Indiana Code
Title 32. Property
Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property

32-34-1.5-5. Presumption of Abandonment for Property Held in a Pension Account or Retirement Account - Sec. 5. (a) Subject to section 11 of this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-6. Presumption of Abandonment for Property Held in a Tax Deferred Account or Plan - Sec. 6. Subject to section 11 of this chapter and...

32-34-1.5-7. Presumption of Abandonment for Property Held in an Account Established for Minors - Sec. 7. (a) Subject to section 11 of this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-8. Presumption of Abandonment for Property Held in a Safe Deposit Box - Sec. 8. Tangible property held in a safe deposit box...

32-34-1.5-9. Presumption of Abandonment for Securities - Sec. 9. (a) Subject to section 11 of this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-10. Presumption of Abandonment for Accrued Interest - Sec. 10. At and after the time property is presumed...

32-34-1.5-11. Indication of Apparent Owner's Interest - Sec. 11. (a) The period after which property is presumed...

32-34-1.5-12. Death of an Insured or Annuitant; Death Master File - Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, "death master...

32-34-1.5-13. Proceeds Payable Under an Insurance Policy or Annuity Contract - Sec. 13. If proceeds payable under a life or endowment...

32-34-1.5-14. Property Located in Another State or Foreign Country - Sec. 14. (a) The following rules apply under this section:...

32-34-1.5-15. Property Subject to Custody of State as Unclaimed Property - Sec. 15. Except as provided in sections 12, 13, and...

32-34-1.5-16. Traveler's Checks; Money Orders - Sec. 16. The attorney general may take custody of sums...

32-34-1.5-17. Disputes; Burden of Proof - Sec. 17. If a holder disputes the attorney general's right...

32-34-1.5-18. Reporting Property Presumed Abandoned - Sec. 18. (a) A holder of property presumed abandoned and...

32-34-1.5-19. Reporting Requirements - Sec. 19. (a) The report required under section 18 of...

32-34-1.5-20. Reporting Deadlines - Sec. 20. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)...

32-34-1.5-21. Retention of Records - Sec. 21. A holder required to file a report under...

32-34-1.5-22. Failure of Owner to Request Payment - Sec. 22. Property is reportable and payable under this chapter...

32-34-1.5-23. Notice Sent to Apparent Owner - Sec. 23. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the holder of...

32-34-1.5-24. Notice Requirements - Sec. 24. (a) The notice under section 23 of this...

32-34-1.5-25. Publication of Notice in Newspaper and on Internet - Sec. 25. (a) The attorney general shall give notice to...

32-34-1.5-26. Determining Current Address of Apparent Owner - Sec. 26. Unless prohibited by law other than this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-27. Good Faith Payment or Delivery of Property - Sec. 27. In this chapter, payment or delivery of property...

32-34-1.5-28. Dormancy Charge - Sec. 28. (a) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge...

32-34-1.5-29. Delivery of Property to Attorney General - Sec. 29. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

32-34-1.5-30. Liability for Property Paid or Delivered in Good Faith - Sec. 30. (a) On payment or delivery of property to...

32-34-1.5-31. Claims for Reimbursement and Return of Property - Sec. 31. (a) A holder that pays money to the...

32-34-1.5-32. Property Removed From Safe Deposit Box - Sec. 32. Property removed from a safe deposit box and...

32-34-1.5-32.5. United States Savings Bonds - Sec. 32.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 30(a) of this chapter, United...

32-34-1.5-33. Gain Realized or Accrued on Property - Sec. 33. (a) If property other than money is delivered...

32-34-1.5-34. Declining Custody of Property; Delivering Property Before Presumed Abandoned - Sec. 34. (a) The attorney general may decline to take...

32-34-1.5-35. Disposal of Property; Actions Against State - Sec. 35. (a) If the attorney general takes custody of...

32-34-1.5-36. Periods of Limitation; Commencement of Action by Attorney General - Sec. 36. (a) Expiration before, on, or after the effective...

32-34-1.5-37. Sale of Property - Sec. 37. (a) Subject to section 38 of this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-38. Sale of Securities - Sec. 38. (a) The attorney general shall sell a security...

32-34-1.5-39. Transfer of Securities - Sec. 39. If a valid claim is made for a...

32-34-1.5-40. Property Purchased at Sale - Sec. 40. A purchaser of property at a sale conducted...

32-34-1.5-41. Medal or Decoration Awarded for Military Service - Sec. 41. (a) The attorney general may not sell a...

32-34-1.5-42. Abandoned Property Fund - Sec. 42. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

32-34-1.5-43. Records Maintained by Attorney General - Sec. 43. The attorney general shall: (1) record and retain...

32-34-1.5-44. Deductions; Transfer to State General Fund - Sec. 44. (a) Before transferring funds received under this chapter...

32-34-1.5-45. Property Not Owned by State - Sec. 45. Property received by the attorney general under this...

32-34-1.5-46. Property Subject to Superior Claim - Sec. 46. (a) If the attorney general knows that property...

32-34-1.5-47. Right of Another State to Take Custody of Property - Sec. 47. (a) Property held under this chapter by the...

32-34-1.5-48. Filing Claims for Property - Sec. 48. (a) A person claiming to be the owner...

32-34-1.5-49. Allowing and Denying Claims - Sec. 49. (a) The attorney general shall pay or deliver...

32-34-1.5-50. Delivery of Property to Owner; Payment of Enforceable Debt - Sec. 50. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after...

32-34-1.5-51. Action for Denial of Claim - Sec. 51. Not later than one (1) year after filing...

32-34-1.5-52. Verified Report - Sec. 52. If a person does not file a report...

32-34-1.5-53. Examining Records - Sec. 53. The attorney general, at reasonable times and with...

