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§ 18-28-221. Retention of records

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a holder required to file a report under § 18-28-207 shall maintain the records containing the information required to be included in the report for ten (10) years after the holder files the report, unless a shorter period is provided by rule of the administrator. (b) A […]

§ 18-28-222. Enforcement

The administrator may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this subchapter. The court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.

§ 18-28-224. Interest and penalties

(a) A holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this subchapter shall pay to the administrator interest at the annual rate of two (2) percentage points above the bank prime loan rate as reported from time to time in the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System […]

§ 18-28-225. Agreement to locate property

(a) An agreement by an owner, the primary purpose of which is to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of property that is presumed abandoned is void and unenforceable if it was entered into during the period commencing on the date the property was presumed abandoned and extending to a time that is […]

§ 18-28-227. Transitional provisions

(a) An initial report filed under this subchapter for property that was not required to be reported before July 30, 1999, but which is subject to this subchapter must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the ten-year period next preceding July 30, 1999, as if this subchapter had been […]

§ 18-28-228. Rules

The administrator may adopt pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et. seq., rules necessary to carry out this subchapter.

§ 18-28-230. Periods of limitation not a bar

Any statute of limitations that would vest the ownership of property subject to this subchapter in a holder of said property before expiration of a period of presumed abandonment is tolled until a demand is made by a party entitled to possession.

§ 18-28-231. Escheatment — United States savings bond

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including § 18-28-202(a)(10) and (14) and § 18-28-219(b), a United States savings bond held or owing in this state is presumed abandoned if the savings bond remains unclaimed for five (5) years after the date of maturity of the United States savings bond. (b) If a United States […]