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NH Rev Stat § 471-C:2 (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:2 - Property Presumed Abandoned.

    471-C:2 Property Presumed Abandoned. –||I. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived from it, less any 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 5 years after it became payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.||II. Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 295:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:3 (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:3 - General Conditions Precedent to Presumption of Abandonment.

    471-C:3 General Conditions Precedent to Presumption of Abandonment. –||Unless otherwise provided, intangible property is subject to the custody of this state as unclaimed property if the conditions raising a presumption of abandonment under RSA 471-C:2 or RSA 471-C:5-18 are satisfied and:||I. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in this state;||II. 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 this state;||III. 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 this state; or||(b) The holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this 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;||IV. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state;||V. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state; or||VI. The transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this state; and||(a) The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that 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||(b) The holder is a domiciliary of a state that 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.||VII. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, intangible property is subject to the custody of this state as unclaimed property awaiting claim by another state pursuant to RSA 471-C:27, I(b), if the conditions raising a presumption of abandonment under RSA 471-C:2 or RSA 471-C:5-18 are satisfied and the last known address of the apparent owner, as shown on the records of the holder, is in another state.||(b) Tangible and intangible property awaiting claim by another state pursuant to RSA 471-C:27, I(b) shall be reported to the administrator, subject to the dormancy periods set forth in this chapter, in accordance with the requirements of RSA 471-C:19.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1988, 256:1. 1999, 212:1, eff. Sept. 4, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:3-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:3-a - Repealed by 2008, 120:34, III, eff. Aug. 2, 2008.

    471-C:3-a Repealed by 2008, 120:34, III, eff. Aug. 2, 2008. –|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:4 (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:4 - Travelers Checks and Money Orders.

    471-C:4 Travelers Checks and Money Orders. –||I. Subject to paragraph IV, any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than 15 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 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.||II. Subject to paragraph IV, any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party check, that has been outstanding for more than 7 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 7 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.||III. A holder may not deduct from the amount of a travelers check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.||IV. No sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, described in paragraphs I and II may be subjected to the custody of this state as unclaimed property unless:||(a) The records of the issuer show that the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in this state;||(b) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or||(c) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.||V. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, paragraph IV applies to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state prior to January 1, 1974.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:5 (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:5 - Checks, Drafts and Similar Instruments Issued or Certified by Banking and Financial Organizations.

    471-C:5 Checks, Drafts and Similar Instruments Issued or Certified by Banking and Financial Organizations. –||I. Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to RSA 471-C:4 on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than 5 years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned, unless the owner, within 5 years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee thereof.||II. A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 295:3, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:7-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:7-a - Unclaimed Demutualization Proceeds.

    471-C:7-a Unclaimed Demutualization Proceeds. –|| Unclaimed property payable or distributable in the course of a demutualization, rehabilitation, or related reorganization of a mutual insurance company is presumed abandoned 2 years after the date of demutualization, unless the owner, during the 2 years following the date of demutualization, has communicated with the insurance company either in writing or through other communication which is evidenced by a contemporaneous record on file with the insurance company, concerning the demutualization proceeds.|||Source. 2003, 218:5, eff. Aug. 30, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:8 (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:8 - Deposits and Other Payments as Held by Utilities.

    471-C:8 Deposits and Other Payments as Held by Utilities. –||I. A deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid for utility services less any lawful deductions, that is due and owing but remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after termination of the services for which the deposit or payment was made is presumed abandoned.||II. The public utilities commission may certify that a utility is participating in a financial assistance program which assists the utility's low income and disadvantaged customers with their utility bill. Upon certification to the administrator, the utility shall pay 85 percent of the funds which would have been presumed to be abandoned under paragraph I to the financial assistance program certified by the public utilities commission. The utility shall remain obligated to file its report of such abandoned property as required by RSA 471-C:19, and shall remit the remaining 15 percent of the funds with the report required under RSA 471-C:21, I to be used to compensate the administrator for the costs of notice and publication under RSA 471-C:20.||III. The provisions of paragraph II shall not apply to a public utility operating or managing any plant or equipment or any part of the same for the conveyance of telephone or telegraph messages.||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1994, 213:1. 2004, 132:3. 2006, 266:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2006. 2021, 19:4, II, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:9 (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:9 - Refunds Held by Business Associations.

    471-C:9 Refunds Held by Business Associations. –||Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the court or administrative agency, any sum that a business association has been ordered to refund by a court or administrative agency which has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund, whether or not the final determination or order requires any person entitled to a refund to make a claim for it, is presumed abandoned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:10 (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:10 - Stock and Other Intangible Interests in Business Associations.

    471-C:10 Stock and Other Intangible Interests in Business Associations. –||I. Stock or other equity interest in a business association other than a consumers' cooperative association, is presumed abandoned 3 years after the earliest of:||(a) The date of the most recent dividend, stock split, or other distribution unclaimed by the apparent owner; or||(b) The date a statement of account or other notification or communication was returned as undeliverable.||II. Paragraph I applies to the underlying stock, share, or other intangible ownership interest of an owner, as well as to the stock, share, or other intangible ownership interest in dividend and nondividend paying business associations whether or not the interest is represented by a certificate. At the time the property is presumed abandoned, any other property right accrued or accruing to the owner as the result of the property interest and not previously presumed abandoned, is also presumed abandoned.||III. The running of the 3-year period of abandonment ceases immediately if the apparent owner has:||(a) Communicated in writing with the association regarding the interest or a dividend, distribution, or other sum payable as a result of the interest; or||(b) Otherwise communicated with the association regarding the interest or a dividend, distribution, or other sum payable as a result of the interest, as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the association prepared by an employee or authorized agent of the association.||(c) Presented an instrument issued to pay interest or a dividend or other cash distribution. If any future dividend, distribution, or other sum payable to the owner as a result of the ownership interest is subsequently not claimed by the owner a new period in which the property is presumed abandoned commences and relates back only to the time a subsequent dividend, distribution, or other sum became due and payable.||IV. Any dividend, profit, distribution, interest, redemption, payment on principal, or other sum held or owing by a business association for or to its shareholder, certificate holder, member, or holder of other equity interest who has not claimed it, or corresponded in writing with the business association concerning it, within 3 years after the date prescribed for payment or delivery, is presumed unclaimed.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1990, 105:16, I. 1995, 295:5-7. 2001, 197:6. 2008, 120:27, eff. Aug. 2, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:11 (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:11 - Property of Business Associations Held in Course of Dissolution.

