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WA Rev Code § 63.29.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.250 - Claim of another state to recover property—Procedure.

RCW 63.29.250 Claim of another state to recover property—Procedure.(1) At any time after property has been paid or delivered to the department under this chapter another state may recover the property if:(a) The property was subjected to custody by this state because the records of the holder did not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner when the property was presumed abandoned under this chapter, and the other state establishes that the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property was in that state and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or was subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;(b) The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property, as reflected by the records of the holder, is in the other state and under the laws of that state the property has escheated to or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;(c) The records of the holder were erroneous in that they did not accurately reflect the actual owner of the property and the last known address of the actual owner is in the other state and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or was subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;(d) The property was subjected to custody by this state under RCW 63.29.030(6) and under the laws of the state of domicile of the holder the property has escheated to or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state; or(e) The property is the sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or other similar instrument that was subjected to custody by this state under RCW 63.29.040, and the instrument was purchased in the other state, and under the laws of that state the property escheated to or became subject to a claim of abandonment by that state.(2) The claim of another state to recover escheated or abandoned property must be presented in a form prescribed by the department, who shall decide the claim within ninety days after it is presented. The department shall allow the claim if it determines that the other state is entitled to the abandoned property under subsection (1) of this section.(3) The department shall require a state, before recovering property under this section, to agree to indemnify this state and its officers and employees against any liability on a claim for the property.[ 1983 c 179 § 25.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.260 - Action to establish claim.

RCW 63.29.260 Action to establish claim.A person aggrieved by a decision of the department or whose claim has not been acted upon within ninety days after its filing may bring an action to establish the claim in the superior court of Thurston county naming the department as a defendant. The action must be brought within ninety days after the decision of the department or within one hundred eighty days after the filing of the claim if the department has failed to act on it.[ 1983 c 179 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.270 - Election to take payment or delivery.

RCW 63.29.270 Election to take payment or delivery.(1) The department may decline to receive any property reported under this chapter which it considers to have a value less than the expense of giving notice and of sale. If the department elects not to receive custody of the property, the holder shall be notified within one hundred twenty days after filing the report required under RCW 63.29.170. The holder then may dispose of the property in such manner as it sees fit. No action or proceeding may be maintained against the holder for or on account of any action taken by the holder pursuant to this subsection with respect to the property.(2) A holder, with the written consent of the department and upon conditions and terms prescribed by it, may report and deliver property before the property is presumed abandoned. Property delivered under this subsection must be held by the department and is not presumed abandoned until such time as it otherwise would be presumed abandoned under this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 27.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.280 - Destruction or disposition of property having insubstantial commercial value—Immunity from liability.

RCW 63.29.280 Destruction or disposition of property having insubstantial commercial value—Immunity from liability.If the department determines after investigation that any property delivered under this chapter has insubstantial commercial value, the department may destroy or otherwise dispose of the property at any time. No action or proceeding may be maintained against the state or any officer or against the holder for or on account of any action taken by the department pursuant to this section. Original documents which the department has identified to be destroyed and which have legal significance or historical interest may be surrendered to the state historical museum or to the state library.[ 2005 c 367 § 5; 1983 c 179 § 28.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.290 - Periods of limitation.

RCW 63.29.290 Periods of limitation.(1) The expiration, after September 1, 1979, of any period of time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned or affect any duty to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the department as required by this chapter.(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no action or proceeding may be commenced by the department with respect to any duty of a holder under this chapter more than six years after the duty arose.(3) No action or proceeding may be commenced by the department with respect to any assessment under this chapter more than three years after the later of (a) the due date for payment of the assessment including any extension granted by the department or (b) thirty days after the final decision on any petition for review under RCW 63.29.193.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 2106; 1983 c 179 § 29.]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.
WA Rev Code § 63.29.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.310 - Retention of records.

RCW 63.29.310 Retention of records.(1) Every holder required to file a report under RCW 63.29.170, as to any property for which it has obtained the last known address of the owner, shall maintain a record of the name and last known address of the owner for six years after the property becomes reportable, except to the extent that a shorter time is provided in subsection (2) of this section or by rule of the department.(2) Any business association that sells in this state its travelers checks, money orders, or other similar written instruments, other than third-party bank checks on which the business association is directly liable, or that provides such instruments to others for sale in this state, shall maintain a record of those instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the state and date of issue for three years after the date the property is reportable.[ 1983 c 179 § 31.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.320 - Enforcement.

