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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.250 - Retention of records by holder.

RCW 63.30.250
Retention of records by holder.
A holder required to file a report under RCW 63.30.220 must retain records for six 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 administrator. 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.
[ 2022 c 225 § 404.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.260 - Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand.

RCW 63.30.260
Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand.
Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this chapter even if the owner fails to make demand or present an instrument or document otherwise required to obtain payment.
[ 2022 c 225 § 405.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.270 - Abandoned intangible property held by local government.

RCW 63.30.270
Abandoned intangible property held by local government.
(1) A local government holding abandoned intangible property that is not forwarded to the department of revenue in subsection (2) of this section is not required to maintain current records of this property for longer than five years after the property is presumed abandoned, and at that time may archive records of this intangible property and transfer the intangible property to its general fund. However, the local government remains liable to pay the intangible property to a person or entity subsequently establishing its ownership of this intangible property.
(2) Counties, cities, towns, and other municipal and quasi-municipal corporations that hold funds representing warrants canceled pursuant to RCW 36.22.100 and 39.56.040, uncashed checks, and property tax overpayments or refunds may retain the funds until the owner notifies them and establishes ownership as provided in this chapter. Counties, cities, towns, or other municipal and quasi-municipal corporations must provide to the administrator a report of property it is holding pursuant to this section. The report must identify the property and owner in the manner provided in this section and RCW 63.30.220 through 63.30.260 and the administrator must publish the information as provided in RCW 63.30.300.
(3) Courts may retain overpayments made in connection with any litigation, including traffic, criminal, and noncriminal matters, for amounts less than or equal to $10. These overpayments shall be remitted by the clerk of the court to the local treasurer for deposit in the local current expense fund.
[ 2023 c 278 § 1; 2022 c 225 § 406.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.280 - Notice to apparent owner by holder.

RCW 63.30.280
Notice to apparent owner by holder.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the apparent owner notice by first-class United States mail that complies with RCW 63.30.290 in a format acceptable to the administrator not more than 180 days nor less than 60 days before filing the report under RCW 63.30.220 if:
(a) 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
(b) The value of the property is $75 or more.
(2) If an apparent owner has consented to receive email delivery from the holder, the holder shall send the notice described in subsection (1) of this section both by first-class United States mail to the apparent owner's last known mailing address and by email, unless the holder believes that the apparent owner's email address is invalid.
[ 2022 c 225 § 501.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.290 - Contents of notice by holder.

RCW 63.30.290
Contents of notice by holder.
(1) Notice under RCW 63.30.280 must contain a heading that reads substantially as follows:
"Notice
The state of Washington requires us to notify you that your property may be transferred to the custody of the department of revenue if you do not contact us before (insert date that is 30 days after the date of this notice)."
(2) The notice under RCW 63.30.280 must:
(a) 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;
(b) State that the property will be turned over to the administrator;
(c) State that after the property is turned over to the administrator an apparent owner that seeks return of the property must file a claim with the administrator;
(d) State that property that is not legal tender of the United States may be sold by the administrator; and
(e) Provide instructions that the apparent owner must follow to prevent the holder from reporting and paying or delivering the property to the administrator.
[ 2022 c 225 § 502.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.300 - Notice by administrator.

