reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
DC Code § 41-154.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter IV - Report by Holder|§ 41-154.02. Content of report

(a) The report required under this section shall: (1) Be signed by or on behalf of the holder and verified as to its completeness and accuracy; (2) If filed electronically, be in a secure format approved by the Administrator that protects confidential information of the apparent owner in the same manner as required of the Administrator and the Administrator's agent under subchapter XIV of this chapter; (3) Describe the property; (4) Except for a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument, contain the name, if known, last-known address, if known, and Social Security number or taxpayer identification number, if known or readily ascertainable, of the apparent owner of property with a value of $50 or more; (5) For an amount held or owing under a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract, contain the name and last-known address of the insured, annuitant or other apparent owner of the policy or contract and of the beneficiary; (6) For property held in or removed from a safe-deposit box, indicate the location of the property, where it may be inspected by the Administrator, and any amounts owed to the holder under § 41-156.06; (7) Contain the commencement date for determining abandonment under subchapter II of this chapter; (8) State that the holder has complied with the notice requirements of § 41-156.07; (9) Identify property that is a non-freely transferable security and explain why it is a non-freely transferable security; and (10) Contain other information the Administrator prescribes by rules. (b) A report under § 41-154.01 may include personal information as defined in § 41-164.01 about the apparent owner or the apparent owner's property to the extent not otherwise prohibited by federal law. (c) If a holder has changed its name while holding property presumed abandoned or is a successor to another person that previously held the property for the apparent owner, the holder shall include in the report under § 41-154.01 its former name or the name of the previous holder, if any, and the known name and address of each previous holder of the property.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7025, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-154.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter IV - Report by Holder|§ 41-154.03. When report to be filed

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section and subject to subsection (c) of this section, the report under § 41-154.01 shall be filed before November 1 of each year and cover the 12 months preceding July 1 of that year. (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the report under § 41-154.01 to be filed by an insurance company shall be filed before May 1 of each year for the immediately preceding calendar year. (c) Before the date for filing the report under § 41-154.01, the holder of property presumed abandoned may request the Administrator to extend the time for filing. The Administrator may grant an extension. If the extension is granted, the holder may pay or make a partial payment of the amount the holder estimates ultimately will be due. The payment or partial payment terminates accrual of interest on the amount paid.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7026, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-154.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter IV - Report by Holder|§ 41-154.04. Retention of records by holder

 A holder required to file a report under § 41-154.01 shall retain records for 10 years after the later of the date the report was filed or the last date a timely report was due to be filed, unless a shorter period is provided by rule of the Administrator. The holder may satisfy the requirement to retain records under this section through an agent. The records shall contain: (1) The information required to be included in the report; (2) The date, place, and nature of the circumstances that gave rise to the property right; (3) The amount or value of the property; (4) The last address of the apparent owner, if known to the holder; and (5) If the holder sells, issues, or provides to others for sale or issue in the District traveler's checks, money orders, or similar instruments, other than third-party bank checks, on which the holder is directly liable, a record of the instruments while they remain outstanding indicating the state and date of issue.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7027, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-154.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter IV - Report by Holder|§ 41-154.05. Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand

Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this chapter even if the owner fails to make demand or present an instrument or document otherwise required to obtain payment.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7028, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-155.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter V - Notice to Apparent Owner of Property Presumed Abandoned|§ 41-155.01. Notice to apparent owner by holder

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the apparent owner notice by first-class United States mail that complies with § 41-155.02 in a format acceptable to the Administrator not more than 180 days nor less than 60 days before filing the report under § 41-154.01 if: (1) The holder has in its records an address for the apparent owner which the holder's records do not disclose to be invalid and is sufficient to direct the delivery of first-class United States mail to the apparent owner; and (2) The value of the property is $50 or more. (b) If an apparent owner has consented to receive electronic-mail delivery from the holder, the holder shall send the notice described in subsection (a) of this section both by first-class United States mail to the apparent owner's last-known mailing address and by electronic mail, unless the holder believes that the apparent owner's electronic-mail address is invalid.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7029, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-155.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter V - Notice to Apparent Owner of Property Presumed Abandoned|§ 41-155.02. Contents of notice by holder

(a) Notice under § 41-155.01 shall contain a heading that reads substantially as follows: "Notice. The District of Columbia requires us to notify you that your property may be transferred to the custody of the District of Columbia's Unclaimed Property Administrator if you do not contact us before (insert date that is 30 days after the date of this notice).". (b) The notice under § 41-155.01 shall: (1) Identify the nature and, except for property that does not have a fixed value, the value of the property that is the subject of the notice; (2) State that the property will be turned over to the Administrator; (3) State that after the property is turned over to the Administrator an apparent owner that seeks return of the property must file a claim with the Administrator; (4) State that property that is not legal tender of the United States may be sold by the Administrator; and (5) Provide instructions that the apparent owner must follow to prevent the holder from reporting and paying or delivering the property to the Administrator.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7030, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-155.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter V - Notice to Apparent Owner of Property Presumed Abandoned|§ 41-155.03. Notice by Administrator