RCW 63.29.320 Enforcement.The department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 32.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.330 - Interstate agreements and cooperation—Joint and reciprocal actions with other states.

RCW 63.29.330 Interstate agreements and cooperation—Joint and reciprocal actions with other states.(1) The department may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The department by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and prescribe the form.(2) To avoid conflicts between the department's procedures and the procedures of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the department, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, before adopting, amending or repealing rules, shall advise and consult with administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and take into consideration the rules of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.(3) The department may join with other states to seek enforcement of this chapter against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this chapter.(4) At the request of another state, the attorney general of this state may bring an action in the name of the administrator of the other state in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the attorney general in bringing the action.(5) The department may request that the attorney general of another state or any other person bring an action in the name of the department in the other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney's fees in any action under this subsection. The department may agree to pay the person bringing the action attorney's fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of any property recovered in the action. Any expenses paid pursuant to this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 33.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.350 - Penalty for excessive fee for locating abandoned property—Consumer protection act application.

RCW 63.29.350 Penalty for excessive fee for locating abandoned property—Consumer protection act application.(1) It is unlawful for any person to seek or receive from any person or contract with any person for any fee or compensation for locating or purporting to locate any property which he or she knows has been reported or paid or delivered to the department of revenue pursuant to this chapter, or funds held by a county that are proceeds from a foreclosure for delinquent property taxes, assessments, or other liens, or, funds that are otherwise held by a county because of a person's failure to claim funds held as reimbursement for unowed taxes, fees, or other government charges, in excess of five percent of the value thereof returned to such owner. Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than the amount of the fee or charge he or she has sought or received or contracted for, and not more than ten times such amount, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.(2) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this section are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Any violation of this section is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. It is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Remedies provided by chapter 19.86 RCW are cumulative and not exclusive.[ 2012 c 117 § 181; 2010 c 29 § 2; 1983 c 179 § 35.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.360 - Foreign transactions.

RCW 63.29.360 Foreign transactions.This chapter does not apply to any property held, due, and owing in a foreign country and arising out of a foreign transaction.[ 1983 c 179 § 36.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.370 - Rules.

RCW 63.29.370 Rules.The department may adopt necessary rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW to carry out the provisions of this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 38.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.380 - Information and records confidential.

RCW 63.29.380 Information and records confidential.Any information or records required to be furnished to the department of revenue as provided in this chapter shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person except the person who furnished the same to the department of revenue, and except as provided in RCW 63.29.180 and 63.29.230, or as may be necessary in the proper administration of this chapter.[ 1983 c 179 § 39.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.900 - Effect of new provisions—Clarification of application.

RCW 63.29.900 Effect of new provisions—Clarification of application.(1) This chapter does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before June 30, 1983, to report, pay, or deliver property. A holder who did not comply with the law in effect before June 30, 1983, is subject to the applicable enforcement and penalty provisions that then existed and they are continued in effect for the purpose of this subsection, subject to RCW 63.29.290(2).(2) The initial report to be filed under this chapter shall include all property which is presumed abandoned under this chapter. The report shall include property that was not required to be reported before June 30, 1983, but which would have been presumed abandoned on or after September 1, 1979 under the terms of chapter 63.29 RCW.(3) It shall be a defense to any action by the department that facts cannot be established because a holder, prior to January 1, 1983, destroyed or lost records or did not then keep records, if the destruction, loss, or failure to keep records did not violate laws existing at the time of the destruction, loss or failure.[ 1983 c 179 § 37.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.902 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.902 - Uniformity of application and construction.

RCW 63.29.902 Uniformity of application and construction.This chapter shall be applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.[ 1983 c 179 § 41.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.903 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.903 - Short title.

RCW 63.29.903 Short title.This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1983.[ 1983 c 179 § 42.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.905 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.905 - Effective date—1983 c 179.

