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WA Rev Code § 63.29.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.040 - Travelers checks and money orders.

RCW 63.29.040 Travelers checks and money orders.(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than fifteen years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within fifteen years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.(2) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third party bank check, that has been outstanding for more than five years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within five years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.(3) A holder may not deduct from the amount of a travelers check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.(4) No sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third party bank check, described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be subjected to the custody of this state as unclaimed property unless:(a) The records of the issuer show that the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in this state;(b) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or(c) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property. The department shall provide to the issuer a list of all such states and the issuer may rely with acquittance upon such list.(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, subsection (4) of this section applies to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state.[ 1983 c 179 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.050 - Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.

RCW 63.29.050 Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.(1) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to RCW 63.29.040, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than three years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned, unless the owner, within three years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee thereof.(2) A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 13 § 2; 1983 c 179 § 5.]NOTES:Effective dates—2003 1st sp.s. c 13: See note following RCW 63.29.020.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.080 - Deposits held by utilities.

RCW 63.29.080 Deposits held by utilities.(1) A deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility services to be furnished, less any lawful deductions, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made is presumed abandoned.(2) Any sum which a utility has been ordered to refund and which was received for utility services rendered in this state, together with any interest thereon, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled thereto for more than one year after the date it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund is presumed abandoned.[ 1983 c 179 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.090 - Refunds held by business associations.

RCW 63.29.090 Refunds held by business associations.Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the court or administrative agency, any sum that a business association has been ordered to refund by a court or administrative agency which has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund, whether or not the final determination or order requires any person entitled to a refund to make a claim for it, is presumed abandoned.[ 1983 c 179 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.110 - Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.

RCW 63.29.110 Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of a business association which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the date specified for final distribution is presumed abandoned.[ 1983 c 179 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.120 - Property held by agents and fiduciaries.

RCW 63.29.120 Property held by agents and fiduciaries.(1) Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within three years after it has become payable or distributable, has increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, communicated concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by the fiduciary.(2) Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the internal revenue laws of the United States are not payable or distributable within the meaning of subsection (1) of this section unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.(3) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between him or her and the business association provides otherwise.(4) For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.[ 2012 c 117 § 179; 2003 1st sp.s. c 13 § 6; 1983 c 179 § 12.]NOTES:Effective dates—2003 1st sp.s. c 13: See note following RCW 63.29.020.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.130 - Property held by courts and public agencies—When abandoned—Overpayments.

RCW 63.29.130 Property held by courts and public agencies—When abandoned—Overpayments.Intangible property held for the owner by a court, state or other government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, public authority, or the United States or any instrumentality of the United States that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than two years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. However, courts may retain overpayments made in connection with any litigation, including traffic, criminal, and noncriminal matters, in an amount less than or equal to ten dollars. These overpayments shall be remitted by the clerk of the court to the local treasurer for deposit in the local current expense fund.[ 2007 c 183 § 1; 1993 c 498 § 2; 1983 c 179 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.133 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.133 - Property held by landlord.

RCW 63.29.133 Property held by landlord.Intangible property held by a landlord as a result of a sheriff's sale pursuant to RCW 59.18.312 that remains unclaimed for a period of one year from the date of the sale is presumed abandoned.[ 1992 c 38 § 9.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—1992 c 38: See notes following RCW 59.18.352.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.135 - Abandoned intangible property held by local government.

RCW 63.29.135 Abandoned intangible property held by local government.A local government holding abandoned intangible property that is not forwarded to the department of revenue, as authorized under RCW 63.29.190, shall not be required to maintain current records of this property for longer than five years after the property is presumed to be abandoned, and at that time may archive records of this intangible property and transfer the intangible property to its general fund. However, the local government shall remain liable to pay the intangible property to a person or entity subsequently establishing its ownership of this intangible property.[ 1990 2nd ex.s. c 1 § 301.]NOTES:Applicability—1990 2nd ex.s. c 1: "Any funds covered by RCW 63.29.190 that were received by the state prior to June 6, 1990, shall be retained by the state of Washington, and any such funds not remitted to the state prior to June 6, 1990, may be retained as provided for under RCW 63.29.190." [ 1990 2nd ex.s. c 1 § 303.]Severability—1990 2nd ex.s. c 1: See note following RCW 82.14.300.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.140 - Gift certificates and credit memos.