(a) The Administrator shall make a reasonable effort to give notice to an apparent owner that property of the owner that is presumed to be abandoned is held by the Administrator under this chapter. The Administrator shall use available resources, including information services, to ascertain the mailing address of an apparent owner. (b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall: (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, send written notice by first-class United States mail to each apparent owner of property valued at $50 or more held by the Administrator, unless the Administrator determines that a mailing by first-class United States mail would not be received by the apparent owner, and, in the case of a security held in an account for which the apparent owner had consented to receiving electronic mail from the holder, send notice by electronic mail if the electronic-mail address of the apparent owner is known to the Administrator instead of by first-class United States mail; or (2) Send the notice to the apparent owner's electronic-mail address if the Administrator does not have a valid United States mail address for an apparent owner, but has an electronic-mail address that the Administrator does not know to be invalid. (c) In addition to the notice under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator shall: (1) Publish every 6 months in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the District a notice with the following information: (A) The total value of property received by the Administrator during the preceding 6-month period, taken from the reports under § 41-154.01; (B) The total value of claims paid by the Administrator during the preceding 6-month period; (C) The Internet web address of the unclaimed property website maintained by the Administrator; (D) A telephone number and electronic-mail address to contact the Administrator to inquire about or claim property; and (E) A statement that a person may access the Internet by a computer to search for unclaimed property and a computer may be available as a service to the public at a local public library; and (2) Maintain a website or database accessible by the public and electronically searchable, which contains the names reported to the Administrator of all apparent owners for whom property is being held by the Administrator. (d) The website or database maintained under subsection (c) of this section must include instructions for filing with the Administrator a claim to property and a printable claim form with instructions for its use. (e) In addition to giving notice under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Administrator may use other printed publication, telecommunication, the Internet, or other media to inform the public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the Administrator.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7031, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-155.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter V - Notice to Apparent Owner of Property Presumed Abandoned|§ 41-155.04. Cooperation among District officers and agencies to locate apparent owner

Unless prohibited by law of the District other than this chapter, on request of the Administrator, each officer, agency, board, commission, division, and department of the District and any body politic and corporate created by the District for a public purpose shall make its books and records available to the Administrator and cooperate with the Administrator to determine the current address of an apparent owner of property held by the Administrator under this chapter.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7032, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.01. Definition of good faith

 In this subchapter, payment or delivery of property is made in good faith if a holder: (1) Had a reasonable basis for believing, based on the facts then known, that the property was required or permitted to be paid or delivered to the Administrator under this chapter; or (2) Made payment or delivery: (A) In response to a demand by the Administrator or Administrator's agent; or (B) Under a guidance or ruling issued by the Administrator which the holder reasonably believed required or permitted the property to be paid or delivered.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7033, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.02. Dormancy charge

(a) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property required to be paid or delivered to the Administrator if: (1) A valid contract between the holder and the apparent owner authorizes imposition of the charge for the apparent owner's failure to claim the property within a specified time; and (2) The holder regularly imposes the charge and regularly does not reverse or otherwise cancel the charge. (b) The amount of the deduction under subsection (a) of this section is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable considering all relevant factors, including the marginal transactional costs incurred by the holder in maintaining the apparent owner's property and any services received by the apparent owner. A deduction of $10 a year for maintaining property valued at $50 or less, or $20 a year for maintaining property valued at more than $50, or other amounts established by the Administrator by rule, is not unconscionable, although a higher charge, if permitted under subsection (a) of this section, may be proper considering all relevant factors.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7034, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.03. Payment or delivery of property to Administrator

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on filing a report under § 41-154.01, the holder shall pay or deliver to the Administrator the property described in the report. (b) If property in a report under § 41-154.01 is an automatically renewable deposit and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from paying the deposit to the Administrator at the time of the report, the date for payment of the property to the Administrator is extended until a penalty or forfeiture no longer would result from payment, if the holder informs the Administrator of the extended date. (c) Tangible property in a safe-deposit box may not be delivered to the Administrator until 120 days after filing the report under § 41-154.01. (d) If property reported to the Administrator under § 41-154.01 is a security, the Administrator may: (1) Make an endorsement, instruction, or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer, its transfer agent, or the securities intermediary to transfer the security; or (2) Dispose of the security under § 41-157.02. (e) If the holder of property reported to the Administrator under § 41-154.01 is the issuer of a certificated security, the Administrator may obtain a replacement certificate in physical or book-entry form under § 28:8-405. An indemnity bond is not required. (f) The Administrator shall establish procedures for the registration, issuance, method of delivery, transfer, and maintenance of securities delivered to the Administrator by a holder. (g) An issuer, holder, and transfer agent or other person acting under this section under instructions of and on behalf of the issuer or holder is not liable to the apparent owner for, and shall be paid by the Administrator for the value of the property turned over to the Administrator by the District against, a claim arising with respect to property after the property has been delivered to the Administrator. (h) A holder is not required to deliver to the Administrator a security identified by the holder as a non-freely transferable security. If the Administrator or holder determines that a security is no longer a non-freely transferable security, the holder shall deliver the security on the next regular date prescribed for delivery of securities under this chapter. The holder shall make a determination annually whether a security identified in a report filed under § 41-154.01 as a non-freely transferable security is no longer a non-freely transferable security.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7035, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.04. Effect of payment or delivery of property to Administrator