RCW 63.30.300
Notice by administrator.
(1) The administrator shall give notice to an apparent owner that property presumed abandoned and appears to be owned by the apparent owner is held by the administrator under this chapter.
(2) In providing notice under subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, send written notice by first-class United States mail to each apparent owner of property valued at $75 or more held by the administrator, unless the administrator determines that a mailing by first-class United States mail would not be received by the apparent owner, and, in the case of a security held in an account for which the apparent owner had consented to receiving email from the holder, send notice by email if the email address of the apparent owner is known to the administrator instead of by first-class United States mail; or
(b) Send the notice to the apparent owner's email address if the administrator does not have a valid United States mail address for an apparent owner, but has an email address that the administrator does not know to be invalid.
(3) In addition to the notice under subsection (2) of this section, the administrator shall:
(a) Publish every 12 months in the printed or online version of a newspaper of general circulation within this state, which the administrator determines is most likely to give notice to the apparent owner of the property, notice of property held by the administrator which must include:
(i) The total value of property received by the administrator during the preceding 12-month period, taken from the reports under RCW 63.30.220;
(ii) The total value of claims paid by the administrator during the preceding 12-month period;
(iii) The internet web address of the unclaimed property website maintained by the administrator;
(iv) A telephone number and email address to contact the administrator to inquire about or claim property; and
(v) 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
(b) Maintain a website or database accessible by the public and electronically searchable which contains the names reported to the administrator of all apparent owners for whom property is being held by the administrator.
(4) The website or database maintained under subsection (3)(b) of this section must include instructions for filing with the administrator a claim to property and a printable claim form with instructions for its use.
(5) In addition to giving notice under subsection (2) of this section, publishing the information under subsection (3)(a) of this section and maintaining the website or database under subsection (3)(b) of this section, the administrator may use other printed publication, telecommunications, the internet, or other media to inform the public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the administrator.
[ 2022 c 225 § 503.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.310 - Cooperation among state officers and agencies to locate apparent owner.

RCW 63.30.310
Cooperation among state officers and agencies to locate apparent owner.
Unless prohibited by law of this state other than this chapter, on request of the administrator, each officer, agency, board, commission, division, and department of this 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 administrator and cooperate with the administrator to determine the current address of an apparent owner of property held by the administrator under this chapter.
[ 2022 c 225 § 504.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.320 - Good faith.

RCW 63.30.320
Good faith.
In this section and RCW 63.30.330 through 63.30.410, 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 administrator under this chapter; or
(2) Made payment or delivery:
(a) In response to a demand by the administrator or administrator's agent; or
(b) Under a guidance or ruling issued by the administrator which the holder reasonably believed required or permitted the property to be paid or delivered.
[ 2022 c 225 § 601.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.330 - Dormancy charge.

RCW 63.30.330
Dormancy charge.
(1) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property required to be paid or delivered to the administrator if:
(a) 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
(b) The holder regularly imposes the charge and regularly does not reverse or otherwise cancel the charge.
(2) The amount of the deduction under subsection (1) of this section 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.
[ 2022 c 225 § 602.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.350 - Effect of payment or delivery of property to administrator.

RCW 63.30.350
Effect of payment or delivery of property to administrator.
(1) On payment or delivery of property to the administrator under this chapter, the administrator as agent for the state assumes custody and responsibility for safekeeping the property. A holder that pays or delivers property to the administrator in good faith and substantially complies with RCW 63.30.280 and 63.30.290 is relieved of liability arising thereafter with respect to payment or delivery of the property to the administrator.
(2) This state shall defend and indemnify a holder against liability on a claim against the holder resulting from the payment or delivery of property to the administrator made in good faith and after the holder substantially complied with RCW 63.30.280 and 63.30.290.
[ 2022 c 225 § 604.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.360 - Recovery of property by holder from administrator.

RCW 63.30.360
Recovery of property by holder from administrator.
(1) A holder that under this chapter pays money to the administrator may file a claim for reimbursement from the administrator of the amount paid if the holder:
(a) Paid the money in error; or
(b) After paying the money to the administrator, paid money to a person the holder reasonably believed was entitled to the money.
(2) If a claim for reimbursement under subsection (1) of this section is made for a payment made on a negotiable instrument, including a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument, the holder must submit proof that the instrument was presented and payment was made to a person the holder reasonably believed was entitled to payment. The holder may claim reimbursement even if the payment was made to a person whose claim was made after expiration of a period of limitation on the owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order.
(3) If a holder is reimbursed by the administrator under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the holder may also recover from the administrator income or gain under RCW 63.30.380 that would have been paid to the owner if the money had been claimed from the administrator by the owner to the extent the income or gain was paid by the holder to the owner.
(4) A holder that under this chapter delivers property other than money to the administrator may file a claim for return of the property from the administrator if:
(a) The holder delivered the property in error; or
(b) The apparent owner has claimed the property from the holder.
(5) If a claim for return of property under subsection (4) of this section is made, the holder shall include with the claim evidence sufficient to establish that the apparent owner has claimed the property from the holder or that the property was delivered by the holder to the administrator in error.
(6) The administrator may determine that an affidavit submitted by a holder is evidence sufficient to establish that the holder is entitled to reimbursement or to recover property under this section.
(7) A holder is not required to pay a fee or other charge for reimbursement or return of property under this section.
(8) Not later than 90 days after a claim is filed under subsection (1) or (4) of this section, the administrator shall allow or deny the claim and give the claimant notice of the decision in a record. If the administrator does not take action on a claim during the 90-day period, the claim is deemed denied.
(9) Decisions under this section are subject to review under RCW 63.30.730 and 63.30.740.
[ 2022 c 225 § 605.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.370 - Property removed from safe deposit box.

