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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.19 - Lease-Purchase Agreements. › 63.19.090 - Advertising—Requirements—Liability.

RCW 63.19.090
Advertising—Requirements—Liability.
(1) If an advertisement for a lease-purchase agreement refers to or states the dollar amount of any payment and the right to acquire ownership for any one specific item, the advertisement shall also clearly and conspicuously state the following items, as applicable:
(a) That the transaction advertised is a lease-purchase agreement;
(b) The total of payments necessary to acquire ownership; and
(c) That the consumer acquires no ownership rights if the total amount necessary to acquire ownership is not paid.
(2) Any owner or personnel of any medium in which an advertisement appears or through which it is disseminated shall not be liable under this section.
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to an advertisement that does not refer to or state the amount of any payment, or which is published in the yellow pages of a telephone directory or in any similar directory of business.
[ 1992 c 134 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.19 - Lease-Purchase Agreements. › 63.19.100 - Upholstered furniture or bedding.

RCW 63.19.100
Upholstered furniture or bedding.
Upon the return of leased upholstered furniture or bedding, the lessor shall sanitize the property. A lessor shall not lease used upholstered furniture or bedding that has not been sanitized.
[ 1992 c 134 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.19 - Lease-Purchase Agreements. › 63.19.110 - Violation—Application of chapter 19.86 RCW.

RCW 63.19.110
Violation—Application of chapter 19.86 RCW.
The Washington lease-purchase agreement act is a matter affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW. The violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice in trade or commerce for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1992 c 134 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.19 - Lease-Purchase Agreements. › 63.19.900 - Short title—1992 c 134.

RCW 63.19.900
Short title—1992 c 134.
This act may be known and cited as the Washington lease-purchase agreement act.
[ 1992 c 134 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.010 - Procedure where finder wishes to claim found property—Appraisal—Surrender of property—Notice of intent to claim—Publication.

RCW 63.21.010
Procedure where finder wishes to claim found property—Appraisal—Surrender of property—Notice of intent to claim—Publication.
(1) Any person who finds property that is not unlawful to possess, the owner of which is unknown, and who wishes to claim the found property, shall:
(a) Within seven days of the finding acquire a signed statement setting forth an appraisal of the current market value of the property prepared by a qualified person engaged in buying or selling like items or by a district court judge, unless the found property is cash; and
(b) Within seven days report the find of property and surrender, if requested, the property and a copy of the evidence of the value of the property to the chief law enforcement officer, his or her designated representative, or other designated entity under RCW 63.21.090, of the governmental entity where the property was found, and serve written notice upon the officer or designee of the finder's intent to claim the property if the owner does not make out his or her right to it under this chapter.
(2) Within thirty days of the report the governmental entity shall cause notice of the finding to be published at least once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property was found, unless the appraised value of the property is less than the cost of publishing notice. If the value is less than the cost of publishing notice, the governmental entity may cause notice to be posted or published in other media or formats that do not incur expense to the governmental entity.
[ 2020 c 26 § 10; 1997 c 237 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.020 - Circumstances extinguishing finder's claim to property.

RCW 63.21.020
Circumstances extinguishing finder's claim to property.
The finder's claim to the property shall be extinguished:
(1) If the owner satisfactorily establishes, within sixty days after the find was reported to the appropriate officer or, if so designated under RCW 63.21.090, the appropriate entity, the owner's right to possession of the property; or
(2) If the chief law enforcement officer or designee determines and so informs the finder that the property is illegal for the finder to possess.
[ 2020 c 26 § 11; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.030 - Release of property to finder—Limitations—Payment to governmental entity—Expiration of finder's claim.

