Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 3 - PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-27-101 — 18-29-204) › Chapter 28 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY (§§ 18-28-101 — 18-28-404) › Subchapter 2 - UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT (§§ 18-28-201 — 18-28-231) › Section 18-28-201 - Definitions

In this subchapter:
(1)
"Administrator" means the Auditor of State.
(2)
"Apparent owner" means a person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the person entitled to property held, issued, or owing by the holder.
(3)
"Business association" means a corporation, joint stock company, investment company, partnership, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, trust company, land bank, safe deposit company, safekeeping depository, financial organization, insurance company, mutual fund, utility, or other business entity consisting of one (1) or more persons, whether or not for profit.
(4)
"Domicile" means the state of incorporation of a corporation and the state of the principal place of business of a holder other than a corporation.
(5)
"Financial organization" means a savings and loan association, building and loan association, savings bank, industrial bank, bank, banking organization, or credit union.
(6)
"Holder" means a person obligated to hold for the account of, or deliver or pay to, the owner property that is subject to this subchapter.
(7)
"Insurance company" means an association, corporation, or fraternal or mutual benefit organization, whether or not for profit, engaged in the business of providing life endowments, annuities, or insurance, including accident, burial, casualty, credit life, contract performance, dental, disability, fidelity, fire, health, hospitalization, illness, life, malpractice, marine, mortgage, surety, wage protection, and workers' compensation insurance.
(8)
"Mineral" means gas; oil; coal; other gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons; oil shale; cement material; sand and gravel; road material; building stone; chemical raw material; gemstone; fissionable and nonfissionable ores; colloidal and other clay; steam and other geothermal resource; or any other substance defined as a mineral by the law of this state.
(9)
"Mineral proceeds" means amounts payable for the extraction, production, or sale of minerals, or, upon the abandonment of those payments, all payments that become payable thereafter. The term includes amounts payable:
(i)
for the acquisition and retention of a mineral lease, including bonuses, royalties, compensatory royalties, shut-in royalties, minimum royalties, and delay rentals;
(ii)
for the extraction, production, or sale of minerals, including net revenue interests, royalties, overriding royalties, extraction payments, and production payments; and
(iii)
under an agreement or option, including a joint operating agreement, unit agreement, pooling agreement, and farm-out agreement.
(10)
"Money order" includes an express money order and a personal money order, on which the remitter is the purchaser. The term does not include a bank money order or any other instrument sold by a financial organization if the seller has obtained the name and address of the payee.
(11)
"Owner" means a person who has a legal or equitable interest in property subject to this subchapter or the person's legal representative. The term includes a depositor in the case of a deposit, a beneficiary in the case of a trust other than a deposit in trust, and a creditor, claimant, or payee in the case of other property.
(12)
"Person" means an individual, business association, financial organization, estate, trust, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(13)
(A)
"Property" means tangible property described in §
18-28-203
or a fixed and certain interest in intangible property that is held, issued, or owed in the course of a holder's business, or by a government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, and all income or increments therefrom. The term includes property that is referred to as or evidenced by:
(i)
Money, a check, draft, deposit, interest, or dividend;
(ii)
Credit balance, customer's overpayment, security deposit, refund, credit memorandum, unpaid wage, unused ticket, mineral proceeds, or unidentified remittance;
(iii)
Stock or other evidence of ownership of an interest in a business association or financial organization;
(iv)
A bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness;
(v)
Money deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, coupons, or other securities or to make distributions;
(vi)
An amount due and payable under the terms of an annuity or insurance policy, including policies providing life insurance, property and casualty insurance, workers' compensation insurance, or health and disability insurance; and
(vii)
An amount distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance, or similar benefits.
(B)
"Property" does not include:
(i)
gift certificates, gift cards, in-store merchandise credits, or layaway accounts issued or maintained by a person in the business of selling tangible personal property at retail;
(ii)
a patronage dividend, capital credit, customer deposit, or nonnegotiated payment check that does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) held or owing by an agricultural farm supply cooperative association organized under the laws of this state; or
(iii)
funds distributable from a trust or custodial account established by a State of Arkansas-supported retirement system administered by an agency of the State of Arkansas under a plan to provide a defined benefit pension plan that is qualified for tax deferral under the income tax laws of the state.
(14)
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(15)
"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(16)
"Utility" means persons and corporations, or their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning or operating in this state equipment or facilities as provided in §
23-1-101
.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 86,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1999, No. 850, § 1; 2009, No. 1174, § 1.