(a) On payment or delivery of property to the Administrator under this chapter, the Administrator as agent for the District assumes custody and responsibility for safekeeping the property. A holder that pays or delivers property to the Administrator in good faith and substantially complies with §§ 41-155.01 and 41-155.02 is relieved of liability arising thereafter with respect to payment or delivery of the property to the Administrator. (b) A holder is not liable for a claim against the holder resulting from the payment or delivery of property to the Administrator made in good faith and after the holder substantially complied with §§ 41-155.01 and 7030.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7036, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.06 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.06. Property removed from safe-deposit box

(a) Property removed from a safe-deposit box and delivered under this chapter to the Administrator under this chapter is subject to the holder's right to reimbursement for the cost of opening the box and a lien or contract providing reimbursement to the holder for unpaid rent charges for the box, provided that the holder makes a request under subsection (b) of this section. (b) The Administrator shall reimburse the holder from the proceeds remaining after deducting the expense incurred by the Administrator in selling the property, if the holder makes a request for reimbursement after property from the safe deposit box is delivered to the Administrator.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7038, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.07. Crediting income or gain to owner's account

(a) If property other than money is delivered to the Administrator, the owner is entitled to receive from the Administrator income or gain realized or accrued on the property before the property is sold. If the property is an interest-bearing demand, savings, or time deposit that continues to earn interest after delivery to the Administrator, the owner is entitled to that interest before the property is sold. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the Administrator and ends on the earlier of the expiration of 10 years after its delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner. (b) Interest on interest-bearing property is not payable under this section for any period before August 23, 2021, unless authorized by § 41-121.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7039, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.08. Administrator's options as to custody

(a) The Administrator may decline to take custody of property reported under § 41-154.01 if the Administrator determines that: (1) The property has a value less than the estimated expenses of notice and sale of the property; or (2) Taking custody of the property would be unlawful. (b) A holder may pay or deliver property to the Administrator before the property is presumed abandoned under this chapter if the holder: (1) Sends the apparent owner of the property notice required by § 41-155.01 and provides the Administrator evidence of the holder's compliance with this paragraph; (2) Includes with the payment or delivery a report regarding the property conforming to § 41-154.02; and (3) First obtains the Administrator's consent in a record to accept payment or delivery. (c) A holder's request for the Administrator's consent under subsection (b)(3) of this section shall be in a record. If the Administrator fails to respond to the request not later than 30 days after receipt of the request, the Administrator is deemed to consent to the payment or delivery of the property and the payment or delivery is considered to have been made in good faith. (d) On payment or delivery of property under subsection (b) of this section, the property is presumed abandoned.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7040, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.09. Disposition of property having no substantial value; immunity from liability

(a) If the Administrator takes custody of property delivered under this chapter and later determines that the property has no substantial commercial value or that the cost of disposing of the property will exceed the value of the property, the Administrator may return the property to the holder or destroy or otherwise dispose of the property. (b) An action or proceeding may not be commenced against the District, an agency of the District, the Administrator, another officer, employee, or agent of the District, or a holder for or because of an act of the Administrator under this section, except for intentional misconduct or malfeasance.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7041, 68 DCR 008602.)
DC Code § 41-156.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 41 - Personal Property|Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator|§ 41-156.10. Periods of limitation and repose

(a) Expiration, before, on, or after August 23, 2021, of a period of limitation on an owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order, does not prevent the property from being presumed abandoned or affect the duty of a holder under this chapter to file a report or pay or deliver property to the Administrator. (b) The Administrator may not commence an action or proceeding to enforce this chapter with respect to the reporting, payment, or delivery of property more than 10 years after the holder filed a non-fraudulent report under § 41-154.01 with the Administrator. The parties may agree in a record to extend the limitation in this subsection. (c) The Administrator may not commence an action, proceeding, or examination with respect to a duty of a holder under this chapter more than 10 years after the duty arose.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 7042, 68 DCR 008602.)