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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.650 - Administrator's contract with another to conduct examination.

RCW 63.30.650
Administrator's contract with another to conduct examination.
(1) In this section, "related to the administrator" refers to an individual who is:
(a) The administrator's spouse, partner in a civil union, domestic partner, or reciprocal beneficiary;
(b) The administrator's child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, half-sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew;
(c) A spouse, partner in a civil union, domestic partner, or reciprocal beneficiary of an individual under (b) of this subsection; or
(d) Any individual residing in the administrator's household.
(2) The administrator may contract with a person to conduct an examination under this section and RCW 63.30.570 through 63.30.640 and 63.30.660 through 63.30.690. The contract may be awarded only under chapter 39.26 RCW.
(3) If the person with which the administrator contracts under subsection (2) of this section is:
(a) An individual, the individual may not be related to the administrator; or
(b) A business entity, the entity may not be owned in whole or in part by the administrator or an individual related to the administrator.
(4) At least 60 days before assigning a person under contract with the administrator under subsection (2) of this section to conduct an examination, the administrator shall demand in a record that the person to be examined submit a report and deliver property that is previously unreported.
(5) If the administrator contracts with a person under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) The contract may provide for compensation of the person based on a fixed fee, hourly fee, or contingent fee;
(b) A contingent fee arrangement may not provide for a payment that exceeds 10 percent of the amount or value of property paid or delivered as a result of the examination; and
(c) On request by a person subject to examination by a contractor, the administrator shall deliver to the person a complete and unredacted copy of the contract.
(6) A contract under subsection (2) of this section is subject to public disclosure without redaction under chapter 42.56 RCW.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1009.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.660 - Limit on future employment.

RCW 63.30.660
Limit on future employment.
The administrator or an individual employed by the administrator who participates in, recommends, or approves the award of a contract under RCW 63.30.650(2) on or after January 1, 2023, may not be employed by, contracted with, or compensated in any capacity by the contractor or an affiliate of the contractor for two years after the latest of participation in, recommendation of, or approval of the award or conclusion of the contract.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.670 - Report by administrator to state official.

RCW 63.30.670
Report by administrator to state official.
(1) Not later than three months after the end of the state fiscal year, the administrator shall compile and submit a report to the governor and legislature. The report must contain the following information about property presumed abandoned for the preceding fiscal year for the state:
(a) The total amount and value of all property paid or delivered under this chapter to the administrator, separated into:
(i) The part voluntarily paid or delivered; and
(ii) The part paid or delivered as a result of an examination under RCW 63.30.580, separated into the part recovered as a result of an examination conducted by:
(A) A state employee; and
(B) A contractor under RCW 63.30.650;
(b) The name of and amount paid to each contractor under RCW 63.30.650 and the percentage the total compensation paid to all contractors under RCW 63.30.650 bears to the total amount paid or delivered to the administrator as a result of all examinations performed under RCW 63.30.650;
(c) The total amount and value of all property paid or delivered by the administrator to persons that made claims for property held by the administrator under this chapter and the percentage the total payments made and value of property delivered to claimants bears to the total amounts paid and value delivered to the administrator; and
(d) The total amount of claims made by persons claiming to be owners which:
(i) Were denied;
(ii) Were allowed; and
(iii) Are pending.
(2) The report under subsection (1) of this section is a public record subject to public disclosure without redaction under chapter 42.56 RCW.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1011.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.680 - Determination of liability for unreported reportable property.

RCW 63.30.680
Determination of liability for unreported reportable property.
If the administrator determines from an examination conducted under RCW 63.30.580 that a putative holder failed or refused to pay or deliver to the administrator property which is reportable under this chapter, the administrator shall issue a determination of the putative holder's liability to pay or deliver and give notice in a record to the putative holder of the determination.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1012.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.700 - Waiver.

RCW 63.30.700
Waiver.
The administrator may waive, in whole and in part, interest under RCW 63.30.690 and penalties under RCW 63.30.690 (5) and (9).
[ 2022 c 225 § 1014.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.720 - Review of administrator's determination.

RCW 63.30.720
Review of administrator's determination.
A putative holder may seek relief from a determination under RCW 63.30.680 by:
(1) Administrative review under RCW 63.30.730; or
(2) Judicial review under RCW 63.30.740.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1102.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.730 - Administrative review.