RCW 63.21.030
Release of property to finder—Limitations—Payment to governmental entity—Expiration of finder's claim.
(1) The found property shall be released to the finder and become the property of the finder sixty days after the find was reported to the appropriate officer or designee if no owner has been found, or sixty days after the final disposition of any judicial or other official proceeding involving the property, whichever is later. The property shall be released only after the finder has presented evidence of payment to the treasurer of the governmental entity handling the found property, the amount of ten dollars plus the amount of the cost of publication of notice incurred by the governmental entity pursuant to RCW 63.21.010, which amount shall be deposited in the general fund of the governmental entity. If the appraised value of the property is less than the cost of publication of notice of the finding, then the finder is not required to pay any fee.
(2) When ninety days have passed after the found property was reported to the appropriate officer or designee, or ninety days after the final disposition of a judicial or other proceeding involving the found property, and the finder has not completed the requirements of this chapter, the finder's claim shall be deemed to have expired and the found property may be disposed of as unclaimed property under chapter 63.32 or 63.40 RCW. Such laws shall also apply whenever a finder states in writing that he or she has no intention of claiming the found property.
[ 2020 c 26 § 12; 1997 c 237 § 2; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.040 - Failure to comply with chapter—Forfeiture of right to property.

RCW 63.21.040
Failure to comply with chapter—Forfeiture of right to property.
Any finder of property who fails to discharge the duties imposed by this chapter shall forfeit all right to the property and shall be liable for the full value of the property to its owner.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.050 - Duties of chief law enforcement officer receiving found property.

RCW 63.21.050
Duties of chief law enforcement officer receiving found property.
(1) The chief law enforcement officer, his or her designated representative, or other designated entity under RCW 63.21.090 to whom a finder surrenders property, must:
(a) Advise the finder if the found property is illegal for him or her to possess;
(b) Advise the finder if the found property is to be held as evidence in judicial or other official proceedings;
(c) Advise the finder in writing of the procedures to be followed in claiming the found property;
(d) If the property is valued at one hundred dollars or less adjusted for inflation under subsection (2) of this section, allow the finder to retain the property if it is determined there is no reason for the officer or designee to retain the property;
(e) If the property exceeds one hundred dollars adjusted for inflation under subsection (2) of this section in value and has been requested to be surrendered to the governmental entity, retain the property for sixty days before it can be claimed by the finder under this chapter, unless the owner has recovered the property;
(f) If the property is held as evidence in judicial or other official proceedings, retain the property for sixty days after the final disposition of the judicial or other official proceeding, before it can be claimed by the finder or owner under the provisions of this chapter;
(g) After the required number of days have passed, and if no owner has been found, surrender the property to the finder according to the requirements of this chapter; or
(h) If neither the finder nor the owner claim the property retained by the officer or designee within thirty days of the time when the claim can be made, the property must be disposed of as unclaimed property under chapter 63.32 or 63.40 RCW.
(2)(a) The office of financial management must adjust the dollar thresholds established in subsection (1)(d) and (e) of this section for inflation every five years, beginning July 1, 2025, based upon changes in the Seattle consumer price index during that time period. The office of financial management must calculate the new dollar threshold and transmit the new dollar threshold, rounded up to the nearest dollar, to the office of the code reviser for publication in the Washington State Register at least one month before the new dollar threshold is to take effect.
(b) For the purposes of determining the thresholds in subsection (1)(d) and (e) of this section, the chief law enforcement officer, his or her designated representative, or other designated entity under RCW 63.21.090 must use the latest thresholds published by the office of financial management in the Washington State Register under (a) of this subsection.
[ 2020 c 26 § 13; 2019 c 30 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 5.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.060 - Duties of governmental entity acquiring lost property—Disposal of property.

RCW 63.21.060
Duties of governmental entity acquiring lost property—Disposal of property.
Any governmental entity that acquires lost property shall attempt to notify the apparent owner of the property. If the property is not returned to a person validly establishing ownership or right to possession of the property, the governmental entity shall forward the lost property within thirty days but not less than ten days after the time the governmental entity acquires the lost property to the chief law enforcement officer, his or her designated representative, or other designated entity under *RCW 63.32.060, of the county in which the property was found, except that if the property is found within the borders of a city or town the property shall be forwarded to the chief law enforcement officer of the city or town, his or her designated representative, or other entity of the city or town so designated under RCW 63.21.090. A governmental entity may elect to retain property which it acquires and dispose of the property as provided by chapter 63.32 or 63.40 RCW.
[ 2020 c 26 § 14; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The reference to RCW 63.32.060 appears to be erroneous. RCW 63.21.090 was apparently intended.
Intent—2020 c 26: See note following RCW 63.21.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.070 - Claim to found property by employee, officer, or agent of governmental entity—Limitation.

