District of Columbia Code
Title 41 - Personal Property

§ 41–105. Conditions precedent to presumption of abandonment of traveler’s checks and money orders. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 105, 27...

§ 41–106. Bank deposits and funds in financial organizations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 106, 27...

§ 41–107. Funds owing under life insurance policies. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 107, 27...

§ 41–107.01. Property distributable in the course of a demutualization, rehabilitation, or related reorganization of an insurance company. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 107a; as...

§ 41–108. Deposits and refunds held by utilities. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 108, 27...

§ 41–109. Stock and other intangible interests in business associations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 109, 27...

§ 41–110. Property of business associations and banking or financial organizations held in course of dissolution. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 110, 27...

§ 41–111. Property held by fiduciaries. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 111, 27...

§ 41–112. Property held by public officers and agencies. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 112, 27...

§ 41–113. Employee benefit trust distributions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 113, 27...

§ 41–114. Gift certificates and credit memos. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 114, 27...

§ 41–115. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 115, 27...

§ 41–116. Unpaid wages or other compensation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 116, 27...

§ 41–117. Report of property presumed abandoned. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 117, 27...

§ 41–118. Notice of abandoned property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 118, 27...

§ 41–119. Payment or delivery of abandoned property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 119, 27...

§ 41–120. Custody by the District government; holder relieved from liability; payment of safe deposit box or repository charges; reimbursement of holder paying claim; reclaiming by owner. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 120, 27...

§ 41–121. Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner’s account. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 121, 27...

§ 41–122. Sale of abandoned property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 122, 27...

§ 41–123. Deposit of funds. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 123, 27...

§ 41–124. Filing of claim with Mayor for abandoned property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 124, 27...

§ 41–125. Determination of claims by Mayor. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 125, 27...

§ 41–126. Claim of state to recover property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 126, 27...

§ 41–127. Judicial review of Mayor’s decision. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 127, 27...

§ 41–128. Election to take payment or delivery. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 128, 27...

§ 41–129. Periods of limitation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 129, 27...

§ 41–130. Verified reports; examination of records; subpoenas. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 130, 27...

§ 41–131. Confidentiality. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 131, 27...

§ 41–132. Retention of records. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 132, 27...

§ 41–133. Action to compel delivery of abandoned property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 133, 27...

§ 41–134. Reciprocal actions and agreements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 134, 27...

§ 41–135. Interest and penalties. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 135, 27...

§ 41–136. Enforcement. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 136, 27...

§ 41–137. Agreement to locate property. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 137, 27...

§ 41–138. Rules and regulations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 138, 27...

§ 41–139. Appropriations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 139, 27...

§ 41–140. Severability. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 140, 27...

§ 41–141. Uniformity of application and construction. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 141, 27...

§ 41–141.01. Unclaimed deposits for excavation work in public space. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 141a; as...

§ 41–142. Retroactivity of chapter. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-160, § 301(b), 27...

Chapter 1A - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

Subchapter I - Short Title; Definitions; Rules

§ 41–151.01. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed...

§ 41–151.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Administrator"...

§ 41–151.03. Inapplicability to foreign transaction - This chapter does not apply to property held, due, and...

§ 41–151.04. Rules - (a) The Mayor may, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter...

Subchapter II - Presumption of Abandonment

§ 41–152.01. When property is presumed abandoned - Subject to § 41-152.10, the following property is presumed abandoned...

§ 41–152.02. When tax-deferred retirement account presumed abandoned - (a) Subject to § 41-152.10, property held in a pension...

§ 41–152.03. When other tax-deferred account presumed abandoned - Subject to § 41-152.10 and except for property described in...

§ 41–152.04. When custodial account for minor presumed abandoned - (a) Subject to § 41-152.10, property held in an account...

§ 41–152.05. When contents of safe-deposit box presumed abandoned - Tangible property held in a safe-deposit box and proceeds from...

§ 41–152.06. When stored-value card presumed abandoned - (a) Subject to § 41-152.10, the net card value of...

§ 41–152.07. When gift card presumed abandoned - Subject to § 41-152.10, a gift card is presumed abandoned...

§ 41–152.08. When security presumed abandoned - (a) Subject to § 41-152.10, a security is presumed abandoned...

§ 41–152.09. When related property presumed abandoned - At and after the time property is presumed abandoned under...

§ 41–152.10. Indication of apparent owner interest in property - (a) The period after which property is presumed abandoned is...

§ 41–152.11. Knowledge of death of insured or annuitant - (a) In this section, "death master file" means the United...

§ 41–152.12. Deposit account for proceeds of insurance policy or annuity contract - If proceeds payable under a life or endowment insurance policy...

Subchapter III - Rules for Taking Custody of Property Presumed Abandoned

§ 41–153.01. Address of apparent owner to establish priority - In this subchapter, the following rules apply: (1) The last-known...

§ 41–153.02. Address of apparent owner in the District - The Administrator may take custody of property that is presumed...