RCW 63.29.140 Gift certificates and credit memos.(1) A gift certificate or a credit memo issued in the ordinary course of an issuer's business which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.(2) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser for the gift certificate. In the case of a credit memo, the amount presumed abandoned is the amount credited to the recipient of the memo.(3) A gift certificate that is lawfully issued under chapter 19.240 RCW and that is presumed abandoned under this section may, but need not be , included in the report as provided under RCW 63.29.170(4).[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 2102; 2004 c 168 § 15; 2003 1st sp.s. c 13 § 7; 1983 c 179 § 14.]NOTES:Effective dates—2015 3rd sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.Application—2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 2101, 2102, 2106, 2108, and 2110: See note following RCW 63.29.190.Effective date—2004 c 168 §§ 15 and 16: "Sections 15 and 16 of this act take effect January 1, 2005." [ 2004 c 168 § 20.]Effective dates—2003 1st sp.s. c 13: See note following RCW 63.29.020.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.150 - Wages.

RCW 63.29.150 Wages.Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.[ 1983 c 179 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.160 - Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository.

RCW 63.29.160 Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository.All tangible and intangible property held in a safe deposit box or any other safekeeping repository in this state in the ordinary course of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired, are presumed abandoned.[ 1983 c 179 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.165 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.165 - Property in self-storage facility.

RCW 63.29.165 Property in self-storage facility.The excess proceeds of a sale conducted pursuant to RCW 19.150.080 by an owner of a self-service storage facility to satisfy the lien and costs of storage which are not claimed by the occupant of the storage space or any other person which remains unclaimed for more than six months are presumed abandoned.[ 1993 c 498 § 4; 1988 c 240 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.180 - Notice and publication of information about unclaimed property.

RCW 63.29.180 Notice and publication of information about unclaimed property.(1) The department must cause a notice to be published not later than November 1st, immediately following the report required by RCW 63.29.170 in the printed or online version of a newspaper of general circulation within this state, which the department determines is most likely to give notice to the apparent owner of the property.(2) The published notice must be entitled "Notice to Owners of Unclaimed Property" and contain a summary explanation of how owners may obtain information about unclaimed property reported to the department.(3) Not later than September 1st, immediately following the report required by RCW 63.29.170, the department must mail a notice to each person whose last known address is listed in the report and who appears to be entitled to property with a value of more than seventy-five dollars presumed abandoned under this chapter and any beneficiary of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract for whom the department has a last known address. The department is not required to mail notice under this subsection if the address listed in the report appears to the department to be insufficient for the purpose of the delivery of mail.(4) The mailed notice must contain:(a) A statement that, according to a report filed with the department, property is being held to which the addressee appears entitled; and(b) The name of the person reporting the property and the type of property described in the report.(5) This section is not applicable to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and other written instruments presumed abandoned under RCW 63.29.040.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 2104; 2005 c 367 § 2; 2003 c 237 § 2; 1993 c 498 § 9; 1986 c 84 § 1; 1983 c 179 § 18.]NOTES:Effective dates—2015 3rd sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.193 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.193 - Petition for review—Denied application for refund or return.

RCW 63.29.193 Petition for review—Denied application for refund or return.Any person having been issued an assessment by the department, or a denial of an application for a refund or return of property, under the provisions of this chapter is entitled to a review by the department conducted in accordance with the provisions of RCW 34.05.410 through 34.05.494, subject to judicial review under RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598. A petition for review under this section is timely if received in writing by the department before the due date of the assessment, including any extension of the due date granted by the department, or in the case of a refund or return application, thirty days after the department rejects the application in writing, regardless of any subsequent action by the department to reconsider its initial decision. The period for filing a petition for review under this section may be extended as provided in a rule adopted by the department under chapter 34.05 RCW or upon a written agreement signed by the holder and the department.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 2111.]NOTES:Effective dates—2015 3rd sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.195 - Agreement—Established between a holder and the department.