RCW 63.21.070
Claim to found property by employee, officer, or agent of governmental entity—Limitation.
An employee, officer, or agent of a governmental entity who finds or acquires any property covered by this chapter while acting within the course of his or her employment may not claim possession of the lost property as a finder under this chapter unless the governing body of the governmental entity has specifically provided, by ordinance, resolution, or rule for such a claim.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.080 - Chapter not applicable to certain unclaimed property.

RCW 63.21.080
Chapter not applicable to certain unclaimed property.
This chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Motor vehicles under chapter 46.52 RCW;
(2) Unclaimed property in the hands of a bailee under chapter 63.24 RCW;
(3) Uniform disposition of unclaimed property under *chapter 63.29 RCW;
(4) Secured vessels under chapter 79A.65 RCW; and
(5) Crab or other shellfish pots in coastal marine or Puget Sound waters under RCW 77.70.500.
[ 2010 c 193 § 6; 2009 c 355 § 2; 1994 c 51 § 6; 1985 c 7 § 125; 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 8.]
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 63.21 - Lost and Found Property. › 63.21.090 - Designation of alternate entity to accept, store, retain, and dispose of found property.

RCW 63.21.090
Designation of alternate entity to accept, store, retain, and dispose of found property.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a county, city, or town may designate an alternate department or governmental entity to accept, store, retain, and dispose of found property as required under this chapter, rather than the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designee, so long as the alternate department or governmental entity complies with the requirements and procedures under this chapter.
(2) Regardless of whether a county, city, or town designates an alternate department or governmental entity under subsection (1) of this section, the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designated representative is responsible for retaining any of the following types of property in accordance with the requirements of this chapter: 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. A county, city, or town designating an alternate department or governmental entity under subsection (1) of this section shall establish procedures for ensuring these types of property are directed to the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designated representative.
[ 2020 c 26 § 15.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 26: "The legislature recognizes that proper storage and preservation of evidence, including maintaining chain of custody requirements, are critical to any successful investigation and prosecution. Unreported sexual assault kits are, therefore, most appropriately stored and preserved by law enforcement agencies. The legislature further recognizes that some agencies are facing storage capacity constraints. Agencies are currently responsible for storing found property, regardless if the property is associated with a criminal investigation. Therefore, the legislature hereby intends to provide flexibility for local governments to designate an alternate entity to store found property in order to allow those agencies with capacity issues to prioritize storage space for evidence and potential evidence in criminal investigations." [ 2020 c 26 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.24 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of Bailee. › 63.24.150 - Notice to owner.

RCW 63.24.150
Notice to owner.
Unless otherwise provided between the parties, if personal property deposited with a bailee is unclaimed for a period of thirty days, the bailee shall notify the owner, if known, either personally or by mail that the property is subject to disposition under RCW 63.24.160.
[ 1981 c 154 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.24 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of Bailee. › 63.24.160 - Disposition of unclaimed property—Donation to charitable organization or transmittal to police or sheriff.

RCW 63.24.160
Disposition of unclaimed property—Donation to charitable organization or transmittal to police or sheriff.
If property not covered by chapter 63.26 RCW remains unclaimed sixty days after notice is given, or, if the owner's identity or address is unknown, sixty days from when notice was attempted, the bailee shall:
(1) If the reasonable aggregate value of the unclaimed property is less than one hundred dollars, donate the property, or proceeds thereof, to a charitable organization exempt from federal income tax under the federal internal revenue code; or
(2) If the reasonable aggregate value of the unclaimed property is one hundred dollars or more, forward the property to the chief of police or sheriff for disposition as unclaimed property under chapter 63.32 or 63.40 RCW.
[ 1988 c 226 § 1; 1981 c 154 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.24 - Unclaimed Property in Hands of Bailee. › 63.24.170 - Bailee not liable to owner—Reimbursed for reasonable costs.