RCW 63.30.370
Property removed from safe deposit box.
Property removed from a safe deposit box and delivered to the administrator 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 administrator shall reimburse the holder from the proceeds remaining after deducting the expense incurred by the administrator in selling the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 606.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.380 - Crediting income or gain to owner's account.

RCW 63.30.380
Crediting income or gain to owner's account.
If property other than money is delivered to the administrator, the owner is entitled to receive from the administrator 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 administrator shall pay interest at the rate the property earned while in possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the property is delivered to the administrator and ends on the earlier of the expiration of 10 years after its delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner.
[ 2022 c 225 § 607.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.390 - Administrator's options as to custody.

RCW 63.30.390
Administrator's options as to custody.
(1) The administrator may decline to take custody of property reported under RCW 63.30.220 if the administrator determines that:
(a) The property has a value less than the estimated expenses of notice and sale of the property; or
(b) Taking custody of the property would be unlawful.
(2) A holder may pay or deliver property to the administrator before the property is presumed abandoned under this chapter if the holder:
(a) Sends the apparent owner of the property notice required by RCW 63.30.280 and provides the administrator evidence of the holder's compliance with this subsection (2)(a);
(b) Includes with the payment or delivery a report regarding the property conforming to RCW 63.30.230; and
(c) First obtains the administrator's consent in a record to accept payment or delivery.
(3) A holder's request for the administrator's consent under subsection (2)(c) of this section must be in a record. If the administrator fails to respond to the request not later than 30 days after receipt of the request, the administrator is deemed to consent to the payment or delivery of the property and the payment or delivery is considered to have been made in good faith.
(4) On payment or delivery of property under subsection (2) of this section, the property is presumed abandoned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 608.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.400 - Disposition of property having no substantial value—Immunity from liability.

RCW 63.30.400
Disposition of property having no substantial value—Immunity from liability.
(1) If the administrator 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 administrator may return the property to the holder or destroy or otherwise dispose of the property.
(2) An action or proceeding may not be commenced against the state, an agency of the state, the administrator, another officer, employee, or agent of the state, or a holder for or because of an act of the administrator under this section, except for intentional misconduct or malfeasance.
[ 2022 c 225 § 609.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.410 - Periods of limitation and repose.

RCW 63.30.410
Periods of limitation and repose.
(1) Expiration, before, on, or after January 1, 2023, of a period of limitation on an owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order, does not prevent the property from being presumed abandoned or affect the duty of a holder under this chapter to file a report or pay or deliver property to the administrator.
(2) The administrator may not commence an action or proceeding to enforce this chapter with respect to the reporting, payment, or delivery of property more than six years after the holder filed a nonfraudulent report under RCW 63.30.220 with the administrator. The parties may agree in a record to extend the limitation in this subsection.
(3) The administrator may not commence an action, proceeding, or examination with respect to a duty of a holder under this chapter more than 10 years after the duty arose.
[ 2022 c 225 § 610.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.420 - Public sale of property.