RCW 63.29.195 Agreement—Established between a holder and the department.(1) The department may enter into an agreement in writing with any holder with respect to any duties under this chapter or any property or amounts due under this chapter, including penalties and interest.(2) Upon its execution by all parties, the agreement is final and conclusive as to the periods, property, and any other matters expressly covered by the agreement. Except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance, or of misrepresentation of a material fact:(a) The agreement may not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon, nor may the agreement be modified, by any officer, employee, or agent of the state, or the holder; and(b) In any suit, action, or proceeding, such agreement, or any determination, assessment, collection, payment, abatement, or refund, or credit made in accordance with the agreement, may not be annulled, modified, set aside, or disregarded.(3) No agreement under this section may affect a holder's obligations to an owner or an owner's rights against a holder, except as expressly provided in RCW 63.29.200.(4) No agreement under this section may include any indemnification of any holder for amounts or property that has not been paid or delivered to the department. Nothing in this subsection (4) may be construed to affect the finality and conclusiveness of any agreement under this section to the extent provided in subsection (2) of this section.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 2113.]NOTES:Effective dates—2015 3rd sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 82.04.4266.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.210 - Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account.

RCW 63.29.210 Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account.Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to the department under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the department any dividends, interest, or other increments realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion thereof into money.[ 1983 c 179 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.230 - Deposit of funds.

RCW 63.29.230 Deposit of funds.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the department shall promptly deposit in the general fund of this state all funds received under this chapter, including the proceeds from the sale of abandoned property under RCW 63.29.220. The department shall retain in a separate trust fund an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars from which prompt payment of claims duly allowed must be made by the department. Before making the deposit, the department shall record the name and last known address of each person appearing from the holders' reports to be entitled to the property and the name and last known address of each insured person or annuitant and beneficiary and with respect to each policy or contract listed in the report of an insurance company its number, and the name of the company. The record must be available for public inspection at all reasonable business hours.(2) The department of revenue may pay from the trust fund provided in subsection (1) of this section any costs of administering this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 23.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.240 - Filing of claim with department.

RCW 63.29.240 Filing of claim with department.(1) A person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in any property paid or delivered to the department may file with it a claim on a form prescribed by it and verified by the claimant.(2) The department must consider each claim within ninety days after it is filed and give written notice to the claimant if the claim is denied in whole or in part. The notice may be given by mailing it to the last address, if any, stated in the claim as the address to which notices are to be sent. If no address for notices is stated in the claim, the notice may be mailed to the last address, if any, of the claimant as stated in the claim. No notice of denial need be given if the claim fails to state either the last address to which notices are to be sent or the address of the claimant.(3)(a) If a claim is allowed, the department must pay over or deliver to the claimant the property or the amount the department actually received or the net proceeds if it has been sold by the department, together with any additional amount required by RCW 63.29.210. Nothing in this subsection (3)(a) may be construed to modify RCW 63.29.220(2)(c).(b) If the property claimed was interest-bearing to the owner on the date of surrender by the holder, the department also must pay interest at the legal rate or any lesser rate the property earned while in the possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the department and ceases on the earlier of the expiration of ten years after delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner. No interest on interest-bearing property is payable for any period before June 30, 1983.(4) Any holder who pays the owner for property that has been delivered to the state and which, if claimed from the department, would be subject to subsection (3) of this section must add interest as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The added interest must be repaid to the holder by the department in the same manner as the principal.[ 2011 2nd sp.s. c 8 § 2; 1983 c 179 § 24.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 2nd sp.s. c 8: See note following RCW 63.29.220.