RCW 63.24.170
Bailee not liable to owner—Reimbursed for reasonable costs.
A bailee is not liable to the owner for unclaimed property disposed of in good faith in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. A bailee shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of sale of any unclaimed property disposed of under RCW 63.24.160 for the reasonable costs or charges for any goods or services provided by the bailee regarding the property, and for the costs to provide notice to the owner.
[ 1990 c 41 § 1; 1981 c 154 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.26 - Unclaimed Property Held by Museum or Historical Society. › 63.26.010 - Definitions.

RCW 63.26.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Museum or historical society" means an institution operated by a nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association, or public agency, primarily educational, scientific, historic, or aesthetic in purpose, which owns, borrows, studies, or cares for tangible objects, including archives, and exhibits them as appropriate.
(2) "Property" includes all documents and tangible objects, animate and inanimate, under the care of a museum or historical society which have intrinsic scientific, historic, artistic, or cultural value.
[ 1988 c 226 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.26 - Unclaimed Property Held by Museum or Historical Society. › 63.26.020 - Abandoned property—Notice.

RCW 63.26.020
Abandoned property—Notice.
Any property held by a museum or historical society within the state, other than by terms of a loan agreement, that has been held for five years or more and has remained unclaimed shall be deemed to be abandoned. Such property shall become the property of the museum or historical society if the museum or society has given notice pursuant to RCW 63.26.040 and no assertion of title has been filed for the property within ninety days from the date of the second published notice.
[ 1988 c 226 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.26 - Unclaimed Property Held by Museum or Historical Society. › 63.26.030 - Loaned property deemed donated—Notice of owner's change of address—Notice of provisions of chapter.

RCW 63.26.030
Loaned property deemed donated—Notice of owner's change of address—Notice of provisions of chapter.
(1) Property subject to a loan agreement which is on loan to a museum or historical society shall be deemed to be donated to the museum or society if no claim is made or action filed to recover the property after termination or expiration of the loan and if the museum or society has given notice pursuant to RCW 63.26.040 and no assertion of title has been filed within ninety days from the date of the second published notice.
(2) A museum or society may terminate a loan of property if the property was loaned to the museum or society for an indefinite term and the property has been held by the museum or society for five years or more. Property on "permanent loan" shall be deemed to be loaned for an indefinite term.
(3) If property was loaned to the museum or society for a specified term, the museum or society may give notice of termination of the loan at any time after expiration of the specified term.
(4) It is the responsibility of the owner of property on loan to a museum or society to notify the museum or society promptly in writing of any change of address or change in ownership of the property.
(5) When a museum or society accepts a loan of property, the museum or society shall inform the owner in writing of the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1988 c 226 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.26 - Unclaimed Property Held by Museum or Historical Society. › 63.26.040 - Notice of abandonment of property.

RCW 63.26.040
Notice of abandonment of property.
(1) When a museum or historical society is required to give notice of abandonment of property or of termination of a loan, the museum or historical society shall mail such notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known owner at the most recent address of such owner as shown on the museum's or society's records. If the museum or society has no address on record, or the museum or society does not receive written proof of receipt of the mailed notice within thirty days of the date the notice was mailed, the museum or society shall publish notice, at least once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county in which the last known address, if available, of the owner is located.
(2) The published notice shall contain:
(a) A description of the unclaimed property;
(b) The name and last known address of the owner;
(c) A request that all persons who may have any knowledge of the whereabouts of the owner provide written notice to the museum or society; and
(d) A statement that if written assertion of title is not presented by the owner to the museum or society within ninety days from the date of the second published notice, the property shall be deemed abandoned or donated and shall become the property of the museum or society.
(3) For purposes of this chapter, if the loan of property was made to a branch of a museum or society, the museum or society is deemed to be located in the county in which the branch is located. Otherwise the museum or society is located in the county in which it has its principal place of business.
[ 1988 c 226 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.26 - Unclaimed Property Held by Museum or Historical Society. › 63.26.050 - Vesting of title in museum or historical society—Subsequent purchase from museum or historical society.