RCW 63.30.420
Public sale of property.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 63.30.430, the administrator may sell the property (a) not earlier than two years after receipt of property stored in a safe deposit box and presumed abandoned; and (b) not earlier than three years after receipt of all other property presumed abandoned.
(2) Before selling property under subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall give notice to the public of:
(a) The date of the sale; and
(b) A reasonable description of the property.
(3) A sale under subsection (1) of this section must be to the highest bidder:
(a) At public sale at a location in this state which the administrator determines to be the most favorable market for the property;
(b) On the internet; or
(c) On another forum the administrator determines is likely to yield the highest net proceeds of sale.
(4) The administrator may decline the highest bid at a sale under this section and reoffer the property for sale if the administrator determines the highest bid is insufficient.
(5) The administrator must publish at least one notice of the sale, at least three weeks but not more than five weeks before the sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is sold.
[ 2022 c 225 § 701.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.430 - Disposal of securities.

RCW 63.30.430
Disposal of securities.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the administrator must sell all securities delivered to the administrator as required by this chapter as soon as practicable after taking custody, in the judgment of the administrator, after receipt by the administrator. However, this subsection does not apply with respect to any securities that, in the judgment of the administrator, cannot be sold, are worthless, or are not cost-effective to sell.
(2) Securities listed on an established stock exchange must be sold at prices prevailing at the time of sale on the exchange. Other securities may be sold over the counter at prices prevailing at the time of sale or by any other method the administrator considers advisable. All securities may be sold over the counter at prices prevailing at the time of the sale, or by any other method the administrator deems advisable.
[ 2022 c 225 § 702.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.440 - Recovery of securities or value by owner.

RCW 63.30.440
Recovery of securities or value by owner.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person making a claim under this chapter with respect to securities is only entitled to receive the proceeds received from sale, even if the sale of the securities has not been completed at the time the administrator receives the claim. However, if the administrator receives a claim for securities and the administrator has not ordered those securities to be sold as of the time the claim is received by the administrator, the claimant is entitled to receive either the securities delivered to the administrator by the holder, or the proceeds received from the sale, less any amounts deducted pursuant to RCW 63.30.490.
(2) With respect to securities that, in the judgment of the administrator, cannot be sold or are not cost-effective to sell and that remain in the possession of the administrator, a person making a claim under this chapter is only entitled to receive the securities delivered to the administrator by the holder.
[ 2022 c 225 § 703.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.450 - Purchaser owns property after sale.

RCW 63.30.450
Purchaser owns property after sale.
A purchaser of property at a sale conducted by the administrator under this chapter takes the property free of all claims of the owner, a previous holder, or a person claiming through the owner or holder. The administrator shall execute documents necessary to complete the transfer of ownership to the purchaser.
[ 2022 c 225 § 704.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.460 - Military medal or decoration.

RCW 63.30.460
Military medal or decoration.
(1) The administrator may not sell a medal or decoration awarded for military service in the armed forces of the United States.
(2) The administrator, with the consent of the respective organization under (a) of this subsection, agency under (b) of this subsection, or entity under (c) of this subsection, may deliver a medal or decoration described in subsection (1) of this section to be held in custody for the owner, to:
(a) A military veterans organization qualified under the internal revenue code, as it existed on January 1, 2023, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(19);
(b) The agency that awarded the medal or decoration; or
(c) A governmental entity.
(3) On delivery under subsection (2) of this section, the administrator is not responsible for safekeeping the medal or decoration.
[ 2022 c 225 § 705.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.470 - Deposit of funds by administrator.

RCW 63.30.470
Deposit of funds by administrator.
(1) 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 property under RCW 63.30.420 through 63.30.460. The administrator shall retain in a separate trust fund, the nonappropriated unclaimed personal property account, an amount not less than $750,000 from which prompt payment of claims duly allowed must be made by the administrator.
(2) The administrator may pay from the trust fund provided in subsection (1) of this section any costs of administering this chapter including those costs set forth in RCW 63.30.490. Such amounts may be expended without appropriation.
(3) The department may periodically transfer from the general fund of this state to the unclaimed personal property account amounts necessary to accommodate the requirements of this section.
[ 2022 c 225 § 801.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.480 - Administrator to retain records of property.