    471-C:11 Property of Business Associations Held in Course of Dissolution. –||Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of a business association which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the date specified for final distribution is presumed abandoned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:12 (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:12 - Property Held by Agents and Fiduciaries.

    471-C:12 Property Held by Agents and Fiduciaries. –||I. Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 5 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.||II. Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of the United States are not payable or distributable within the meaning of paragraph I unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.||III. For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between such person and the business association provides otherwise.||IV. For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 84:4, eff. July 15, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:13 (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:13 - Property Held in Police Department Property Rooms.

    471-C:13 Property Held in Police Department Property Rooms. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all noncontraband abandoned or lost personal property which has a value of $250 or more and which has been held in a police department or sheriff's office property room for a period of at least 180 days, or which has a value of less than $250 and has been held for a period of at least 90 days, may be disposed of by the police department or sheriff's office by returning it to the finder, if known, if the finder was other than a police officer or a sheriff who discovered the property during the course of the police officer's or sheriff's usual police duties. If the property cannot be returned to the finder, the property shall be sold at public auction with the proceeds to be turned over to the town or city treasurer, except that any bicycle which has been held in a police department or sheriff's office property room for a period of 90 days or more shall be sold at public auction with the proceeds to be used for the support of local bicycle safety programs, or, if no local bicycle safety programs are available, then with the consent of the local governing body, to be used for any other purpose. The police department or sheriff's office shall be relieved of all liability for any claim thereafter arising or made with respect to property disposed of under this section. A good faith judgment of the value of the property by the police department or sheriff's office shall be determinative for purposes of this section.||II. If the noncontraband abandoned or lost personal property cannot be returned under paragraph I, and if it is determined in good faith by the police department or sheriff's office to be of no monetary value, then such property may be destroyed or disposed of as directed by the chief of police for the department or the chief's designee, or the county sheriff or the sheriff's designee.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 1995, 84:5; 295:18. 2000, 237:2. 2005, 48:1, eff. July 22, 2005. 2021, 140:1, eff. Sept. 21, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:13-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:13-a - Property Held in Airport Property Rooms.

    471-C:13-a Property Held in Airport Property Rooms. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, an airport director or designee may dispose of all noncontraband abandoned or lost property that has been held in an airport property room for a period of 180 days and not claimed by the owner. If the owner is unknown or if the owner fails to claim the property within 60 days of being notified to claim the property, the airport director or designee may:||(a) Destroy abandoned or lost property which may contain personal or business information, or property which has a value of less than $25.||(b) Return currency to an identified finder. The identified finder shall claim the currency within 60 days of being notified to claim the currency, otherwise said currency shall be retained by the airport for its use in aeronautical activities.||II. (a) An airport director or designee may dispose of all noncontraband abandoned or lost property that has been held in an airport property room for a period of 180 days which the airport director or his or her designee has not been able to dispose of under paragraph I by:||(1) Donating property which may be of value to a charitable organization to charity; or||(2) Selling the property at public auction. The airport director or designee shall fix a day upon which the auction shall take place, and give notice thereof by publication in a daily newspaper. The notice shall state the date, time, and place when such auction shall commence and shall contain a general description of the types of property to be sold. The notice shall be signed by an airport director or designee. The proceeds of such auction shall be retained by the airport for its use in aeronautical activities or donated to the state aeronautical fund; or||(3) Selling the property on an internet auction site with sufficient buyer participation to ensure that the property receives adequate exposure to the market for goods of the type being disposed of. The proceeds of such auction shall be retained by the airport for its use in aeronautical activities or donated to the state aeronautical fund.||(b) Property which fails to sell at public auction or on an internet auction site may be disposed of in any manner which the airport director or designee deems fit.||III. The airport and the state, municipality, authority, or other entity which owns or manages the airport shall have no liability for any claim thereafter arising or made with respect to property disposed of under this section.|||Source. 2011, 224:376, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:14 (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:14 - Property Held in State Agency Storage Rooms.

    471-C:14 Property Held in State Agency Storage Rooms. –||Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all noncontraband abandoned or lost property having a value of less than $250 which has been held in a state agency storage room for a period of at least 60 days may be disposed of by the state agency after the agency has made a good faith effort to return the property to the owner, if known. If the owner cannot be determined or the property cannot be returned for any other reason, the property shall be transferred to the department of administrative services, division of procurement and support services to be sold at public auction with the proceeds to be turned over to the state treasurer. The state shall be free of all liability for any claim thereafter arising or made with respect to property disposed of under this section.|||Source. 1986, 204:1. 2014, 327:67, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 471-C:15 (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 - Intangible Property Held by Courts and Public Agencies.

    471-C:15 Intangible Property Held by Courts and Public Agencies. –||Intangible property held for the owner by a court, state or other government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, or public authority which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 3 years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.|||Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|