RCW 63.26.050
Vesting of title in museum or historical society—Subsequent purchase from museum or historical society.
(1) If no written assertion of title has been presented by the owner to the museum or society within ninety days from the date of the second published notice, title to the property shall vest in the museum or historical society, free of all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming under the owner.
(2) One who purchases or otherwise acquires property from a museum or historical society acquires good title to the property if the museum or society has acquired title to the property under this chapter.
[ 1988 c 226 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.020 - Inapplicability to foreign transaction.

RCW 63.30.020
Inapplicability to foreign transaction.
This chapter does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction out of which the property arose was a foreign transaction.
[ 2022 c 225 § 103.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.060 - Other tax deferred account presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.060
Other tax deferred account presumed abandoned.
Subject to RCW 63.30.120 and except for property described in RCW 63.30.050 and property held in a plan described in section 529A of the internal revenue code, as it existed on January 1, 2023, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 529A, property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for tax deferral under the income tax laws of the United States is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner three years after the earlier of:
(1) The date, if determinable by the holder, specified in the income tax laws and regulations of the United States by which distribution of the property must begin to avoid a tax penalty, with no distribution having been made; or
(2) Thirty years after the date the account was opened.
[ 2022 c 225 § 203.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.070 - Custodial account for minor presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.070
Custodial account for minor presumed abandoned.
(1) Subject to RCW 63.30.120, property held in an account established under a state's uniform gifts to minors act or uniform transfers to minors act is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by or on behalf of the minor on whose behalf the account was opened three years after the later of:
(a) Except as in (b) of this subsection, the date a second consecutive communication sent by the holder by first-class United States mail to the custodian of the minor on whose behalf the account was opened is returned undelivered to the holder by the United States postal service;
(b) If the second communication is sent later than 30 days after the date the first communication is returned undelivered, the date the first communication was returned undelivered; or
(c) The date on which the custodian is required to transfer the property to the minor or the minor's estate in accordance with the uniform gifts to minors act or uniform transfers to minors act of the state in which the account was opened.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the custodian of the minor on whose behalf an account described in subsection (1) of this section was opened by first-class United States mail, the holder shall attempt to confirm the custodian's interest in the property by sending the custodian an email communication not later than two years after the custodian's last indication of interest in the property. However, the holder promptly shall attempt to contact the custodian by first-class United States mail if:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the custodian an email communication or the holder believes that the custodian's email address in the holder's records is not valid;
(b) The holder receives notification that the email communication was not received; or
(c) The custodian does not respond to the email communication not later than 30 days after the communication was sent.
(3) If first-class United States mail sent under subsection (2) of this section is returned undelivered to the holder by the United States postal service, the property is presumed abandoned three years after the later of:
(a) The date a second consecutive communication to contact the custodian by first-class United States mail is returned to the holder undelivered by the United States postal service; or
(b) The date established by subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(4) When the property in the account described in subsection (1) of this section is transferred to the minor on whose behalf an account was opened or to the minor's estate, the property in the account is no longer subject to this section.
[ 2022 c 225 § 204.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.080 - Contents of safe deposit box presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.080
Contents of safe deposit box presumed abandoned.
Tangible property held in a safe deposit box and proceeds from a sale of the property by the holder permitted by law of this state other than this chapter are presumed abandoned if the property remains unclaimed by the apparent owner five years after the earlier of the:
(1) Expiration of the lease or rental period for the box; or
(2) Earliest date when the lessor of the box is authorized by law of this state other than this chapter to enter the box and remove or dispose of the contents without consent or authorization of the lessee.
[ 2022 c 225 § 205.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.090 - Stored value card presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.090
Stored value card presumed abandoned.
(1) Subject to RCW 63.30.120, the net card value of a stored value card, other than a payroll card, is presumed abandoned on the latest of three years after:
(a) December 31st of the year in which the card is issued or additional funds are deposited into it;
(b) The most recent indication of interest in the card by the apparent owner; or
(c) A verification or review of the balance by or on behalf of the apparent owner.
(2) The amount presumed abandoned in a stored value card is the net card value at the time it is presumed abandoned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 206.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.100 - Security presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.100
Security presumed abandoned.
(1) Subject to RCW 63.30.120, a security is presumed abandoned three years after:
(a) The date a second consecutive communication sent by the holder by first-class United States mail to the apparent owner is returned to the holder undelivered by the United States postal service; or
(b) If the second communication is made later than 30 days after the first communication is returned, the date the first communication is returned undelivered to the holder by the United States postal service.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the apparent owner of a security by first-class United States mail, the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's interest in the security by sending the apparent owner an email communication not later than two years after the apparent owner's last indication of interest in the security. However the holder promptly shall attempt to contact the apparent owner by first-class United States mail if:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the apparent owner an email communication or the holder believes that the apparent owner's email address in the holder's records is not valid;
(b) The holder receives notification that the email communication was not received; or
(c) The apparent owner does not respond to the email communication not later than 30 days after the communication was sent.
(3) If first-class United States mail sent under subsection (2) of this section is returned to the holder undelivered by the United States postal service, the security is presumed abandoned three years after the date the mail is returned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 207.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.110 - Related property presumed abandoned.

