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NH Rev Stat § 471-C:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:15-a - Disposal of Unclaimed Property by the Courts.

    471-C:15-a Disposal of Unclaimed Property by the Courts. –||Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:||I. [Repealed.]||II. A court which is holding lost, abandoned, or unclaimed property subject to this chapter may dispose of it in accordance with procedures established by the supreme court.|||Source. 1988, 256:2. 1993, 190:15. 1995, 295:19, 20, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:16 - Gift Certificates and Store Credits.

    471-C:16 Gift Certificates and Store Credits. –||Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, gift certificates of $250 or less, and store credits that were issued for store merchandise credit, regardless of when issued, shall not be property presumed abandoned and shall not be subject to RSA 471-C or any other past or present law. All gift certificates and store credits remitted to the state prior to January 1, 2018, and gift certificates and store credits that are properly determined to be reportable in any compliance audits initiated prior to January 1, 2018 and subsequently remitted, shall remain in the custody of the state unless and until returned to the owner. This section shall not apply to season passes or coupons that are nonrefundable and nonredeemable.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 295:8. 1997, 302:3. 2004, 228:2. 2017, 105:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:17 - Wages.

    471-C:17 Wages. –||Unpaid wages, including wages represented by un-presented 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.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:18 - Contents of Safe Deposit Box or Other Safekeeping Repository.

    471-C:18 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 5 years after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired, are presumed abandoned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 295:9, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:21 - Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property.

    471-C:21 Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property. –||I. A person who is required to file a report under RSA 471-C:19 shall pay or deliver to the administrator all abandoned property required to be reported at the time of filing the report except as otherwise provided in RSA 471-C:8, II and IV.||II, III. [Repealed.]||IV. The holder of an interest under RSA 471-C:10 shall deliver a duplicate certificate or other evidence of ownership if the holder does not issue certificates of ownership to the administrator. Upon delivery of a duplicate certificate to the administrator, the holder and any transfer agent, registrar, or other person acting for or on behalf of a holder in executing or delivering the duplicate certificate is relieved of all liability of every kind in accordance with the provisions of RSA 471-C:22 to every person, including any person acquiring the original certificate or the duplicate of the certificate issued to the administrator, for any losses or damages resulting to any person by the issuance and delivery to the administrator of the duplicate certificate.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1990, 105:7, 16, III. 1994, 213:2. 2004, 132:4, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:23 - Crediting of Dividends, Interest, or Increments to Owner's Account.

    471-C:23 Crediting of Dividends, Interest, or Increments to Owner's Account. –||Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to the administrator under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the administrator any dividends, interest, or other increments realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion thereof into money.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:25 - Deposit of Funds.

    471-C:25 Deposit of Funds. –||I. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the administrator 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 RSA 471-C:24; provided, however, that in the case of funds which originated from the highway fund or fish and game fund, any such funds received under this chapter shall be deposited in the fund from which they originated. The administrator shall retain in a separate fund an amount sufficient to make prompt payment of claims duly allowed. Before making the deposit, the administrator 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.||II. Before making any deposit to the credit of the general fund or county treasurer as provided in paragraph I, the administrator may deduct any costs incurred in connection with the administration of this chapter; provided, however, that costs incurred in the effectuation of RSA 471-C:30 shall be allowed as set forth in RSA 471-C:30, II.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1989, 408:72. 1990, 105:10. 1999, 212:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:27 - Claim of Another State to Recover Property; Procedure.

    471-C:27 Claim of Another State to Recover Property;  Procedure. –||I. At any time after property has been paid or delivered to the administrator 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 the 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 RSA 471-C:3, VI 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 RSA 471-C:4, and that 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.||II. The claim of another state to recover escheated or abandoned property must be presented in a form prescribed by the administrator, who shall decide the claim within 90 days after it is presented. The administrator shall allow the claim if the administrator determines that the other state is entitled to the abandoned property under paragraph I.||III. The administrator 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.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 84:10, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:28 - Action to Establish Claim.

    471-C:28 Action to Establish Claim. –||A person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator or whose claim has not been acted upon within 90 days after its filing may bring an action to establish the claim in the Merrimack county superior court, naming the administrator as a defendant. The action must be brought within 90 days after the decision of the administrator or within 180 days after the filing of the claim if the administrator has failed to act on it.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 84:11, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:29 - Election to Take Payment or Delivery.

    471-C:29 Election to Take Payment or Delivery. –||I. The administrator may decline to receive any property reported under this chapter which the administrator considers to have a value less than the expense of giving notice and of sale. If the administrator elects not to receive custody of the property, the holder shall be notified within 120 days after filing the report required under RSA 471-C:19.||II. A holder, with the written consent of the administrator and upon conditions and terms prescribed by the administrator, may report and deliver property before the property is presumed abandoned. Property delivered under this paragraph must be held by the administrator and is not presumed abandoned until such time as it otherwise would be presumed abandoned under this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 84:12, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:30 - Escheat Proceedings.

