Code of Alabama
Article 2A - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act of 2004.
Section 35-12-95 - Transitional Provisions.

(a) An initial report filed under this article for property that was not required to be reported before May 12, 2004, but which is subject to this article must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the 10-year period next preceding May 12, 2004, as if this article had been in effect during that period.
(b) This article does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before May 12, 2004, to report, pay, or deliver property. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 35-12-88, a holder who did not comply with the law in effect before May 12, 2004, is subject to the applicable provisions for enforcement and penalties which then existed, which are continued in effect for the purpose of this section.

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.