RCW 63.30.110
Related property presumed abandoned.
At and after the time property is presumed abandoned under this chapter, any other property right or interest accrued or accruing from the property and not previously presumed abandoned is also presumed abandoned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 208.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.120 - Indication of apparent owner interest in property.

RCW 63.30.120
Indication of apparent owner interest in property.
(1) The period after which property is presumed abandoned is measured from the later of:
(a) The date the property is presumed abandoned under this section and RCW 63.30.040 through 63.30.110, 63.30.130, and 63.30.140; or
(b) The latest indication of interest by the apparent owner in the property.
(2) Under this chapter, an indication of an apparent owner's interest in property includes:
(a) A record communicated by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held;
(b) An oral communication by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held, if the holder or its agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record of the fact of the apparent owner's communication;
(c) Presentment of a check or other instrument of payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution made by electronic or similar means, with respect to an account, underlying security, or interest in a business association;
(d) Activity directed by an apparent owner in the account in which the property is held, including accessing the account or information concerning the account, or a direction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or otherwise change the amount or type of property held in the account;
(e) A deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a financial organization, including an automatic deposit or withdrawal previously authorized by the apparent owner other than an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest;
(f) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, payment of a premium on an insurance policy; and
(g) Any other action by the apparent owner which reasonably demonstrates to the holder that the apparent owner knows that the property exists.
(3) An action by an agent or other representative of an apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the apparent owner.
(4) A communication with an apparent owner by a person other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent owner's knowledge of a right to the property.
(5) If the insured dies or the insured or beneficiary of an insurance policy otherwise becomes entitled to the proceeds before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by operation of an automatic premium loan provision or other nonforfeiture provision contained in the policy, the operation does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating.
[ 2022 c 225 § 209.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.140 - Deposit account for proceeds of insurance policy or annuity contract.

RCW 63.30.140
Deposit account for proceeds of insurance policy or annuity contract.
If proceeds payable under a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract are deposited into an account with check or draft writing privileges for the beneficiary of the policy or contract and, under a supplementary contract not involving annuity benefits other than death benefits, the proceeds are retained by the insurance company or the financial organization where the account is held, the policy or contract includes the assets in the account.
[ 2022 c 225 § 211.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.150 - Address of apparent owner to establish priority.

