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IN Code § 32-34-1.5-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-19. Reporting Requirements

Sec. 19. (a) The report required under section 18 of this chapter must:(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 attorney general which protects confidential information of the apparent owner in the same manner as required of the attorney general's agent under section 80 of this chapter;(3) describe the property;(4) contain:(A) the name, if known;(B) the last known address, if known; and(C) the Social Security number or taxpayer identification number, if known or readily ascertainable;of the apparent owner of the property of property with a value of fifty dollars ($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 attorney general, and any amounts owed to the holder under section 32 of this chapter;(7) contain the commencement date for determining abandonment under sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this chapter;(8) state that the holder has complied with the notice requirements of section 23 of this chapter;(9) identify property that is a non-freely transferable security and explain why it is a non-freely transferable security; and(10) include any other information required by the attorney general.(b) A report required under section 18 of this chapter may include in the aggregate items valued under fifty dollars ($50) each. If the report includes items in the aggregate valued under fifty dollars ($50) each, the attorney general may not require the holder to provide the name and address of an apparent owner of an item, unless the information is necessary to verify or process a claim in progress by the apparent owner.(c) A report required under section 18 of this chapter may include personal information as defined in section 77(a) of this chapter about the apparent owner or the apparent owner's property to the extent not otherwise prohibited by federal law.(d) 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 must include in the report required under section 18 of this chapter 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.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-20. Reporting Deadlines

Sec. 20. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and subject to subsection (c), the report required under section 18 of this chapter must be filed before November 1 of each year and cover the twelve (12) months preceding July 1 of that year.(b) Subject to subsection (c), the report required under section 18 of this chapter to be filed by an insurance company must be filed before May 1 of each year for the immediately preceding calendar year.(c) Before the date for filing the report required under section 18 of this chapter, the holder of property presumed abandoned may request that the attorney general extend the time for filing. The attorney general may grant an extension. If an extension is granted, the holder may pay or make a partial payment of the amount the holder estimates ultimately will be due. A payment or partial payment under this subsection terminates accrual of interest on the amount paid.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-21. Retention of Records

Sec. 21. A holder required to file a report under section 18 of this chapter must retain records for ten (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 attorney general. The holder may satisfy the requirement to retain records under this section through an agent. The records must 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 this state 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.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-22. Failure of Owner to Request Payment

Sec. 22. Property is reportable and payable under this chapter even if the owner fails to make demand or present an instrument or document otherwise required to obtain payment.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-23. Notice Sent to Apparent Owner

Sec. 23. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the holder of property presumed abandoned must send to the apparent owner notice by first class United States mail that complies with section 24 of this chapter in a format acceptable to the attorney general not more than one hundred eighty (180) days and less than sixty (60) days before filing the report under section 18 of this chapter 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 fifty dollars ($50) or more.(b) If an apparent owner has consented to receive electronic mail delivery from the holder, the holder may, at its election, send the notice described in subsection (a) by either first class United States mail to the apparent owner's last known mailing address, or by electronic mail, unless the holder believes the apparent owner's electronic mail address is invalid.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-24. Notice Requirements

Sec. 24. (a) The notice under section 23 of this chapter must contain a heading that reads substantially as follows:"Notice. The State of Indiana requires us to notify you that your property may be transferred to the custody of the attorney general if you do not contact us before thirty (30) days after the date of this notice.".(b) The notice under section 23 of this chapter must:(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 attorney general;(3) state that after the property is turned over to the attorney general an apparent owner that seeks return of the property must file a claim with the attorney general;(4) state that property that is not legal tender of the United States may be sold by the attorney general; and(5) provide instructions that the apparent owner must follow to prevent the holder from reporting and paying or delivering the property to the attorney general.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-25. Publication of Notice in Newspaper and on Internet

Sec. 25. (a) The attorney general shall give notice to an apparent owner that property presumed abandoned and appearing to be owned by the apparent owner is held by the attorney general under this chapter by:(1) publishing once per year in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation to each county of the state notice of property with a value greater than one hundred dollars ($100) held by the attorney general, which must include:(A) the name of each apparent owner residing in the county, as set forth in the report filed by the holder;(B) the last known address or location of each apparent owner residing in the county, if an address or a location is set forth in the report filed by the holder;(C) a statement explaining that the property of the apparent owner is presumed abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the attorney general;(D) a statement that information about the abandoned property and its return to the apparent owner is available from the attorney general to a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property;(E) the web address of the unclaimed property Internet web site maintained by the attorney general;(F) a telephone number and electronic mail address to contact the attorney general to inquire about or claim property; and(G) 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) maintaining an Internet web site or data base accessible by the public and electronically searchable which contains the names reported to the attorney general of all apparent owners for whom property valued at ten dollars ($10) or more is being held by the attorney general.(b) The Internet web site or data base maintained under subsection (a)(2) must include instructions for filing with the attorney general a claim to property and a printable claim form with instructions for its use.(c) In addition to publishing the information under subsection (a)(1) and maintaining the Internet web site or data base under subsection (a)(2), the attorney general may use other printed publication, telecommunication, the Internet, or other media to inform the public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the attorney general.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-26. Determining Current Address of Apparent Owner

Sec. 26. Unless prohibited by law other than this chapter, on request of the attorney general, each officer, agency, board, commission, division, and department of the state, any body politic and corporate created by this state for a public purpose, and each political subdivision of this state shall make its books and records available to the attorney general and cooperate with the attorney general to determine the current address of an apparent owner of property held by the attorney general under this chapter.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-27. Good Faith Payment or Delivery of Property

