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Section 471-C:31-a – Subsequent Claims.

    471-C:31-a Subsequent Claims. – For periods after January 1, 1985, any owner who comes forward to make a claim for assets which have escheated to the state may petition the governor and council for payment of those assets. Upon providing sufficient proof of the validity of such owner claim and receiving the approval of […]

Section 471-C:17 – Wages.

    471-C:17 Wages. – Unpaid wages, including wages represented by un-presented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder’s business which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned. Source. 1986, 204:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

Section 471-C:18 – Contents of Safe Deposit Box or Other Safekeeping Repository.

    471-C:18 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 holder’s business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, which remain unclaimed […]

Section 471-C:19 – Report of Abandoned Property.

    471-C:19 Report of Abandoned Property. – I. A person holding property, tangible or intangible, presumed abandoned and subject to custody as unclaimed property under this chapter shall report to the administrator concerning the property as provided in this section. Reports containing 20 or more items shall be remitted in an electronic format as prescribed […]

Section 471-C:20 – Notice and Publication of Lists of Abandoned Property.

    471-C:20 Notice and Publication of Lists of Abandoned Property. – I. The administrator shall publish a notice not later than November 30 of the year next following the year in which abandoned property has been paid or delivered to the administrator or as required by RSA 471-C:19 at least once a week for 2 […]

Section 471-C:21 – Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property.

    471-C:21 Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property. – I. A person who is required to file a report under RSA 471-C:19 shall pay or deliver to the administrator all abandoned property required to be reported at the time of filing the report except as otherwise provided in RSA 471-C:8, II and IV. II, III. […]

Section 471-C:22 – Custody by State; Holder Relieved From Liability; Reimbursement of Holder Paying Claims; Reclaiming for Owner; Defense of Holder; Payment of Safe Deposit Box or Repository Charges.

    471-C:22 Custody by State; Holder Relieved From Liability; Reimbursement of Holder Paying Claims; Reclaiming for Owner; Defense of Holder; Payment of Safe Deposit Box or Repository Charges. – I. Upon the payment or delivery of property to the administrator, the state assumes custody and responsibility for the safekeeping of the property. A person who […]

Section 471-C:23 – Crediting of Dividends, Interest, or Increments to Owner’s Account.

    471-C:23 Crediting of Dividends, Interest, or Increments to Owner’s Account. – Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to the administrator under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the administrator any dividends, interest, or other increments realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion thereof […]

Section 471-C:24 – Public Sale of Abandoned Property.

    471-C:24 Public Sale of Abandoned Property. – I. Except as provided in paragraphs II and III, the administrator, within one year after the receipt of abandoned property, shall sell it to the highest bidder at public sale in whatever city in the state affords in the judgment of the administrator the most favorable market […]

Section 471-C:15-a – Disposal of Unclaimed Property by the Courts.

    471-C:15-a Disposal of Unclaimed Property by the Courts. – Notwithstanding any law to the contrary: I. [Repealed.] II. A court which is holding lost, abandoned, or unclaimed property subject to this chapter may dispose of it in accordance with procedures established by the supreme court. Source. 1988, 256:2. 1993, 190:15. 1995, 295:19, 20, eff. […]