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AK Stat § 34.45.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.040. Presale inventory and notice.

(a) Before the property is sold, the person in possession of it shall request the district judge or magistrate in the judicial district where the property is located to inventory the property. (b) Upon the request the district judge or magistrate or a person, other than the holder of the property or the holder's agent, appointed by the district judge or magistrate, shall attend and, in the presence of the holder, or the holder's agent, shall open, examine, and inventory the property. The inventory must be in duplicate, one copy of which shall be filed with the district judge or magistrate and one copy retained by the holder of the property. (c) After the property is inventoried, the holder, or the holder's agent, may give notice of an intention to sell it in the following manner: (1) if the name and residence of the owner of the property is known, by serving the notice upon the owner either personally, or at the owner's place of residence or business, or by registered mail; (2) if the name and residence of the owner of the property is unknown to the holder, then the holder may serve the notice by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the area nearest to where the property is held. (d) The notice must contain (1) a reasonably correct description of the property; (2) the name and residence of the owner, if known; (3) the name and residence of the holder; (4) the amount of the charges accrued and costs incurred; and (5) a statement that the holder on a certain date, that shall be specified and may not be less than three weeks after the day on which the notice is served or, if published, on which the notice is first published, will apply to the district judge or magistrate for an order to sell the property to satisfy all charges and costs that have accrued or been incurred to that date.
AK Stat § 34.45.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.050. Order of sale.

(a) If the owner or person entitled to the possession of the property, before the date specified in the notice, fails to redeem it as provided in AS 34.45.060, the district judge or magistrate, upon verified proof that the service or publication is filed with the court, shall enter an order directing the sale of the property at public auction on a date not less than 10 days after the order to satisfy all charges and costs. (b) The holder or the holder's agent shall give public notice of sale by posting, within five miles of the place of sale, in three public places, a notice that the property will be sold at public auction. The notice must also contain a reasonably correct description of the property, the name and residence of the owner if known, the name and residence of the holder, and the time and place of sale.
AK Stat § 34.45.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.060. Sale at public auction.

(a) The peace officer shall sell the property at public auction to the highest bidder in the manner provided for the sale of personal property on execution. (b) The sale of the property conveys good title superior to all liens, encumbrances, and mortgages, and without right of redemption; but the owner or mortgagee, at any time before the sale, may redeem the property by claiming it and paying all charges of the holder against it and all costs incurred or accrued under AS 34.45.010 - 34.45.080 up to and including the date on which the owner or mortgagee redeems it. (c) The proceeds from the sale shall be applied in payment, first, of all reasonable costs of sale, inventory and publishing, posting, serving and preparing notices, including the district judge's or magistrate's fees and the fees of the peace officer, and second, of the holder's charges, with interest at the legal rate, against the property.
AK Stat § 34.45.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.070. Proceeds of sale.

(a) The peace officer, upon completion of the sale of the property, shall make and file with the district judge or magistrate a verified, written return of the conduct of the sale and of the application of the proceeds derived from it, and shall pay all money in excess of costs and charges to the district judge or magistrate. (b) The district judge or magistrate shall hold the money in trust for the owner of the property and shall pay it to the owner upon the latter's making a written, verified claim to it, with proof of ownership, within one year after the date of the sale. If no claim is made within one year after the date of the sale, the district judge or magistrate shall immediately pay the excess proceeds to the Department of Revenue. Excess proceeds that are required to be paid over to the Department of Revenue under this section are subject to AS 34.45.280 and 34.45.330 - 34.45.780.
AK Stat § 34.45.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.080. Sale of perishable property.

(a) Property of a perishable nature and subject to decay by keeping, if not taken away within 30 days after it has been left, may be sold by giving 10 days' notice of sale. In that case the notice provided in AS 34.45.040 need not be given. (b) The sale shall be conducted and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied in the manner provided in AS 34.45.010 - 34.45.080, except that property in a state of decay, or that is plainly subject to immediate decay, may be summarily sold by order of a district judge or magistrate, after inspection of it, as provided in AS 34.45.010 - 34.45.080. (c) The return of the sale shall be made and the proceeds derived from it shall be applied in the manner provided in AS 34.45.060 and 34.45.070.
AK Stat § 34.45.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 1. Consignees and Bailees.|Sec. 34.45.085. Definition.

In AS 34.45.010 and 34.45.020, “property” does not include property covered by AS 14.57.200 - 14.57.290.
AK Stat § 34.45.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 2. Personal Property Presumed Abandoned; General Rules.|Sec. 34.45.110. General rule for property presumed abandoned.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 34.45.120 - 34.45.780, all intangible property, including income or increment derived from the property, less lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. (b) Property is payable or distributable for the purposes of AS 34.45.120 - 34.45.780 even if the owner failed to demand the property or to present an instrument or document required to receive payment of the property.
AK Stat § 34.45.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 2. Personal Property Presumed Abandoned; General Rules.|Sec. 34.45.120. General rules for taking custody of unclaimed intangible property.

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by another statute of the state, intangible property is subject to the custody of the state as unclaimed property if the conditions raising a presumption of abandonment under AS 34.45.110 or 34.45.140 - 34.45.260 are satisfied and (1) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in the state; (2) the records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the state; (3) the records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner, and it is established that (A) the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the state, or (B) the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency, including a municipality, of the state and has not previously paid or delivered the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property; (4) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in a state that either does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property, and the holder is a domiciliary, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, including a municipality, of the state; (5) the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in a foreign nation and the holder is a domiciliary, government, or governmental subdivision, including a municipality, or agency of the state; or (6) the transaction out of which the property arose occurred in the state and (A) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown, or the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that either does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law does not apply to the property, and (B) the holder is a domiciliary of a state that either does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law does not apply to the property.
AK Stat § 34.45.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.140. Traveler's checks and money orders.