Sec. 27. In this chapter, 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 attorney general under this chapter; or(2) made payment or delivery:(A) in response to a demand by the attorney general or the attorney general's agent; or(B) under a guidance or ruling issued by the attorney general which the holder reasonably believed required or permitted the property to be paid or delivered.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-28. Dormancy Charge

Sec. 28. (a) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property required to be paid or delivered to the attorney general 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) 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.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-29. Delivery of Property to Attorney General

Sec. 29. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon filing a report under section 18 of this chapter, the holder shall pay or deliver to the attorney general the property described in the report.(b) If property in a report under section 18 of this chapter is an automatically renewable deposit and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from paying the deposit to the attorney general at the time of the report, the date for payment of the property to the attorney general is extended until a penalty or forfeiture no longer would result from payment.(c) Tangible property in a safe deposit box may not be delivered to the attorney general until thirty (30) days after filing the report under section 18 of this chapter.(d) If property reported to the attorney general under section 18 of this chapter is a security, the attorney general 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 section 38 of this chapter.(e) If the holder of property reported to the attorney general under section 18 of this chapter is the issuer of a certificated security, the attorney general may obtain a replacement certificate in physical or book entry form under IC 26-1-8.1-405. An indemnity bond is not required.(f) The attorney general shall establish procedures for the registration, issuance, method of delivery, transfer, and maintenance of securities delivered to the attorney general 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 must be indemnified by the state against, a claim arising with respect to property after property has been delivered to the attorney general.(h) A holder is not required to deliver to the attorney general a security identified by the holder as a non-freely transferable security. If the attorney general 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 section 18 of this chapter as a non-freely transferable security is no longer a non-freely transferable security.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-30. Liability for Property Paid or Delivered in Good Faith

Sec. 30. (a) On payment or delivery of property to the attorney general under this chapter, the attorney general, as agent for the state, assumes custody and responsibility for safekeeping the property. A holder that pays or delivers property to the attorney general in good faith and substantially complies with sections 23 and 24 of this chapter is relieved of liability arising after with respect to payment or delivery of the property to the attorney general.(b) The state must defend and indemnify a holder against liability on a claim against the holder resulting from the payment or delivery of property to the attorney general made in good faith and after the holder substantially complied with sections 23 and 24 of this chapter.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-32. Property Removed From Safe Deposit Box

Sec. 32. Property removed from a safe deposit box and delivered to the attorney general 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. The attorney general shall reimburse the holder from the proceeds remaining after deducting the expense incurred by the attorney general in selling the property. If a claim is filed for property removed from a safe deposit box before the property is sold, the owner must provide proof that all unpaid rent and fees have been paid to the financial institution.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-32.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-32.5. United States Savings Bonds

Sec. 32.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 30(a) of this chapter, United States savings bonds that are presumed abandoned under this chapter escheat to the state subject to the provisions of this chapter. All property rights and legal title to United States savings bonds and proceeds from United States savings bonds vest solely in the state.(b) If:(1) a claim has not been made for a United States savings bond in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within one hundred eighty (180) days after the bond stops earning interest; and(2) the attorney general brings an action in a court with competent jurisdiction;the court shall enter a judgment for the state concerning the bond if the court is satisfied with the evidence that the attorney general has substantially complied with this chapter and the laws of the state.(c) The attorney general shall:(1) collect all United States savings bonds escheated to the state, including any proceeds from the bonds; and(2) transfer all money received to the treasurer of state under section 42 of this chapter.(d) A person who wishes to make a claim for a United States savings bond escheated to the state under this section may file a claim with the attorney general. Upon providing sufficient proof of the validity of the claim filed under this subsection, the attorney general may pay the claim, less any expenses and costs that have been incurred by the state in securing full title and ownership of the property by escheat.(e) If payment has been made to a claimant under subsection (d), an action may not be brought or maintained against the state, or any officer of the state, for or on account of any acts taken by the attorney general under this section.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-33. Gain Realized or Accrued on Property

Sec. 33. (a) If property other than money is delivered to the attorney general, the owner is entitled to receive from the attorney general income or gain realized or accrued on the property before the property is sold. If the property was an interest bearing demand, savings, or time deposit, the attorney general shall pay interest at the lesser rate of the average commercial interest rate for similar interest bearing property, as determined by an appropriate index, or the rate the property earned while in the possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the attorney general and ends on 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 July 1, 2021, unless authorized by IC 32-34-1-30.1 (before its repeal).As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-34. Declining Custody of Property; Delivering Property Before Presumed Abandoned

Sec. 34. (a) The attorney general may decline to take custody of property reported under section 18 of this chapter if the attorney general 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 attorney general before the property is presumed abandoned under this chapter if the holder:(1) sends the apparent owner of the property notice required by section 23 of this chapter and provides the attorney general evidence of the holder's compliance with this subsection;(2) includes with the payment or delivery a report regarding the property conforming to section 19 of this chapter; and(3) first obtains the attorney general's consent in a record to accept payment or delivery.(c) A holder's request for the attorney general's consent under subsection (b)(3) must be in a record. If the attorney general fails to respond to the request not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the request, the attorney general is deemed to have denied the payment or delivery of the property.(d) On payment or delivery of property under subsection (b), the property is presumed abandoned.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.
IN Code § 32-34-1.5-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property|Chapter 1.5. Revised Unclaimed Property Act|32-34-1.5-35. Disposal of Property; Actions Against State

Sec. 35. (a) If the attorney general 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 attorney general 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 state, an agency of the state, the attorney general, another officer, employee, or agent of the state, or a holder for or because of an act of the attorney general under this section, except for intentional misconduct or malfeasance.As added by P.L.141-2021, SEC.20.