RCW 63.30.730
Administrative review.
Any person having been issued a determination by the administrator, or a denial of an application for a refund or return of property, under the provisions of this chapter is entitled to a review by the administrator conducted in accordance with the provisions of RCW 34.05.410 through 34.05.494, subject to judicial review under RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598. A petition for review under this section is timely if received in writing by the administrator on or before 90 days after the holder receives the determination from the administrator pursuant to RCW 63.30.680 or from any extension of the due date granted by the administrator, or in the case of a refund or return application, 30 days after the administrator rejects the application in writing, regardless of any subsequent action by the administrator to reconsider its initial decision. The period for filing a petition for review under this section may be extended as provided in a rule adopted by the administrator under chapter 34.05 RCW or upon a written agreement signed by the holder and the administrator.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1103.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.740 - Judicial remedy.

RCW 63.30.740
Judicial remedy.
(1) Any person who has paid or delivered property to the administrator under the provisions of this chapter, except one who has failed to keep and preserve records as required in this chapter, feeling aggrieved by such payment or delivery, may appeal to the Thurston county superior court. The person filing a notice of appeal under this section is deemed the plaintiff, and the administrator, the defendant.
(2) An appeal under this section must be made within 30 days after the administrator rejects in writing an application for refund or return of property, regardless of any subsequent action by the administrator to reconsider its initial decision.
(3)(a) In an appeal filed under this section, the plaintiff must set forth the amount or property, if any, payable or deliverable on the report or assessment that the plaintiff is contesting, which the holder concedes to be the correct amount payable or deliverable, and the reason why the amount payable or deliverable should be reduced or abated.
(b) The appeal is perfected only by serving a copy of the notice of appeal upon the administrator and filing the original with proof of service with the clerk of the superior court of Thurston county, within the time specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4)(a) The trial in the superior court on appeal must be de novo and without the necessity of any pleadings other than the notice of appeal. At trial, the burden is on the plaintiff to (i) prove that the amount paid by that person is incorrect, either in whole or in part, or the property in question was delivered in error to the administrator, and (ii) establish the correct amount payable or the property required to be delivered to the administrator, if any.
(b) Both parties are entitled to subpoena the attendance of witnesses as in other civil actions and to produce evidence that is competent, relevant, and material to determine the correct amount due, if any, that should be paid by the plaintiff.
(c) Either party may seek appellate review in the same manner as other civil actions are appealed to the appellate courts.
(5) An appeal may be maintained under this section without the need for the plaintiff to first:
(a) Protest against the payment of any amount due or reportable under this chapter or to make any demand to have such amount refunded or returned; or
(b) Petition the administrator for a refund, return of property, or a review of its action as authorized in RCW 63.30.730.
(6) No court action or proceeding of any kind may be maintained by the plaintiff to recover any amount paid, delivered, or reported to the administrator under this chapter, except as provided in this section or as may be available to the plaintiff under RCW 34.05.510 through 34.05.598.
(7) No appeal may be maintained under this section with respect to matters reviewed by the administrator under the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1104.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.750 - Judicial action to enforce liability.

RCW 63.30.750
Judicial action to enforce liability.
(1) If a determination under RCW 63.30.680 becomes final and is not subject to administrative or judicial review, the administrator may commence an action in superior court or in an appropriate court of another state to enforce the determination and secure payment or delivery of past due, unpaid, or undelivered property. The action must be brought not later than one year after the determination becomes final.
(2) In an action under subsection (1) of this section, if no court in this state has jurisdiction over the defendant, the administrator may commence an action in any court having jurisdiction over the defendant.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1201.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.760 - Interstate and international agreement—Cooperation.

RCW 63.30.760
Interstate and international agreement—Cooperation.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the administrator may:
(a) Exchange information with another state or foreign country relating to property presumed abandoned or relating to the possible existence of property presumed abandoned; and
(b) Authorize in a record another state or foreign country or a person acting on behalf of the other state or country to examine its records of a putative holder as provided in RCW 63.30.570 through 63.30.690.
(2) An exchange or examination under subsection (1) of this section may be done only if the state or foreign country has confidentiality and security requirements substantially equivalent to those in RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.880 or agrees in a record to be bound by this state's confidentiality and security requirements.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1202.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.770 - Action involving another state or foreign country.