RCW 63.30.480
Administrator to retain records of property.
The administrator shall:
(1) Record and retain the name and last known address of each person shown on a report filed under RCW 63.30.220 to be the apparent owner of property delivered to the administrator;
(2) Record and retain the name and last known address of each insured or annuitant and beneficiary shown on the report;
(3) For each policy of insurance or annuity contract listed in the report of an insurance company, record and retain the policy or account number, the name of the company, and the amount due or paid; and
(4) For each apparent owner listed in the report, record and retain the name of the holder that filed the report and the amount due or paid.
[ 2022 c 225 § 802.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.490 - Expenses and service charges of administrator.

RCW 63.30.490
Expenses and service charges of administrator.
The administrator may expend from the unclaimed personal property account for the following purposes:
(1) Expenses of disposition of property delivered to the administrator under this chapter;
(2) Costs of mailing and publication in connection with property delivered to the administrator under this chapter;
(3) Reasonable service charges; and
(4) Expenses incurred in examining records of or collecting property from a putative holder or holder.
[ 2022 c 225 § 803.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.500 - Administrator holds property as custodian for owner.

RCW 63.30.500
Administrator holds property as custodian for owner.
Property received by the administrator under this chapter is held in custody for the benefit of the owner and is not owned by the state.
[ 2022 c 225 § 804.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.510 - Claim of another state to recover property.

RCW 63.30.510
Claim of another state to recover property.
(1) If the administrator knows that property held by the administrator under this chapter is subject to a superior claim of another state, the administrator shall:
(a) Report and pay or deliver the property to the other state; or
(b) Return the property to the holder so that the holder may pay or deliver the property to the other state.
(2) The administrator is not required to enter into an agreement to transfer property to the other state under subsection (1) of this section.
[ 2022 c 225 § 901.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.520 - Property subject to recovery by another state.

RCW 63.30.520
Property subject to recovery by another state.
(1) Property held under this chapter by the administrator is subject to the right of another state to take custody of the property if:
(a) The property was paid or delivered to the administrator because the records of the holder did not reflect a last known address in the other state of the apparent owner and:
(i) The other state establishes that the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property was in the other state; or
(ii) Under the law of the other state, the property has become subject to a claim by the other state of abandonment;
(b) The records of the holder did not accurately identify the owner of the property, the last known address of the owner was in another state, and, under the law of the other state, the property has become subject to a claim by the other state of abandonment;
(c) The property was subject to the custody of the administrator of this state under RCW 63.30.190 and, under the law of the state of domicile of the holder, the property has become subject to a claim by the state of domicile of the holder of abandonment; or
(d) The property:
(i) Is a sum payable on a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument that was purchased in the other state and delivered to the administrator under RCW 63.30.200; and
(ii) Under the law of the other state, has become subject to a claim by the other state of abandonment.
(2) A claim by another state to recover property under this section must be presented in a form prescribed by the administrator, unless the administrator waives presentation of the form.
(3) The administrator shall decide a claim under this section not later than 90 days after it is presented. If the administrator determines that the other state is entitled under subsection (1) of this section to custody of the property, the administrator shall allow the claim and pay or deliver the property to the other state.
(4) The administrator may require another state, before recovering property under this section, to agree to indemnify this state and its agents, officers, and employees against any liability on a claim to the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 902.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.530 - Claim for property by person claiming to be owner.

RCW 63.30.530
Claim for property by person claiming to be owner.
(1) A person claiming to be the owner of property held under this chapter by the administrator may file a claim for the property on a form prescribed by the administrator. The claimant must verify the claim as to its completeness and accuracy.
(2) The administrator may waive the requirement in subsection (1) of this section and may pay or deliver property directly to a person if:
(a) The person receiving the property or payment is shown to be the apparent owner included on a report filed under RCW 63.30.220; and
(b) The administrator reasonably believes the person is entitled to receive the property or payment.
[ 2022 c 225 § 903.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.540 - Administrator must honor claim for property, when.

