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§ 1130. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Audit Manager” means the...
§ 1131. Inapplicability to wholly foreign transaction. - This chapter does not apply to property held, due, and...
§ 1132. Rule-making. - Except as provided in §§ 1167, 1173(a), and 1176(b) of...
§ 1133. When property presumed abandoned. - Subject to § 1136 of this title, property is presumed...
§ 1134. When contents of safe deposit box presumed abandoned. - Proceeds from a sale of tangible property held in a...
§ 1135. When related property interest presumed abandoned. - At the time an interest is presumed abandoned under this...
§ 1136. Indication of owner interest in property. - (a) Property is not presumed abandoned if the owner indicates...
§ 1137. Knowledge of death. - Knowledge of death regarding an owner's interest in property may...
§ 1138. Retained asset account for insurance policy or annuity contract. - If proceeds payable under a life or endowment insurance policy...
§ 1139. Address of owner to establish priority. - (a) The last-known address of an owner is a description,...
§ 1140. Address of owner in this State. - The State Escheator may take custody of property that is...
§ 1141. Holder domiciled in this State. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 1142. Report required by holder. - (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned and subject to...
§ 1143. Content of report. - (a) The report required under § 1142 of this title...
§ 1144. When report to be filed. - (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the report...
§ 1145. Retention of records by holder [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - (a) A holder required to file a report under §...
§ 1146. When property reportable and payable or deliverable. - Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this chapter...
§ 1147. Limitation on assignment or transfer of liability. - (a) A holder may not assign or otherwise transfer its...
§ 1148. Notice to owner by holder [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - The holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the...
§ 1149. Contents of notice by holder. - (a) The notice under § 1148 of this title must...
§ 1150. Notice to owner by State Escheator [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, as soon...
§ 1151. Cooperation among agencies to determine owner. - Unless prohibited by law of this State other than this...
§ 1152. Payment or delivery of property to State Escheator. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on filing...
§ 1153. Effect of payment or delivery of property to State Escheator. - (a) Unless otherwise addressed in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 1154. Interest not to run after report of property and limitation on claims. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person entitled...
§ 1155. State Escheator's options as to custody. - (a) The State Escheator may decline to take custody of...
§ § 1156. Periods of limitation. - (a) Expiration, before, on, or after February 2, 2017, of...
§ 1157. No private escheat. - Any provision in a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, trust agreement,...
§ 1158. Public sale of property. - (a) All property, other than money, delivered to the State...
§ 1159. Disposal of securities [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - If a security is delivered to the State Escheator under...
§ 1160. Recovery of securities or value by owner [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25; and 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - (a) Beginning on July 1, 2017, a person that makes...
§ 1161. Purchaser owns property after sale. - All sales of property made by the State Escheator under...
§ 1162. Military medals. - (a) A financial institution may not sell a medal or...
§ 1163. Deposit and disbursement of funds. - (a) Subject to the limitations in § 6102(s) of Title...
§ 1164. State Escheator to retain records of property. - The State Escheator shall record and retain the holder report...
§ 1165. Claim for property by person claiming to be owner. - (a) Any person claiming an interest in any property paid...
§ 1166. When State Escheator must honor claim for property [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25; and 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - (a) The State Escheator shall pay or deliver property to...
§ 1167. Claims and rights of appeal [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25; and 83 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 12]. - (a) The State Escheator shall possess full and complete authority...
§ 1168. Payment by State Escheator. - Any claim which is allowed by, or ordered to be...
§ 1169. Allowance of claim for property. - (a) On request of the owner, the State Escheator may...
§ 1170. Request for report of property; compliance reviews. - (a) If a person does or does not file a...
§ 1171. Examination to determine compliance with chapter [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - The State Escheator, at reasonable times and on reasonable notice,...
§ 1172. Rules and procedures for conducting an examination [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - (a) Effective July 1, 2015, and subject to subsection (d)...
§ 1173. Voluntary property reporting outreach program. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title or Chapter...
§ 1174. Records obtained in examination or voluntary disclosure. - All of the following apply to records obtained and records,...
§ 1175. Evidence of debt or undischarged obligation. - (a) A record showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation...
§ 1176. Failure of person examined to retain records. - (a) If a person subject to examination under § 1171...
§ 1177. Report to person whose records were examined [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - At the conclusion of an examination under § 1171 of...
§ 1178. State Escheator's contract with another to conduct compliance review and examination and limit on future employment. - (a) The State Escheator may contract with a person to...
§ 1179. Judicial review procedure; Court of Chancery jurisdiction [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - (a) If, after examining any report required by this chapter...
§ 1180. Judicial action to enforce liability. - (a) If any person refuses to pay or deliver property,...
§ 1181. Interstate agreement and cooperation. - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the State...
§ 1182. Action involving another state. - (a) The State Escheator may join other states to examine...
§ 1183. Interest and penalties. - (a) Interest at 0.5% per month on outstanding unpaid amounts...
§ 1184. Other civil penalties. - If a holder enters into a contract or other arrangement...
§ 1185. Waiver of interest and penalty [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25]. - (a) The State Escheator may, for good cause, waive, in...
§ 1186. When agreement to locate property enforceable. - An agreement by an owner and a person, a purpose...
§ 1187. When agreement to locate property unenforceable. - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an agreement...
§ 1188. Right of owner's agent to recover property held by State Escheator. - (a) An owner that contracts with a person to locate,...
§ 1189. Confidentiality of records. - (a) Except in accordance with proper judicial order or as...
§ 1190. Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...