RCW 63.30.770
Action involving another state or foreign country.
(1) The administrator may join another state or foreign country to examine and seek enforcement of this chapter against a putative holder.
(2) On request of another state or foreign country, the attorney general may commence an action on behalf of the other state or country to enforce, in this state, the law of the other state or country against a putative holder subject to a claim by the other state or country, if the other state or country agrees to pay costs incurred by the attorney general in the action.
(3) The administrator may request the official authorized to enforce the unclaimed property law of another state or foreign country to commence an action to recover property in the other state or country on behalf of the administrator. This state shall pay the costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred by the other state or foreign country in an action under this subsection.
(4) The administrator may pursue an action on behalf of this state to recover property subject to this chapter but delivered to the custody of another state if the administrator believes the property is subject to the custody of the administrator.
(5) The administrator may retain an attorney in this state, another state, or a foreign country to commence an action to recover property on behalf of the administrator and may agree to pay attorneys' fees based in whole or in part on a fixed fee, hourly fee, or a percentage of the amount or value of property recovered in the action.
(6) Expenses incurred by this state in an action under this section may be paid from property received under this chapter or the net proceeds of the property. Expenses paid to recover property may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to a claim under this chapter by the owner.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1203.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.780 - Agreement to locate property enforceable.

RCW 63.30.780
Agreement to locate property enforceable.
An agreement by an apparent owner and another person, the primary purpose of which is to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property held by the administrator, is enforceable only if the agreement:
(1) Is in a record that clearly states the nature of the property and the services to be provided;
(2) Is signed by or on behalf of the apparent owner; and
(3) States the amount or value of the property reasonably expected to be recovered, computed before and after a fee or other compensation to be paid to the person has been deducted.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1301.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.790 - Agreement to locate property void, when.

RCW 63.30.790
Agreement to locate property void, when.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an agreement under RCW 63.30.780 is void if it is entered into during the period beginning on the date the property was paid or delivered by a holder to the administrator and ending 24 months after the payment or delivery.
(2) If a provision in an agreement described in subsection (1) of this section applies to mineral proceeds for which compensation is to be paid to the other person based in whole or in part on a part of the underlying minerals or mineral proceeds not then presumed abandoned, the provision is void regardless of when the agreement was entered into.
(3) An agreement under subsection (1) of this section which provides for compensation in an amount that is unconscionable is unenforceable except by the apparent owner. An apparent owner that believes the compensation the apparent owner has agreed to pay is unconscionable or the administrator, acting on behalf of an apparent owner, or both, may file an action in superior court to reduce the compensation to the maximum amount that is not unconscionable.
(4) An apparent owner or the administrator may assert that an agreement described in this section is void on a ground other than it provides for payment of unconscionable compensation.
(5) This section does not apply to an apparent owner's agreement with an attorney to pursue a claim for recovery of specifically identified property held by the administrator or to contest the administrator's denial of a claim for recovery of the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1302.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.800 - Right of agent of apparent owner to recover property held by administrator.

RCW 63.30.800
Right of agent of apparent owner to recover property held by administrator.
(1) An apparent owner that contracts with another person to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property of the apparent owner which is held by the administrator may designate the person as the agent of the apparent owner. The designation must be in a record signed by the apparent owner.
(2) The administrator shall give the agent of the apparent owner all information concerning the property which the apparent owner is entitled to receive, including information that otherwise is confidential information under RCW 63.30.820.
(3) If authorized by the apparent owner, the agent of the apparent owner may bring an action against the administrator on behalf of and in the name of the apparent owner.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1303.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.810 - Definitions—Applicability.

RCW 63.30.810
Definitions—Applicability.
(1) In this section and RCW 63.30.820 through 63.30.880, "personal information" means:
(a) Information that identifies or reasonably can be used to identify an individual, such as first and last name in combination with the individual's:
(i) Social security number or other government-issued number or identifier;
(ii) Date of birth;
(iii) Home or physical address;
(iv) Email address or other online contact information or internet provider address;
(v) Financial account number or credit or debit card number;
(vi) Biometric data, health or medical data, or insurance information; or
(vii) Passwords or other credentials that permit access to an online or other account;
(b) Personally identifiable financial or insurance information, including nonpublic personal information defined by applicable federal law; and
(c) Any combination of data that, if accessed, disclosed, modified, or destroyed without authorization of the owner of the data or if lost or misused, would require notice or reporting under chapter 19.255 RCW and federal privacy and data security law, whether or not the administrator or the administrator's agent is subject to the law.
(2) A provision of this section or RCW 63.30.820 through 63.30.880 that applies to the administrator or the administrator's records applies to an administrator's agent.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1401.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.820 - Confidential information.