§ 41–153.03. If records show multiple addresses of apparent owner - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§ 41–153.04. Holder domiciled in the District - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§ 41–153.05. Custody if transaction took place in the District - Except as otherwise provided in § 41-153.02, § 41-153.03, or...

§ 41–153.06. Traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument - The Administrator may take custody of sums payable on a...

§ 41–153.07. Burden of proof to establish Administrator's right to custody - If the Administrator asserts a right to custody of unclaimed...

Subchapter IV - Report by Holder

§ 41–154.01. Report required by holder - (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned and subject to...

§ 41–154.02. Content of report - (a) The report required under § 41-154.01 shall: (1) Be...

§ 41–154.03. When report to be filed - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§ 41–154.04. Retention of records by holder - A holder required to file a report under § 41-154.01...

§ 41–154.05. Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand - Property is reportable and payable or deliverable under this chapter...

Subchapter V - Notice to Apparent Owner of Property Presumed Abandoned

§ 41–155.01. Notice to apparent owner by holder - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the holder...

§ 41–155.02. Contents of notice by holder - (a) Notice under § 41-155.01 shall contain a heading that...

§ 41–155.03. Notice by Administrator - (a) The Administrator shall make a reasonable effort to give...

§ 41–155.04. Cooperation among District officers and agencies to locate apparent owner - Unless prohibited by law of the District other than this...

Subchapter VI - Taking Custody of Property by Administrator

§ 41–156.01. Definition of good faith - In this subchapter, payment or delivery of property is made...

§ 41–156.02. Dormancy charge - (a) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property...

§ 41–156.03. Payment or delivery of property to Administrator - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on filing...

§ 41–156.04. Effect of payment or delivery of property to Administrator - (a) On payment or delivery of property to the Administrator...

§ 41–156.05. Recovery of property by holder from Administrator - (a) A holder that under this chapter pays money to...

§ 41–156.06. Property removed from safe-deposit box - (a) Property removed from a safe-deposit box and delivered under...

§ 41–156.07. Crediting income or gain to owner's account - (a) If property other than money is delivered to the...

§ 41–156.08. Administrator's options as to custody - (a) The Administrator may decline to take custody of property...

§ 41–156.09. Disposition of property having no substantial value; immunity from liability - (a) If the Administrator takes custody of property delivered under...

§ 41–156.10. Periods of limitation and repose - (a) Expiration, before, on, or after November 13, 2021, of...

Subchapter VII - Sale of Property by Administrator

§ 41–157.01. Public sale of property - (a) Subject to § 41-157.02, not earlier than one year...

§ 41–157.02. Disposal of securities - (a) The Administrator may not sell or otherwise liquidate a...

§ 41–157.03. Recovery of securities or value by owner - (a) If the Administrator sells a security before the expiration...

§ 41–157.04. Purchaser owns property after sale - A purchaser of property at a sale conducted by the...

§ 41–157.05. Military medal or decoration - (a) The Administrator may not sell a medal or decoration...

Subchapter VIII - Administration of Property

§ 41–158.01. Deposit of funds by Administrator - (a) The Administrator shall deposit all funds received under this...

§ 41–158.02. Administrator to retain records of property - The Administrator shall: (1) Record and retain the name and...

§ 41–158.03. Expenses and service charges of Administrator - Before making a deposit of funds received under this chapter...

§ 41–158.04. Administrator holds property as custodian for owner - Property received by the Administrator under this chapter is held...

Subchapter IX - Claim to Recover Property from Administrator

§ 41–159.01. Claim of another state to recover property - (a) If the Administrator knows that property held by the...

§ 41–159.02. When property subject to recovery by another state - (a) Property held under this chapter by the Administrator is...

§ 41–159.03. Claim for property by person claiming to be owner - (a) A person claiming to be the owner of property...

§ 41–159.04. When Administrator must honor claim for property - (a) The Administrator shall pay or deliver property to a...

§ 41–159.05. Allowance of claim for property by the District - (a) Not later than 45 days after a claim is...

§ 41–159.06. Action by person whose claim is denied - Not later than one year after filing a claim under...

Subchapter X - Verified Report of Property; Examination of Records

§ 41–160.01. Verified report of property - If a person does not file a report required by...

§ 41–160.02. Examination of records to determine compliance - The Administrator, at reasonable times and on reasonable notice, may:...

§ 41–160.03. Rules for conducting examination - (a) The Administrator shall adopt rules governing procedures and standards...

§ 41–160.04. Records obtained in examination - Records obtained and records, including work papers, compiled by the...

§ 41–160.05. Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation - (a) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid...

§ 41–160.06. Failure of person examined to retain records - If a person subject to examination under § 41-160.02 does...

§ 41–160.07. Report to person whose records were examined - At the conclusion of an examination under § 41-160.02, the...