RCW 63.29.905 Effective date—1983 c 179.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect June 30, 1983.[ 1983 c 179 § 47.]
WA Rev Code § 63.29.906 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.29 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.|63.29.906 - Effective date—1996 c 45.

RCW 63.29.906 Effective date—1996 c 45.This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.[ 1996 c 45 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 63.32.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police.|63.32.020 - Notice of sale.

RCW 63.32.020 Notice of sale.Before said personal property shall be sold, a notice of such sale fixing the time and place thereof which shall be at a suitable place, which will be noted in the advertisement for sale, and containing a description of the property to be sold shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of said city at least ten days prior to the date fixed for said sale. The notice shall be signed by the chief or other head of the police department of such city. If the owner fails to reclaim said property prior to the time fixed for the sale in such notice, the chief or other head of the police department shall conduct said sale and sell the property described in the notice at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, and upon payment of the amount of such bid shall deliver the said property to such bidder.[ 1988 c 132 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 2; RRS § 8999-2.]
WA Rev Code § 63.32.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police.|63.32.030 - Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 63.32.030 Disposition of proceeds.The moneys arising from sales under the provisions of this chapter shall be first applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of the sale and then to the payment of lawful charges and expenses for the keep of said personal property and the balance, if any, shall be paid into the police pension fund of said city if such fund exists; otherwise into the city current expense fund.[ 1939 c 148 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 3; RRS § 8999-3.]
WA Rev Code § 63.32.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police.|63.32.040 - Reimbursement to owner.

RCW 63.32.040 Reimbursement to owner.If the owner of said personal property so sold, or his or her legal representative, shall, at any time within three years after such money shall have been deposited in said police pension fund or the city current expense fund, furnish satisfactory evidence to the police pension fund board or the city treasurer of said city of the ownership of said personal property, he or she shall be entitled to receive from said police pension fund or city current expense fund the amount so deposited therein with interest.[ 2012 c 117 § 182; 1939 c 148 § 3; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 4; RRS § 899-4.]
WA Rev Code § 63.32.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police.|63.32.050 - Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.

RCW 63.32.050 Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.In addition to any other method of disposition of unclaimed property provided under this chapter, the police authorities of a city or town may donate unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations. A nonprofit charitable organization receiving personal property donated under this section must use the property, or its proceeds, to benefit needy persons. Such organization must qualify for tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code.[ 2007 c 219 § 1; 1987 c 182 § 1.]NOTES:Severability—1987 c 182: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 c 182 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 63.32.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police.|63.32.060 - Duties of police department or designated alternate entity accepting found property.

RCW 63.32.060 Duties of police department or designated alternate entity accepting found property.(1) This chapter does not modify the requirements for a police department to accept found property under chapter 63.21 RCW.(2) If a city or town designates an alternate department or governmental entity to accept found property under RCW 63.21.090:(a) The designated department or governmental entity shall comply with the retention and disposition requirements under this chapter in the same manner as would be required of a police department; and(b) The police department is not required to accept found property from a finder of said property, unless the property is any of the following: A bank card; charge or credit card; cash; government-issued document, financial document, or legal document; firearm; evidence in a judicial or other official proceeding; or an item that is not legal for the finder to possess. Such found property accepted by a police department must be retained or disposed of in accordance with this chapter and other applicable state laws.[ 2020 c 26 § 16.]NOTES:Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
WA Rev Code § 63.35.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 63 - Personal Property|Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol.|63.35.010 - Definitions.

RCW 63.35.010 Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Agency" means the Washington state patrol.(2) "Chief" means the chief of the Washington state patrol or designee.(3) "Personal property" or "property" includes both corporeal and incorporeal personal property and includes, among other property, contraband and money.(4) "Contraband" means any property which is unlawful to produce or possess.(5) "Money" means all currency, script, personal checks, money orders, or other negotiable instruments.(6) "Owner" means the person in whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or title of the property.(7) "Unclaimed" means that no owner of the property has been identified or has requested, in writing, the release of the property to themselves nor has the owner of the property designated an individual to receive the property or paid the required postage to effect delivery of the property.(8) "Illegal items" means those items unlawful to be possessed.[ 1989 c 222 § 1.]