RCW 63.30.540
Administrator must honor claim for property, when.
(1) The administrator shall pay or deliver property to a claimant under RCW 63.30.530(1) if the administrator receives evidence sufficient to establish to the satisfaction of the administrator that the claimant is the owner of the property.
(2) Not later than 90 days after a claim is filed under RCW 63.30.530(1), the administrator shall allow or deny the claim and give the claimant notice in a record of the decision.
(3) If the claim is denied under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) The administrator shall inform the claimant of the reason for the denial and specify what additional evidence, if any, is required for the claim to be allowed;
(b) The claimant may file an amended claim with the administrator or commence an action under RCW 63.30.560; and
(c) The administrator shall consider an amended claim filed under (b) of this subsection as an initial claim.
(4) If the administrator does not take action on a claim during the 90-day period following the filing of a claim under RCW 63.30.530(1), the claim is deemed denied.
[ 2022 c 225 § 904.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.550 - Allowance of claim for property.

RCW 63.30.550
Allowance of claim for property.
(1) Not later than 30 days after a claim is allowed under RCW 63.30.540(2), the administrator shall pay or deliver to the owner the property or pay to the owner the net proceeds of a sale of the property, together with income or gain to which the owner is entitled under RCW 63.30.380. On request of the owner, the administrator may sell or liquidate a security and pay the net proceeds to the owner, even if the security had been held by the administrator for less than three years or the administrator has not complied with the notice requirements under RCW 63.30.430.
(2) Property held under this chapter by the administrator is subject to a claim for the payment of an enforceable debt the owner owes in this state for:
(a) Child support arrearages, including child support collection costs and child support arrearages that are combined with maintenance;
(b) A civil or criminal fine or penalty, court costs, a surcharge, or restitution imposed by a final order of an administrative agency or a final court judgment; or
(c) State or local taxes, penalties, and interest that have been determined to be delinquent.
(3) Before delivery or payment to an owner under subsection (1) of this section of property or payment to the owner of net proceeds of a sale of the property, the administrator first shall apply the property or net proceeds to a debt under subsection (2) of this section the administrator determines is owed by the owner. The administrator shall pay the amount to the appropriate state or local agency and notify the owner of the payment.
(4) The administrator may make periodic inquiries of state and local agencies in the absence of a claim filed under RCW 63.30.530 to determine whether an apparent owner included in the unclaimed property records of this state has enforceable debts described in subsection (2) of this section. The administrator first shall apply the property or net proceeds of a sale of property held by the administrator to a debt under subsection (2) of this section of an apparent owner which appears in the records of the administrator and deliver the amount to the appropriate state or local agency. The administrator shall notify the apparent owner of the payment.
[ 2022 c 225 § 905.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.560 - Action by person whose claim is denied.

RCW 63.30.560
Action by person whose claim is denied.
Not later than one year after filing a claim under RCW 63.30.540(1), the claimant may commence an action against the administrator in Thurston county superior court to establish a claim that has been denied or deemed denied under RCW 63.30.540.
[ 2022 c 225 § 906.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.570 - Verified report of property.

RCW 63.30.570
Verified report of property.
If a person does not file a report required by RCW 63.30.220 or the administrator believes that a person may have filed an inaccurate, incomplete, or false report, the administrator may require the person to file a verified report in a form prescribed by the administrator. The verified report must:
(1) State whether the person is holding property reportable under this chapter;
(2) Describe property not previously reported or about which the administrator has inquired;
(3) Specifically identify property described under subsection (2) of this section about which there is a dispute whether it is reportable under this section; and
(4) State the amount or value of the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1001.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.580 - Examination of records to determine compliance.

RCW 63.30.580
Examination of records to determine compliance.
The administrator, at reasonable times and on reasonable notice, may:
(1) Examine the records of a person, including examination of appropriate records in the possession of an agent of the person under examination, if the records are reasonably necessary to determine whether the person has complied with this chapter;
(2) Issue an administrative subpoena requiring the person or agent of the person to make records available for examination; and
(3) Bring an action seeking judicial enforcement of the subpoena.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1002.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.590 - Rules for conducting examination.