§ 41–160.08. Complaint to Administrator about conduct of person conducting examination - (a) If a person subject to examination under § 41-160.02...

§ 41–160.09. Administrator's contract with another to conduct examination - (a) In this section, "related to the Administrator" means an...

§ 41–160.10. Limit on future employment - The Administrator or an individual employed by the Administrator who...

§ 41–160.11. Report by Administrator at request of Mayor - (a) Pursuant to a request of the Mayor, the Administrator...

Subchapter XI - Determination of Liability; Putative Holder Remedies

§ 41–161.01. Determination of liability for unreported reportable property - If the Administrator determines from an examination conducted under §...

§ 41–161.02. Informal conference - (a) Not later than 30 days after receipt of a...

§ 41–161.03. Review of Administrator's determination - (a) Not later than 90 days after receiving notice of...

Subchapter XII - Enforcement

§ 41–162.01. Judicial action to enforce liability - (a) If a determination under § 41-161.01 becomes final and...

§ 41–162.02. Interstate and international agreement; cooperation - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator...

§ 41–162.03. Action involving another state or foreign country - (a) The Administrator may request that the Attorney General join...

§ 41–162.04. Interest and penalty for failure to act in timely manner - (a) A holder that fails to report, pay, or deliver...

§ 41–162.05. Other civil penalties - (a) If a holder enters into a contract or other...

§ 41–162.06. Waiver of interest and penalty - The Administrator: (1) May waive, in whole or in part,...

§ 41–162.07. Right to administrative hearing; entry of civil judgment by Superior Court - (a) A holder is entitled to a hearing on the...

Subchapter XIII - Agreement to Locate Property of Apparent Owner Held by Administrator

§ 41–163.01. When agreement to locate property enforceable - An agreement by an apparent owner and another person, the...

§ 41–163.02. When agreement to locate property void - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an agreement...

§ 41–163.03. Right of agent of apparent owner to recover property held by Administrator - (a) An apparent owner that contracts with another person to...

Subchapter XIV - Confidentiality and Security of Information

§ 41–164.01. Definitions; applicability - (a) In this subchapter, "personal information" means: (1) Information that...

§ 41–164.02. Confidential information - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following...

§ 41–164.03. When confidential information may be disclosed - (a) When reasonably necessary to enforce or implement this chapter,...

§ 41–164.04. Confidentiality agreement - A person to be examined under § 41-160.02 may require,...

§ 41–164.05. No confidential information in notice - Except as otherwise provided in §§ 41-155.01 and 41-155.02, a...

§ 41–164.06. Security of information - (a) If a holder is required to include confidential information...

§ 41–164.07. Security breach - (a) Except to the extent prohibited by law other than...

§ 41–164.08. Indemnification for breach by agent - (a) If a claim is made or action commenced arising...

Subchapter XV - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 41–165.01. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act consideration must be...

§ 41–165.02. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

§ 41–165.03. Transitional provision - (a) An initial report filed under this chapter for property...

§ 41–165.04. Transfer of funds - All funds in the trust fund established under § 41-123...

Chapter 2 - Recordation of Instruments

§ 41–201. Filing and indexing of financial statements; legal effect - It is not necessary for the Recorder of Deeds to...

§ 41–202. Disposal of void or lapsed instruments; termination statement; exceptions - (a) Unless the Recorder of Deeds has notice of an...

§ 41–203. Destruction of released instruments - When a financing statement filed pursuant to part 4 of...

§ 41–204. False statements; failure to render termination statement; “Attorney General” defined - (a) Whoever intentionally makes a false statement with respect to...

Chapter 3 - Civil Asset Forfeiture

§ 41–301. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “By...

§ 41–302. General provisions - (a) Only property designated as forfeitable pursuant to a forfeitable...

§ 41–303. Seizure; pre-seizure hearings for real property - (a) Property subject to forfeiture under this chapter may be...

§ 41–304. Notice - (a)(1)(A) Upon the seizure of any property by law enforcement,...

§ 41–305. Contesting forfeiture - (a) An owner may contest the seizure and forfeiture of...

§ 41–306. Post-seizure property retention hearing - (a) The District shall not release property seized for forfeiture...

§ 41–307. Libel of information - (a) If the owner of a seized property makes a...

§ 41–308. Forfeiture proceeding - (a) An in rem civil forfeiture matter may be brought...

§ 41–309. Return of property - (a) Property that is returnable under this chapter shall be...

§ 41–310. Disposal of forfeited property - (a) When property is declared forfeited pursuant to § 41-305(c)...

§ 41–311. Prohibition on adoptive seizures - Beginning October 1, 2018, the District shall not refer seized...

§ 41–312. Reporting requirements - By January 1, 2016, and on an annual basis thereafter,...

§ 41–313. Remission or mitigation - (a) Whenever an owner files with the Mayor, either before...

§ 41–314. Rule of lenity; construction - (a) Any ambiguities in this chapter relating to the District...

§ 41–315. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

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