RCW 63.30.820
Confidential information.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following are confidential and exempt from public inspection or disclosure:
(a) Reports and records of a holder in the possession of the administrator or the administrator's agent; and
(b) Personal information and other information derived or otherwise obtained by or communicated to the administrator or the administrator's agent from an examination under this chapter of the records of a person.
(2) A record or other information that is confidential under law of this state other than this chapter, another state, or the United States continues to be confidential when disclosed or delivered under this chapter to the administrator or administrator's agent.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1402.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.830 - When confidential information may be disclosed.

RCW 63.30.830
When confidential information may be disclosed.
(1) When reasonably necessary to enforce or implement this chapter, the administrator may disclose confidential information concerning property held by the administrator or the administrator's agent only to:
(a) An apparent owner or the apparent owner's personal representative, attorney, other legal representative, relative, or agent designated under RCW 63.30.800 to have the information;
(b) The personal representative, other legal representative, relative of a deceased apparent owner, agent designated under RCW 63.30.800 by the deceased apparent owner, or a person entitled to inherit from the deceased apparent owner;
(c) Another department or agency of this state or the United States;
(d) The person that administers the unclaimed property law of another state, if the other state accords substantially reciprocal privileges to the administrator of this state if the other state is required to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained in a manner substantially equivalent to this section and RCW 63.30.810, 63.30.820, and 63.30.840 through 63.30.880; or
(e) A person subject to an examination as required by RCW 63.30.600(6).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 63.30.820(1), the administrator shall include on the website or in the database required by RCW 63.30.300(3)(b) the name of each apparent owner of property held by the administrator. The administrator may include in published notices, printed publications, telecommunications, the internet, or other media and on the website or in the database additional information concerning the apparent owner's property if the administrator believes the information will assist in identifying and returning property to the owner and does not disclose personal information except the home or physical address of an apparent owner.
(3) The administrator and the administrator's agent may not use confidential information provided to them or in their possession except as expressly authorized by this chapter or required by law other than this chapter.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1403.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.840 - Confidentiality agreement.

RCW 63.30.840
Confidentiality agreement.
A person to be examined under RCW 63.30.580 may require, as a condition of disclosure of the records of the person to be examined, that each person having access to the records disclosed in the examination execute and deliver to the person to be examined a confidentiality agreement that:
(1) Is in a form that is reasonably satisfactory to the administrator; and
(2) Requires the person having access to the records to comply with the provisions of this section and RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.830 and 63.30.850 through 63.30.880 applicable to the person.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1404.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.850 - No confidentiality information in notice.

RCW 63.30.850
No confidentiality information in notice.
Except as otherwise provided in RCW 63.30.280 and 63.30.290, a holder is not required under this chapter to include confidential information in a notice the holder is required to provide to an apparent owner under this chapter.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1405.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.860 - Security of information.

RCW 63.30.860
Security of information.
(1) If a holder is required to include confidential information in a report to the administrator, the information must be provided by a secure means.
(2) If confidential information in a record is provided to and maintained by the administrator or administrator's agent as required by this chapter, the administrator or agent shall:
(a) Implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of the information required by chapter 19.255 RCW and federal privacy and data security law whether or not the administrator or the administrator's agent is subject to the law;
(b) Protect against reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the information; and
(c) Protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to a holder or the holder's customers, including insureds, annuitants, and policy or contract owners and their beneficiaries.
(3) The administrator:
(a) After notice and comment, shall adopt and implement a security plan that identifies and assesses reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to confidential information in the administrator's possession and seeks to mitigate the risks; and
(b) Shall ensure that an administrator's agent adopts and implements a similar plan with respect to confidential information in the agent's possession.
(4) The administrator and the administrator's agent shall educate and train their employees regarding the plan adopted under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) The administrator and the administrator's agent shall in a secure manner return or destroy all confidential information no longer reasonably needed under this chapter.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1406.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.870 - Security breach.

