Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 63 Personal Property - Chapter 63.29 Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

63.29.010 Definitions and use of terms
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of revenue established under RCW 82.01.050. (2) "Apparent owner" means ...

63.29.020 Property presumed abandoned -- General rule -- Exceptions
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, ...

63.29.030 General rules for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute of this state, intangible property is subject to the custody of this state as unclaimed ...

63.29.040 Travelers checks and money orders
(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than fifteen years after ...

63.29.050 Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations
(1) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to RCW 63.29.040, on which a banking or financial organization is ...

63.29.060 Bank deposits and funds in financial organizations
(1) Any demand, savings, or matured time deposit with a banking or financial organization, including a deposit that is automatically renewable, and any funds paid ...

63.29.070 Funds owing under life insurance policies
(1) Funds held or owing under any life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract that has matured or terminated are presumed abandoned if unclaimed ...

63.29.080 Deposits held by utilities
(1) A deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility ...

63.29.090 Refunds held by business associations
Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the court or administrative agency, any sum that a business association has been ordered to refund by a ...

63.29.100 Stock and other intangible interests in business associations
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5) of this section, stock or other intangible ownership interest in a business association, the existence of ...

63.29.110 Property of business associations held in course of dissolution
Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of a business association which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after ...

63.29.120 Property held by agents and fiduciaries
(1) Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless ...

63.29.130 Property held by courts and public agencies -- When abandoned -- Overpayments
Intangible property held for the owner by a court, state or other government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, public authority, or the United States ...

63.29.133 Property held by landlord
Intangible property held by a landlord as a result of a sheriff's sale pursuant to RCW 59.18.312 that remains unclaimed for a period of one ...

63.29.135 Abandoned intangible property held by local government
A local government holding abandoned intangible property that is not forwarded to the department of revenue, as authorized under RCW 63.29.190, shall not be required ...

63.29.140 Gift certificates and credit memos
(1) A gift certificate or a credit memo issued in the ordinary course of an issuer's business which remains unclaimed by the owner for more ...

63.29.150 Wages
Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remain unclaimed by the owner for ...

63.29.160 Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository
All tangible and intangible property held in a safe deposit box or any other safekeeping repository in this state in the ordinary course of the ...

63.29.165 Property in self-storage facility
The excess proceeds of a sale conducted pursuant to RCW 19.150.080 by an owner of a self-service storage facility to satisfy the lien and costs ...

63.29.170 Report of abandoned property
(1) A person holding property presumed abandoned and subject to custody as unclaimed property under this chapter shall report to the department concerning the property ...

63.29.180 Notice and publication of information about unclaimed property
(1) The department shall cause a notice to be published not later than November 1st, immediately following the report required by RCW 63.29.170 in a ...

63.29.190 Payment or delivery of abandoned property
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person who is required to file a report under RCW 63.29.170 ...

63.29.200 Custody by state -- Holder relieved from liability -- Reimbursement of holder paying claim -- Reclaiming for owner -- Defense of holder -- Payment of safe deposit box or repository charges
(1) Upon the payment or delivery of property to the department, the state assumes custody and responsibility for the safekeeping of the property. A person ...

63.29.210 Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account
Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to the department under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the department any ...

63.29.220 Public sale of abandoned property
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section the department, within five years after the receipt of abandoned property, shall sell ...

63.29.230 Deposit of funds
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the department shall promptly deposit in the general fund of this state all funds received under this ...

63.29.240 Filing of claim with department
(1) A person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in any property paid or delivered to the department may file with it a claim on ...

63.29.250 Claim of another state to recover property -- Procedure
(1) At any time after property has been paid or delivered to the department under this chapter another state may recover the property if: (a) ...

63.29.260 Action to establish claim
A person aggrieved by a decision of the department or whose claim has not been acted upon within ninety days after its filing may bring ...

63.29.270 Election to take payment or delivery
(1) The department may decline to receive any property reported under this chapter which it considers to have a value less than the expense of ...

63.29.280 Destruction or disposition of property having insubstantial commercial value -- Immunity from liability
If the department determines after investigation that any property delivered under this chapter has insubstantial commercial value, the department may destroy or otherwise dispose of ...

63.29.290 Periods of limitation
(1) The expiration, after September 1, 1979, of any period of time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a claim for money ...

63.29.300 Requests for reports and examination of records
(1) The department may require any person who has not filed a report to file a verified report stating whether or not the person is ...

63.29.310 Retention of records
(1) Every holder required to file a report under RCW 63.29.170, as to any property for which it has obtained the last known address of ...

63.29.320 Enforcement
The department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce this chapter.[1983 c 179 § 32.] ...

63.29.330 Interstate agreements and cooperation -- Joint and reciprocal actions with other states
(1) The department may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine ...

63.29.340 Interest and penalties
(1) A person who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter shall be required to pay to the department ...

63.29.350 Penalty for excessive fee for locating abandoned property
It is unlawful for any person to seek or receive from any person or contract with any person for any fee or compensation for locating ...

63.29.360 Foreign transactions
This chapter does not apply to any property held, due, and owing in a foreign country and arising out of a foreign transaction.[1983 c 179 ...

63.29.370 Rules
The department may adopt necessary rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW to carry out the provisions of this chapter.[1983 c 179 § 38.] ...

63.29.380 Information and records confidential
Any information or records required to be furnished to the department of revenue as provided in this chapter shall be confidential and shall not be ...

63.29.900 Effect of new provisions -- Clarification of application
(1) This chapter does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before June 30, 1983, to report, pay, or deliver property. A holder ...

63.29.901 Captions not law -- 1983 c 179
Captions as used in sections of this act shall not constitute any part of the law.[1983 c 179 § 40.] ...

63.29.902 Uniformity of application and construction
This chapter shall be applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this ...

63.29.903 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1983.[1983 c 179 § 42.] ...

63.29.904 Severability -- 1983 c 179
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 ...

63.29.905 Effective date -- 1983 c 179
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public ...

63.29.906 Effective date -- 1996 c 45
This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.[1996 c 45 § 5.] ...