    471-C:30 Escheat Proceedings. –||I. Within 36 months after the close of the state's fiscal year in which any property presumed abandoned under this chapter is paid or delivered to the administrator, if no claim for the property has been made and established by any person, not including another state, entitled to the property and notice pursuant to RSA 471-C:20 has occurred, the administrator shall pay or deliver all such property to the appropriate county treasurer as required under RSA 471-C:31, subject to the state deduction under paragraph II.||II. Before the administrator pays or delivers the property to the general fund or the appropriate county treasurer as required under paragraph I and RSA 471-C:31, the administrator shall retain 15 percent of the amount to be returned as a deduction for any costs and service charges which the state shall incur in escheat proceedings or with respect to reimbursements made pursuant to paragraph III. The administrator shall deposit this sum in the general fund.||III. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any holder of a travelers check, bearer bond, or money order who has paid money to the administrator pursuant to this chapter and who subsequently makes payment to any other person appearing to the holder to be entitled to payment. Upon filing proof of payment that the payee was entitled thereto, the administrator shall promptly reimburse such holder for such payment without imposing any fee or other charge.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1988, 256:3. 1990, 105:12. 1995, 84:13, 14; 295:15, 16. 1997, 208:15, 16. 1999, 212:5. 2008, 120:32, eff. Aug. 2, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:31 - Final Disposition.

    471-C:31 Final Disposition. –||I. As used in this section, "appropriate county treasurer" means the treasurer of the county where the holder was located at the time the property under this chapter was delivered to the administrator under RSA 471-C:21.||II. Following completion of the proceedings specified in RSA 471-C:30, the administrator shall pay or deliver all property escheated under this chapter to the appropriate county treasurer who shall deposit such property in the county treasury; provided, however, that the administrator shall not pay or deliver the income earned from the working capital fund or any amounts received from out-of-state holders to the counties. The administrator shall reduce amounts paid to the counties under this section for subsequent claims asserted under RSA 471-C:31-a, if such amounts have previously escheated to the counties.||III. Property delivered from out-of-state holders shall escheat to the general fund.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1989, 408:73. 1995, 84:1. 1999, 212:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:31-a - Subsequent Claims.

    471-C:31-a Subsequent Claims. –||For periods after January 1, 1985, any owner who comes forward to make a claim for assets which have escheated to the state may petition the governor and council for payment of those assets. Upon providing sufficient proof of the validity of such owner claim and receiving the approval of governor and council, the administrator shall pay such claim to the owner in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1993, 310:1. 1995, 84:15, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:32 - Destruction or Disposition of Property Having Insubstantial Commercial Value; Immunity From Liability.

    471-C:32 Destruction or Disposition of Property Having Insubstantial Commercial Value;  Immunity From Liability. –||If the administrator determines after investigation that any property delivered under this chapter has insubstantial commercial value, the administrator 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 administrator pursuant to this section.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:33 - Periods of Limitation.

    471-C:33 Periods of Limitation. –||I. The expiration, before or after January 1, 1987, 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 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 administrator as required by this chapter.||II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the expiration of any period of time specified by law, during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or recovery of property, shall not serve as a defense in any action or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the administrator against any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee for the payment or delivery of any abandoned property to the administrator pursuant to this chapter or to enforce or collect any penalty provided by this chapter.||III. Paragraph II shall apply to all abandoned property held by any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee on or after April 13, 1990, regardless of when such property shall be deemed presumptively abandoned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1990, 105:14, eff. April 13, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:34 - Requests for Reports and Examination of Records.

    471-C:34 Requests for Reports and Examination of Records. –||I. The administrator may require any person who has not filed a report to file a verified report stating whether or not the person is holding any unclaimed property reportable or deliverable under this chapter.||II. The administrator, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, may examine the records of any person to determine whether the person has complied with the provisions of this chapter. The administrator may conduct the examination even if the person believes it is not in possession of any property reportable or deliverable under this chapter.||III. If a person is treated under RSA 471-C:12 as the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, the administrator, pursuant to paragraph II, may examine the records of the person if the administrator has given the notice required by paragraph II to both the person and the business association at least 90 days before the examination.||IV. If an examination of the records of a person results in the disclosure of property reportable and deliverable under this chapter, the administrator may assess the cost of the examination against the holder at the current rate established in RSA 383:11 for each examiner, but in no case may the charges exceed the value of the property found to be reportable and deliverable. The cost of examination made pursuant to paragraph III may be imposed only against the business association.||V. If a holder fails after January 1, 1987 to maintain the records required by RSA 471-C:35 and the records of the holder available for the periods subject to this chapter are insufficient to permit the preparation of a report, the administrator may require the holder to report and pay such amounts as may reasonably be estimated from any available records.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:35 - Retention of Records.

    471-C:35 Retention of Records. –||I. Every holder required to file a report under RSA 471-C:19, 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 10 years after the property becomes reportable, except to the extent that a shorter time is provided in paragraph II or by rule of the administrator.||II. 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 out-standing, indicating the state and date of issue for 3 years after the date the property is reportable.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:36 - Enforcement.

    471-C:36 Enforcement. –||The administrator may bring an action on behalf of the state in the superior court for Merrimack county or in any federal court with jurisdiction to enforce this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1990, 105:15, eff. April 13, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLVI - Lost Property; Strays|Title 471-C - Custody and Escheat of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property|Section 471-C:37 - Interstate Agreements and Cooperation; Joint and Reciprocal Actions With Other States.

    471-C:37 Interstate Agreements and Cooperation;  Joint and Reciprocal Actions With Other States. –||I. The administrator 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 administrator, by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and may prescribe the form.||II. To avoid conflicts between the administrator's procedures and the procedures of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the administrator, 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.||III. The administrator 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.||IV. 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.||V. The administrator may request that the attorney general of another state or any other person bring an action in the name of the administrator in the other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney's fees in any action under this paragraph. The administrator 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 paragraph may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|