RCW 63.30.870
Security breach.
(1) Except to the extent prohibited by law other than this chapter, the administrator or administrator's agent shall notify a holder as soon as practicable of:
(a) A suspected loss, misuse, or unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of confidential information obtained from the holder in the possession of the administrator or an administrator's agent; and
(b) Any interference with operations in any system hosting or housing confidential information which:
(i) Compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the information; or
(ii) Creates a substantial risk of identity fraud or theft.
(2) Except as necessary to inform an insurer, attorney, investigator, or others as required by law, the administrator and an administrator's agent may not disclose, without the express consent in a record of the holder, an event described in subsection (1) of this section to a person whose confidential information was supplied by the holder.
(3) If an event described in subsection (1) of this section occurs, the administrator and the administrator's agent shall:
(a) Take action necessary for the holder to understand and minimize the effect of the event and determine its scope; and
(b) Cooperate with the holder with respect to:
(i) Any notification required by law concerning a data or other security breach; and
(ii) A regulatory inquiry, litigation, or similar action.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1407.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.880 - Indemnification for breach.

RCW 63.30.880
Indemnification for breach.
(1) If a claim is made or action commenced arising out of an event described in RCW 63.30.870(1) relating to confidential information possessed by the administrator, this state shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a holder and the holder's affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents as to:
(a) Any claim or action; and
(b) A liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost, fee, penalty, fine, settlement, charge, or other expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, established by the claim or action.
(2) If a claim is made or action commenced arising out of an event described in RCW 63.30.870(1) relating to confidential information possessed by an administrator's agent, the administrator's agent shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a holder and the holder's affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents as to:
(a) Any claim or action; and
(b) A liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost, fee, penalty, fine, settlement, charge, or other expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, established by the claim or action.
(3) The administrator shall require an administrator's agent that will receive confidential information required under this chapter to maintain adequate insurance for indemnification obligations of the administrator's agent under subsection (2) of this section. The agent required to maintain the insurance shall provide evidence of the insurance to:
(a) The administrator not less frequently than annually; and
(b) The holder on commencement of an examination and annually thereafter until all confidential information is returned or destroyed under RCW 63.30.860(5).
[ 2022 c 225 § 1408.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.890 - Right to enter into an agreement.

RCW 63.30.890
Right to enter into an agreement.
(1) The department may enter into an agreement in writing with any holder with respect to any duties under this chapter or any property or amounts due under this chapter, including penalties and interest.
(2) Upon its execution by all parties, the agreement is final and conclusive as to the periods, property, and any other matters expressly covered by the agreement. Except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance, or of misrepresentation of a material fact:
(a) The agreement may not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon, nor may the agreement be modified, by any officer, employee, or agent of the state, or the holder; and
(b) In any suit, action, or proceeding, such agreement, or any determination, assessment, collection, payment, abatement, or refund, or credit made in accordance with the agreement, may not be annulled, modified, set aside, or disregarded.
(3) No agreement under this section may affect a holder's obligations to an owner or an owner's rights against a holder, except as expressly provided in RCW 63.30.350.
(4) No agreement under this section may include any indemnification of any holder for amounts or property that has not been paid or delivered to the department. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect the finality and conclusiveness of any agreement under this section to the extent provided in subsection (2) of this section.
[ 2023 c 258 § 11.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—2023 c 258 §§ 2-8, 10, and 11: See note following RCW 19.150.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.905 - Uniformity of application and construction—2022 c 225.

RCW 63.30.905
Uniformity of application and construction—2022 c 225.
In applying and construing this uniform chapter and chapter 225, Laws of 2022, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1501.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.910 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

RCW 63.30.910
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
[ 2022 c 225 § 1502.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.915 - Transitional provision.

RCW 63.30.915
Transitional provision.
(1) An initial report filed under this chapter for property that was not required to be reported before January 1, 2023, but that is required to be reported under this chapter, must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the six-year period preceding January 1, 2023, as if this chapter had been in effect during that period.
(2) This chapter does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before January 1, 2023, to report, pay, or deliver property. Subject to RCW 63.30.410 (2) and (3), a holder that did not comply with the law governing unclaimed property before January 1, 2023, is subject to applicable provisions for enforcement and penalties in effect before January 1, 2023.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1503.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.920 - Conflict with federal requirements—2022 c 225.

RCW 63.30.920
Conflict with federal requirements—2022 c 225.
If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. Rules adopted under this act must meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1508.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.925 - Effective date—2022 c 225.

RCW 63.30.925
Effective date—2022 c 225.
This act takes effect January 1, 2023.
[ 2022 c 225 § 1507.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police. › 63.32.020 - Notice of sale.

