Code of Alabama
Article 2A - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act of 2004.
Section 35-12-92 - Penalties and Enforcement.

(a) A holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article, or fails to perform other duties imposed by this article, shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each business day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(b) A holder who willfully fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article, or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this article, shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each business day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(c) A holder who makes an intentional fraudulent report shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each business day from the date a report under this article was due, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(d) The Treasurer for good cause may waive, in whole or part, penalties under subsections (a) and (b); and shall waive penalties if the holder acted in good faith.
(e) The Attorney General may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this article.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 35 - Property.

Chapter 12 - Lost or Unclaimed Property.

Article 2 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

Article 2A - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act of 2004.

Section 35-12-70 - Short Title.

Section 35-12-71 - Definitions.

Section 35-12-72 - Presumption of Abandonment.

Section 35-12-73 - Exemptions.

Section 35-12-74 - Rules for Taking Custody.

Section 35-12-75 - Dormancy Charges.

Section 35-12-76 - Report of Abandoned Property.

Section 35-12-77 - Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property.

Section 35-12-78 - Notification of Abandoned Property.

Section 35-12-79 - Custody by State; Recovery by Holder; Defense of Holder.

Section 35-12-80 - Public Sale of Abandoned Property.

Section 35-12-81 - Deposit of Funds.

Section 35-12-82 - Claim of Another State to Recover Property.

Section 35-12-83 - Filing and Handling of Claims.

Section 35-12-84 - Filing of a Claim - Intestate and Small Claims.

Section 35-12-85 - Action to Establish a Claim.

Section 35-12-86 - Election to Take Payment or Delivery.

Section 35-12-87 - Disposition of Property Having No Substantial Commercial Value.

Section 35-12-88 - Periods of Limitation.

Section 35-12-89 - Requests for Reports and Examination of Records.

Section 35-12-90 - Retention of Records.

Section 35-12-91 - Interstate Agreements.

Section 35-12-92 - Penalties and Enforcement.

Section 35-12-93 - Agreement to Locate Property.

Section 35-12-94 - Confidentiality; Staff.

Section 35-12-95 - Transitional Provisions.

Section 35-12-96 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.