(a) Subject to (d) of this section, money payable on a traveler's check that has been outstanding for more than 15 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within the preceding 15 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. (b) Subject to (d) of this section, money payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, that has been outstanding for more than seven years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within the preceding seven 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. (c) A holder may not deduct from the amount of a traveler's check or money order a charge imposed for 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 under which the issuer may impose a charge, and the issuer regularly imposes charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them. (d) Money payable on a traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party check, described in (a) and (b) of this section, is not subject to the custody of the state as unclaimed property unless (1) the records of the issuer show that the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in the state; (2) the issuer has its principal place of business in the state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or (3) the issuer has its principal place of business in the state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the state of purchase either does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of AS 34.45.110 - 34.45.780, (d) of this section applies to money payable on traveler's checks, money orders, and similar written instruments, other than a third-party bank check, presumed abandoned after January 31, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state before January 1, 1974.
AK Stat § 34.45.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.150. Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.

(a) Other than money payable on an instrument that is subject to AS 34.45.140, money payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, that has been outstanding for more than five years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned. This presumption does not apply if the owner, within the preceding five years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning the instrument or has otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record, on file, prepared by an employee of the organization. (b) A holder may not deduct from the amount of an instrument subject to this section a charge imposed for 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 under which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes the charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.
AK Stat § 34.45.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.160. Bank deposits and money in financial organizations.

(a) A demand, savings, or matured time deposit with a banking or financial organization, including a deposit that is automatically renewable, and money paid toward the purchase of a share, a mutual investment certificate, or other intangible property interest in a banking or financial organization is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within the preceding five years, has (1) in the case of a deposit, increased or decreased its amount or presented the passbook or other similar evidence of the deposit for the crediting of interest; (2) communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning the property; or (3) otherwise indicated an interest in the property as evidenced by a memorandum or other record, on file, prepared by an employee of the banking or financial organization. (b) A holder may not impose, with respect to property described in (a) of this section, a charge due to dormancy or inactivity, or cease payment of interest. (c) Property described in (a) of this section that is automatically renewable is matured for purposes of (a) of this section upon the expiration of its initial time period. However, in the case of a renewal to which the owner consents at or about the time of renewal by communicating in writing with the banking or financial organization or by otherwise indicating consent as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file, prepared by an employee of the organization, the property is matured upon the expiration of the last time period for which consent was given. If, at the time provided for delivery in AS 34.45.320, a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from the delivery of the property, the time for delivery is extended until the time when no penalty or forfeiture would result. (d) For purposes of this section, “property” includes interest and dividends.
AK Stat § 34.45.175 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.175. Certain property distributed in insurance company reorganizations.

(a) The following property distributable in the course of a demutualization or related reorganization of an insurance company is considered abandoned two years after the date of demutualization or reorganization as follows: (1) money that remains unclaimed and the owner has not otherwise communicated with the holder or its agent regarding the property as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the holder or its agent; (2) stock or other equity interest if (A) the instruments or statements reflecting the distribution are either mailed to the owner and returned by the post office as undeliverable, or not mailed to the owner because of an address on the books and records of the holder that is known to be incorrect; and (B) the owner has not otherwise communicated with the holder or its agent regarding the property as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the holder or agent. (b) Property that is not subject to (a) of this section is reportable as otherwise provided in AS 34.45.110 - 34.45.780.
AK Stat § 34.45.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.180. Deposits held by utilities.

A deposit, including interest on the deposit, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment, or money paid in advance for utility services to be furnished, less lawful deductions, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made is presumed abandoned.
AK Stat § 34.45.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.190. Refunds held by business associations.

Except to the extent otherwise ordered by a court or administrative agency, money that a business association has been ordered by the court or administrative agency to refund is presumed abandoned if it remains 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, regardless of whether the final determination or order requires the owner to make a claim for it.
AK Stat § 34.45.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.210. Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.

Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of a business association that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the date specified for final distribution is presumed abandoned.
AK Stat § 34.45.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.220. Property held by agents and fiduciaries.

(a) Intangible property and income or increment derived from the intangible property 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. (b) Money in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established under the internal revenue laws of the United States is not payable or distributable within the meaning of (a) of this section unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory. (c) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is considered as holding the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between that person and the business association provides otherwise. (d) For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is considered as holding property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only so far as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property so far as the interest of another person in the property is concerned.
AK Stat § 34.45.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.230. Property held by courts and public agencies.

Except as provided by AS 34.45.720(d), intangible property held for the owner by a court, state, municipality, or other government, governmental subdivision, or agency, public corporation, or public authority, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable or distributable, is presumed abandoned.
AK Stat § 34.45.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.240. Gift certificates and credit memos.

(a) A gift certificate or a credit memo, issued in the ordinary course of an issuer's business, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. (b) 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.
AK Stat § 34.45.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.250. Wages.

Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business and that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.
AK Stat § 34.45.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.260. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository.

All tangible and intangible personal property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository in a financial organization in the state in the ordinary course of the holder's business, and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired, are presumed abandoned.
AK Stat § 34.45.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 34. Property|Chapter 45. Unclaimed Property|Article 3. Conditions Leading to Presumption of Aban- donment of Particular Types of Personal Property.|Sec. 34.45.270. Burden of proof as to property evidenced by record of check, draft, or similar instrument.

A record of the issuance of a check, draft, or similar instrument is prima facie evidence of an obligation. In claiming property from a holder who is also the issuer, the department's burden of proof as to the existence and amount of the property and its abandonment is satisfied by showing issuance of the instrument and passage of the requisite period of abandonment. Defenses of payment, satisfaction, discharge, and want of consideration are affirmative defenses that must be established by the holder.