RCW 63.32.020
Notice of sale.
Before said personal property shall be sold, a notice of such sale fixing the time and place thereof which shall be at a suitable place, which will be noted in the advertisement for sale, and containing a description of the property to be sold shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of said city at least ten days prior to the date fixed for said sale. The notice shall be signed by the chief or other head of the police department of such city. If the owner fails to reclaim said property prior to the time fixed for the sale in such notice, the chief or other head of the police department shall conduct said sale and sell the property described in the notice at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, and upon payment of the amount of such bid shall deliver the said property to such bidder.
[ 1988 c 132 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 2; RRS § 8999-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police. › 63.32.030 - Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 63.32.030
Disposition of proceeds.
The moneys arising from sales under the provisions of this chapter shall be first applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of the sale and then to the payment of lawful charges and expenses for the keep of said personal property and the balance, if any, shall be paid into the police pension fund of said city if such fund exists; otherwise into the city current expense fund.
[ 1939 c 148 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 3; RRS § 8999-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police. › 63.32.040 - Reimbursement to owner.

RCW 63.32.040
Reimbursement to owner.
If the owner of said personal property so sold, or his or her legal representative, shall, at any time within three years after such money shall have been deposited in said police pension fund or the city current expense fund, furnish satisfactory evidence to the police pension fund board or the city treasurer of said city of the ownership of said personal property, he or she shall be entitled to receive from said police pension fund or city current expense fund the amount so deposited therein with interest.
[ 2012 c 117 § 182; 1939 c 148 § 3; 1925 ex.s. c 100 § 4; RRS § 899-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police. › 63.32.050 - Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.

RCW 63.32.050
Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.
In addition to any other method of disposition of unclaimed property provided under this chapter, the police authorities of a city or town may donate unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations. A nonprofit charitable organization receiving personal property donated under this section must use the property, or its proceeds, to benefit needy persons. Such organization must qualify for tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code.
[ 2007 c 219 § 1; 1987 c 182 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 182: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 c 182 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.32 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of City Police. › 63.32.060 - Duties of police department or designated alternate entity accepting found property.

RCW 63.32.060
Duties of police department or designated alternate entity accepting found property.
(1) This chapter does not modify the requirements for a police department to accept found property under chapter 63.21 RCW.
(2) If a city or town designates an alternate department or governmental entity to accept found property under RCW 63.21.090:
(a) The designated department or governmental entity shall comply with the retention and disposition requirements under this chapter in the same manner as would be required of a police department; and
(b) The police department is not required to accept found property from a finder of said property, unless the property is any of the following: A bank card; charge or credit card; cash; government-issued document, financial document, or legal document; firearm; evidence in a judicial or other official proceeding; or an item that is not legal for the finder to possess. Such found property accepted by a police department must be retained or disposed of in accordance with this chapter and other applicable state laws.
[ 2020 c 26 § 16.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.010 - Definitions.

RCW 63.35.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Agency" means the Washington state patrol.
(2) "Chief" means the chief of the Washington state patrol or designee.
(3) "Personal property" or "property" includes both corporeal and incorporeal personal property and includes, among other property, contraband and money.
(4) "Contraband" means any property which is unlawful to produce or possess.
(5) "Money" means all currency, script, personal checks, money orders, or other negotiable instruments.
(6) "Owner" means the person in whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or title of the property.
(7) "Unclaimed" means that no owner of the property has been identified or has requested, in writing, the release of the property to themselves nor has the owner of the property designated an individual to receive the property or paid the required postage to effect delivery of the property.
(8) "Illegal items" means those items unlawful to be possessed.
[ 1989 c 222 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.020 - Methods of disposition—Sale, retention, destruction, or trade.