RCW 63.30.590
Rules for conducting examination.
(1) The administrator shall adopt rules governing procedures and standards for an examination under RCW 63.30.580, including rules for use of an estimation, extrapolation, and statistical sampling in conducting an examination.
(2) An examination under RCW 63.30.580 must be performed under rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section and with generally accepted examination practices and standards applicable to an unclaimed property examination.
(3) If a person subject to examination under RCW 63.30.580 has filed the reports required under RCW 63.30.220 and 63.30.570 and has retained the records required by RCW 63.30.250, the following rules apply:
(a) The examination must include a review of the person's records.
(b) The examination may not be based on an estimate unless the person expressly consents in a record to the use of an estimate or the person has failed to make its records available to the administrator for examination.
(c) The person conducting the examination shall consider the evidence presented in good faith by the person in preparing the findings of the examination under RCW 63.30.630.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1003.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.600 - Records obtained in examination.

RCW 63.30.600
Records obtained in examination.
Records obtained and records, including work papers, compiled by the administrator in the course of conducting an examination under RCW 63.30.580:
(1) Are subject to the confidentiality and security provisions of RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.880 and are not public records;
(2) May be used by the administrator in an action to collect property or otherwise enforce this chapter;
(3) May be used in a joint examination conducted with another state, the United States, a foreign country or subordinate unit of a foreign country, or any other governmental entity if the governmental entity conducting the examination is legally bound to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained from a person subject to examination in a manner substantially equivalent to RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.880;
(4) Must be disclosed, on request, to the person that administers the unclaimed property law of another state for that state's use in circumstances equivalent to circumstances described in this section and RCW 63.30.570 through 63.30.590 and 63.30.610 through 63.30.690, if the other state is required to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained in a manner substantially equivalent to RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.880;
(5) Must be produced by the administrator under an administrative or judicial subpoena or administrative or court order; and
(6) Must be produced by the administrator on request of the person subject to the examination in an administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1004.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.610 - Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.

RCW 63.30.610
Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.
(1) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation is prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.
(2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (1) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.
(3) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (1) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:
(a) Issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;
(b) Issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;
(c) Issued to a party affiliated with the issuer;
(d) Paid, satisfied, or discharged;
(e) Issued in error;
(f) Issued without consideration;
(g) Issued but there was a failure of consideration;
(h) Voided within a reasonable time after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or
(i) Issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.
(4) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1005.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.620 - Failure of person examined to retain records.

RCW 63.30.620
Failure of person examined to retain records.
If a person subject to examination under RCW 63.30.580 does not retain the records required by RCW 63.30.250, the administrator may determine the value of property due using a reasonable method of estimation based on all information available to the administrator, including extrapolation and use of statistical sampling when appropriate and necessary, consistent with examination procedures and standards adopted under RCW 63.30.590(1) and in accordance with RCW 63.30.590(2).
[ 2022 c 225 § 1006.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.630 - Report to person whose records were examined.

RCW 63.30.630
Report to person whose records were examined.
At the conclusion of an examination under RCW 63.30.580, the administrator shall provide to the person whose records were examined a complete and unredacted examination report that specifies:
(1) The work performed;
(2) The property types reviewed;
(3) The methodology of any estimation technique, extrapolation, or statistical sampling used in conducting the examination;
(4) Each calculation showing the value of property determined to be due; and
(5) The findings of the person conducting the examination.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1007.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.640 - Complaint to administrator about conduct of person conducting examination.

RCW 63.30.640
Complaint to administrator about conduct of person conducting examination.
(1) If a person subject to examination under RCW 63.30.580 believes the person conducting the examination has made an unreasonable or unauthorized request or is not proceeding expeditiously to complete the examination, the person in a record may ask the administrator to intervene and take appropriate remedial action, including countermanding the request of the person conducting the examination, imposing a time limit for completion of the examination, or reassigning the examination to another person.
(2) If a person in a record requests a conference with the administrator to present matters that are the basis of a request under subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall hold the conference not later than 30 days after receiving the request. The administrator may hold the conference in person, by telephone, or by electronic means.
(3) If a conference is held under subsection (2) of this section, not later than 30 days after the conference ends, the administrator shall provide a report in a record of the conference to the person that requested the conference.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1008.]