RCW 63.30.150
Address of apparent owner to establish priority.
In this section and RCW 63.30.160 through 63.30.210, the following rules apply:
(1) The last known address of an apparent owner is any description, code, or other indication of the location of the apparent owner which identifies the state, even if the description, code, or indication of location is not sufficient to direct the delivery of first-class United States mail to the apparent owner.
(2) If the United States postal zip code associated with the apparent owner is for a post office located in this state, this state is deemed to be the state of the last known address of the apparent owner unless other records associated with the apparent owner specifically identify the physical address of the apparent owner to be in another state.
(3) If the address under subsection (2) of this section is in another state, the other state is deemed to be the state of the last known address of the apparent owner.
(4) The address of the apparent owner of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract or its proceeds is presumed to be the address of the insured or annuitant if a person other than the insured or annuitant is entitled to the amount owed under the policy or contract and the address of the other person is not known by the insurance company and cannot be determined under RCW 63.30.160.
[ 2022 c 225 § 301.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.160 - Address of apparent owner in Washington state.

RCW 63.30.160
Address of apparent owner in Washington state.
The administrator may take custody of property that is presumed abandoned, whether located in this state, another state, or a foreign country if:
(1) The last known address of the apparent owner in the records of the holder is in this state; or
(2) The records of the holder do not reflect the identity or last known address of the apparent owner, but the administrator has determined that the last known address of the apparent owner is in this state.
[ 2022 c 225 § 302.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.170 - Records showing multiple addresses of apparent owner.

RCW 63.30.170
Records showing multiple addresses of apparent owner.
(1) Except as in subsection (2) of this section, if records of a holder reflect multiple addresses for an apparent owner and this state is the state of the most recently recorded address, this state may take custody of property presumed abandoned, whether located in this state or another state.
(2) If it appears from records of the holder that the most recently recorded address of the apparent owner under subsection (1) of this section is a temporary address and this state is the state of the next most recently recorded address that is not a temporary address, this state may take custody of the property presumed abandoned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 303.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.180 - Holder domiciled in Washington state.

RCW 63.30.180
Holder domiciled in Washington state.
(1) Except as in subsection (2) of this section or RCW 63.30.160 or 63.30.170, the administrator may take custody of property presumed abandoned, whether located in this state, another state, or a foreign country, if the holder is domiciled in this state or is this state or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state, and:
(a) Another state or foreign country is not entitled to the property because there is no last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property in the records of the holder; or
(b) The state or foreign country of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property does not provide for custodial taking of the property.
(2) Property is not subject to custody of the administrator under subsection (1) of this section if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of this state or the state or foreign country of the last known address of the apparent owner.
(3) If a holder's state of domicile has changed since the time property was presumed abandoned, the holder's state of domicile in this section is deemed to be the state where the holder was domiciled at the time the property was presumed abandoned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 304.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.190 - Custody if transaction takes place in Washington state.

RCW 63.30.190
Custody if transaction takes place in Washington state.
Except as in RCW 63.30.160, 63.30.170, or 63.30.180, the administrator may take custody of property presumed abandoned whether located in this state or another state if:
(1) The transaction out of which the property arose took place in this state;
(2) The holder is domiciled in a state that does not provide for the custodial taking of the property, except that if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of the state of the holder's domicile, the property is not subject to the custody of the administrator; and
(3) The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown or in a state that does not provide for the custodial taking of the property, except that if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of the state of the last known address, the property is not subject to the custody of the administrator.
[ 2022 c 225 § 305.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.200 - Traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument.

RCW 63.30.200
Traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument.
The administrator may take custody of sums payable on a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument presumed abandoned to the extent permissible under 12 U.S.C. Secs. 2501 through 2503, as it existed on January 1, 2023.
[ 2022 c 225 § 306.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.210 - Burden of proof to establish administrator's right to custody.