RCW 63.35.020
Methods of disposition—Sale, retention, destruction, or trade.
Whenever any personal property shall come into the possession of the officers of the state patrol in connection with the official performance of their duties and said personal property shall remain unclaimed or not taken away for a period of sixty days from the date of written notice to the owner thereof, if known, which notice shall inform the owner of the disposition which may be made of the property under this section and the time that the owner has to claim the property and in all other cases for a period of sixty days from the time said property came into the possession of the state agency, unless said property has been held as evidence in any court, then, in that event, after sixty days from date when said case has been finally disposed of and said property released as evidence by order of the court, said agency may:
(1) At any time thereafter sell said personal property at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash in the manner hereinafter provided;
(2) Retain the property for the use of the state patrol subject to giving notice in the manner prescribed in RCW 63.35.030 and the right of the owner, or the owner's legal representative, to reclaim the property within one year after receipt of notice, without compensation for ordinary wear and tear if, in the opinion of the chief, the property consists of firearms or other items specifically usable in law enforcement work: PROVIDED, That at the end of each calendar year during which there has been such a retention, the state patrol shall provide the office of financial management and retain for public inspection a list of such retained items and an estimation of each item's replacement value;
(3) Destroy an item of personal property at the discretion of the chief if the chief determines that the following circumstances have occurred:
(a) The property has no substantial commercial value, or the probable cost of sale exceeds the value of the property;
(b) The item has been unclaimed by any person after notice procedures have been met, as prescribed in this section; and
(c) The chief has determined that the item is illegal to possess or sell or unsafe and unable to be made safe for use by any member of the general public;
(4) If the item is not unsafe or illegal to possess or sell, such item, after satisfying the notice requirements as prescribed in this section may be offered by the chief to bona fide dealers, in trade for law enforcement equipment, which equipment shall be treated as retained property for purpose of annual listing requirements of subsection (2) of this section; or
(5) At the end of one year, any unclaimed firearm shall be disposed of pursuant to RCW 9.41.098(2). Any other item which is not unsafe or illegal to possess or sell, but has been, or may be used, in the judgment of the chief, in a manner that is illegal, may be destroyed.
[ 1989 c 222 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.030 - Notice of sale.

RCW 63.35.030
Notice of sale.
Before said personal property shall be sold, a notice of such sale fixing the time and place thereof which shall be at a suitable place, which will be noted in the advertisement for sale, and containing a description of the property to be sold shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is to be sold at least ten days prior to the date fixed for the auction. The notice shall be signed by the chief. If the owner fails to reclaim said property prior to the time fixed for the sale in such notice, the chief shall conduct said sale and sell the property described in the notice at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, and upon payment of the amount of such bid shall deliver the said property to such bidder.
[ 1989 c 222 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.040 - Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 63.35.040
Disposition of proceeds.
The moneys arising from sales under the provisions of this chapter shall be first applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of the sale and then to the payment of lawful charges and expenses for the keep of said personal property and the balance, if any, shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the state patrol highway account.
[ 1989 c 222 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.050 - Reimbursement to owner.

RCW 63.35.050
Reimbursement to owner.
If the owner of said personal property so sold, or the owner's legal representative, shall, at any time within three years after such money shall have been deposited in the state patrol highway account, furnish satisfactory evidence to the state treasurer of the ownership of said personal property, the owner or the owner's legal representative shall be entitled to receive from said state patrol highway account the amount so deposited therein with interest.
[ 1989 c 222 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.060 - Applicability of other statutes.

RCW 63.35.060
Applicability of other statutes.
(1) Chapter 63.24 RCW, unclaimed property in hands of bailee, does not apply to personal property in the possession of the state patrol.
(2) The uniform unclaimed property act, *chapter 63.29 RCW, does not apply to personal property in the possession of the state patrol.
[ 1989 c 222 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Chapter 63.29 RCW was repealed in its entirety by 2022 c 225 § 1505, effective January 1, 2023. For later enactment, see chapter 63.30 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.35 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of State Patrol. › 63.35.065 - Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.

RCW 63.35.065
Donation of unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations.
In addition to any other method of disposition of unclaimed property provided under this chapter, the state patrol may donate unclaimed personal property to nonprofit charitable organizations. A nonprofit charitable organization receiving personal property donated under this section must use the property, or its proceeds, to benefit needy persons. Such organization must qualify for tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code.
[ 2007 c 219 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.40 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of Sheriff. › 63.40.020 - Notice of sale, form, contents—Conduct of sale.

RCW 63.40.020
Notice of sale, form, contents—Conduct of sale.
Before said personal property shall be sold, a notice of such sale fixing the time and place thereof which shall be at a suitable place, which will be noted in the advertisement for sale, and containing a description of the property to be sold shall be published at least once in an official newspaper in said county at least ten days prior to the date fixed for said sale. The notice shall be signed by the sheriff or his or her deputy. If the owner fails to reclaim said property prior to the time fixed for the sale in such notice, the sheriff or his or her deputy shall conduct said sale and sell the property described in the notice at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, and upon payment of the amount of such bid shall deliver the said property to such bidder.
[ 2012 c 117 § 183; 1988 c 132 § 4; 1961 c 104 § 2.]