. Any administrative rules of the Oklahoma Tax Commission which are in effect on the date the responsibilities of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act are transferred to the State Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of subsection D of Section 1 of this act. All powers and duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or references to the Oklahoma Tax Commission within such rules shall be deemed to be powers and duties of the State Treasurer or references to the State Treasurer. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 31, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 30, eff. July 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-682 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-682. Effect of foreign laws.

|This act does not apply to any property held, due and owing in a foreign country and arising out of a foreign transaction. |Laws 1967, c. 107, § 32, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967; Laws 1991, c. 331, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
60 OK Stat § 60-683.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-683.1. Exchange of information with other states - Reports – Continuation of agreements - Joint enforcement of act.

|A. The State Treasurer may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed personal property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The State Treasurer by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made under this section and prescribe the form. Any agreements entered into by the Oklahoma Tax Commission which are in effect on the date the responsibilities of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act are transferred to the State Treasurer shall be effective agreements of the State Treasurer until such time as the State Treasurer chooses to amend, repeal or modify them. All powers and duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or references to the Oklahoma Tax Commission within such rules shall be deemed to be powers and duties of the State Treasurer or references to the State Treasurer. |B. To avoid conflicts between the procedures in effect in this state and the procedures in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the State Treasurer, so far as it is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, before promulgating, amending, or repealing rules, shall advise and consult with administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and take into consideration the rules of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.C. The State Treasurer may join with other states to seek enforcement of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.D. At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this state may bring an action in the name of the other state in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the Attorney General in bringing the action.E. The State Treasurer may request that the Attorney General of another state or any other person bring an action to enforce the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act in the other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney fees in an action under this subsection. The State Treasurer may agree to pay the person bringing the action attorney fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of property recovered in the action. Any expenses paid pursuant to this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to a claim by the owner under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 31, eff. July 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-683.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-683.2. Application and effect of act.

|(a) This act does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before the effective date of this act to report, pay, or deliver property. A holder who did not comply with the law in effect before the effective date of this act is subject to the applicable enforcement and penalty provisions that then existed and they are continued in effect for the purpose of this subsection, subject to subsection (b) of Section 666 of this title. |(b) The initial report filed under this act for property that was not required to be reported before the effective date of this act but which is subject to this act must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the ten-year period preceding the effective date of this act as if this act had been in effect during that period.(c) Museums shall not be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, but a museum may avail itself of the provisions of this act by complying with the requirements of this act.Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 404, § 2, emerg. eff. June 11, 1992.
60 OK Stat § 60-684.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-684.1. Recovery of property by another state.

|A. At any time after personal property has been paid or delivered to the State Treasurer under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, another state may recover the property if: |1. The property was subjected to custody by this state because the records of the holder did not reflect the last-known address of the apparent owner when the property was presumed abandoned under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, and the other state establishes that the last-known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property was in that state and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or was subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;2. The last-known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property, as reflected by the records of the holder, is in the other state and under the laws of that state the property has escheated to or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;3. The records of the holder were erroneous in that they did not accurately reflect the actual owner of the property and the last-known address of the actual owner is in the other state and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or was subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;4. The property was subjected to custody by this state under subsection (f) of Section 659 of this title and under the laws of the state of domicile of the holder the property has escheated to or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state; or5. The property is the sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or other similar instrument that was subjected to custody by this state under Section 651.2 of this title, and the instrument was purchased in the other state, and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or became subject to a claim of abandonment by that state.B. The claim of another state to recover escheated or abandoned property must be presented in a form prescribed by the State Treasurer, which shall decide the claim within ninety (90) days after it is presented. The State Treasurer shall allow the claim if the State Treasurer determines that the other state is entitled to the abandoned property under subsection A of this section.C. The State Treasurer shall require a state, before recovering property under this section, to agree to indemnify this state and its officers and employees against liability on a claim for the property.Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 32, eff. July 1, 1999.
60 OK Stat § 60-685.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-685.1. Application and construction of act.

|The Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981) shall be applied and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to unclaimed property among states enacting it. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
60 OK Stat § 60-686 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-686. Citation.

|Section 651 et seq. of this title may be cited as the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 36, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 33, eff. July 1, 1999.