RCW 63.30.210
Burden of proof to establish administrator's right to custody.
If the administrator asserts a right to custody of unclaimed property, the administrator has the burden to prove:
(1) The existence and amount of the property;
(2) The property is presumed abandoned; and
(3) The property is subject to the custody of the administrator.
[ 2022 c 225 § 307.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.220 - Report required by holder.

RCW 63.30.220
Report required by holder.
(1) A holder of property presumed abandoned and subject to the custody of the administrator shall report in a record to the administrator concerning the property.
(2) A holder may contract with a third party to make the report required under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Whether or not a holder contracts with a third party under subsection (2) of this section, the holder is responsible:
(a) To the administrator for the complete, accurate, and timely reporting of property presumed abandoned; and
(b) For paying or delivering to the administrator property described in the report.
(4)(a) Reports due under this section must be filed electronically in a form or manner provided or authorized by the administrator. However, the administrator, upon request or its own initiative, may relieve any holder or class of holders from the electronic filing requirement under this subsection for good cause as determined by the administrator.
(b) For purposes of this subsection, "good cause" means:
(i) A circumstance or condition exists that, in the administrator's judgment, prevents the holder from electronically filing the report due under this section; or
(ii) The administrator determines that relief from the electronic filing requirement under this subsection supports the efficient or effective administration of this chapter.
[ 2022 c 225 § 401.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.230 - Content of report.

RCW 63.30.230
Content of report.
(1) The report required under RCW 63.30.220 must:
(a) Be signed by or on behalf of the holder and verified as to its completeness and accuracy;
(b) If filed electronically, be in a secure format approved by the administrator which protects confidential information of the apparent owner in the same manner as required of the administrator and the administrator's agent under RCW 63.30.810 through 63.30.880;
(c) Describe the property;
(d) Except for a traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument, contain the name, if known, last known address, if known, and social security number or taxpayer identification number, if known or readily ascertainable, of the apparent owner of property with a value of $50 or more;
(e) For an amount held or owing under a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract, contain the name and last known address of the insured, annuitant, or other apparent owner of the policy or contract and of the beneficiary;
(f) For property held in or removed from a safe deposit box, indicate the location of the property, where it may be inspected by the administrator, and any amounts owed to the holder under RCW 63.30.370;
(g) Contain the commencement date for determining abandonment under RCW 63.30.040 through 63.30.140;
(h) State that the holder has complied with the notice requirements of RCW 63.30.280;
(i) Identify property that is a nonfreely transferable security and explain why it is a nonfreely transferable security; and
(j) Contain other information the administrator prescribes by rules.
(2) A report under RCW 63.30.220 may include in the aggregate items valued under $50 each. If the report includes items in the aggregate valued under $50 each, the administrator may not require the holder to provide the name and address of an apparent owner of an item unless the information is necessary to verify or process a claim in progress by the apparent owner.
(3) A report under RCW 63.30.220 may include personal information as defined in RCW 63.30.810(1) about the apparent owner or the apparent owner's property to the extent not otherwise prohibited by federal law.
(4) If a holder has changed its name while holding property presumed abandoned or is a successor to another person that previously held the property for the apparent owner, the holder must include in the report under RCW 63.30.220 its former name or the name of the previous holder, if any, and the known name and address of each previous holder of the property.
[ 2022 c 225 § 402.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. › 63.30.240 - When report to be filed.

RCW 63.30.240
When report to be filed.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section and subject to subsection (3) of this section, the report under RCW 63.30.220 must be filed before November 1st of each year and cover the 12 months preceding July 1st of that year.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the report under RCW 63.30.220 to be filed by an insurance company must be filed before May 1st of each year for the immediately preceding calendar year.
(3) Before the date for filing the report under RCW 63.30.220, the holder of property presumed abandoned may request the administrator to extend the time for filing. The administrator may grant an extension. If the extension is granted, the holder may pay or make a partial payment of the amount the holder estimates ultimately will be due. The payment or partial payment terminates accrual of interest on the amount paid.
[ 2022 c 225 § 403.]