32-34-1.5-54. Rules for Examining Records - Sec. 54. (a) The attorney general may adopt rules under...

32-34-1.5-55. Use and Disclosure of Records - Sec. 55. Records obtained and records, including work papers, compiled...

32-34-1.5-56. Prima Facie Evidence of Debt or Obligation - Sec. 56. (a) A record of a putative holder showing...

32-34-1.5-57. Estimating Value of Property - Sec. 57. If a person subject to examination under section...

32-34-1.5-58. Examination Report - Sec. 58. At the conclusion of an examination under section...

32-34-1.5-59. Intervention in Examination; Request for Conference - Sec. 59. (a) If a person subject to examination under...

32-34-1.5-60. Contract With Person to Conduct Examination - Sec. 60. (a) As used in this section, "related to...

32-34-1.5-61. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest - Sec. 61. The attorney general or an individual employed by...

32-34-1.5-62. Annual Report to Treasurer of State - Sec. 62. (a) Not later than three (3) months after...

32-34-1.5-63. Determination of Putative Holder's Liability - Sec. 63. If the attorney general determines from an examination...

32-34-1.5-64. Request by Putative Holder for Informal Conference - Sec. 64. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after...

32-34-1.5-65. Relief From Determination Made by Attorney General - Sec. 65. A putative holder may seek relief from a...

32-34-1.5-66. Administrative Remedies - Sec. 66. (a) Not later than ninety (90) days after...

32-34-1.5-67. Judicial Review and Procedure - Sec. 67. (a) Not later than ninety (90) days after...

32-34-1.5-68. Enforcement of Determination - Sec. 68. If a determination under section 63 of this...

32-34-1.5-69. Exchanging Records With Another State or Foreign Country - Sec. 69. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the attorney general...

32-34-1.5-70. Action With or on Behalf of Another State or Foreign Country - Sec. 70. (a) The attorney general may join another state...

32-34-1.5-71. Interest Rates and Civil Penalties for Undelivered Property - Sec. 71. (a) A holder that fails to report, pay,...

32-34-1.5-72. Civil Penalties for Evasion and Fraudulent Reports - Sec. 72. (a) If a holder enters into a contract...

32-34-1.5-73. Waiving Interest and Penalties - Sec. 73. The attorney general shall waive interest under section...

32-34-1.5-74. Agreements to Locate or Recover Property - Sec. 74. An agreement by an apparent owner and another...

32-34-1.5-75. Unenforceable Agreements to Locate or Recover Property - Sec. 75. (a) Subject to subsection (b), an agreement under...

32-34-1.5-76. Agent of Apparent Owner - Sec. 76. (a) An apparent owner that contracts with another...

32-34-1.5-77. Personal Information - Sec. 77. (a) As used in this section and sections...

32-34-1.5-78. Confidential Information - Sec. 78. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...

32-34-1.5-79. Disclosing Confidential Information - Sec. 79. (a) When reasonably necessary to enforce or implement...

32-34-1.5-80. Confidentiality Agreements - Sec. 80. A person to be examined under section 53...

32-34-1.5-81. Confidential Information in Notice - Sec. 81. Except as otherwise provided in sections 23 and...

32-34-1.5-82. Responsibilities for Confidential Information; Security Plan - Sec. 82. (a) If a holder is required to include...

32-34-1.5-83. Notice of Breach of Confidential Information - Sec. 83. (a) Except to the extent prohibited by law...

32-34-1.5-84. Claims Regarding Confidential Information; Indemnification - Sec. 84. (a) If a claim is made or action...

32-34-1.5-85. General Purpose of Uniformity Among States - Sec. 85. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must...

32-34-1.5-86. Interaction With Federal Laws - Sec. 86. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic...

32-34-1.5-87. Rules - Sec. 87. (a) The attorney general may adopt rules under...

Chapter 2. Sale of Unclaimed Property in Hotels

32-34-2-1. Auction Sale of Unclaimed Property; Notice; Record; Refund - Sec. 1. (a) After a proprietor, manager, or lessee of...

32-34-2-2. Disposition of Unclaimed Balance - Sec. 2. If the balance is not claimed by the...

Chapter 3. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.141-2021, SEC.21.

Chapter 4. Unclaimed Property in Possession of Repossessors of Motor Vehicles or Watercraft

32-34-4-1. "Creditor" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "creditor" means the...

32-34-4-2. "Debtor" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "debtor" means the...

32-34-4-3. "Value" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "value" means the...

32-34-4-4. "Vehicle" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "vehicle" means a...

32-34-4-5. Property Having Aggregate Value of at Least $10; Notice to Debtor - Sec. 5. (a) If items of personal property having an...

32-34-4-6. Property Having Aggregate Value of Less Than $10 - Sec. 6. If items of personal property having an aggregate...

Chapter 5. Property Loaned to Museums

32-34-5-1. "Lender" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "lender" means a...

32-34-5-2. "Lender's Address" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "lender's address" means...

32-34-5-3. "Loan" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "loan" means a...

32-34-5-4. "Museum" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "museum" means an...

32-34-5-5. "Permanent Loan" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "permanent loan" means...

32-34-5-6. "Person" Defined - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "person" means an...

32-34-5-7. "Property" Defined - Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "property" means a...

32-34-5-8. "Undocumented Property" Defined - Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "undocumented property" means...

32-34-5-9. Mailing Notice; Change of Address or Ownership - Sec. 9. (a) A notice given by a museum under...

32-34-5-10. Notice by Publication - Sec. 10. (a) A museum may give notice by publication...

32-34-5-11. Notice; Contents - Sec. 11. In addition to any other information that may...

32-34-5-12. Acquiring Title for Property on Permanent Loan or Loaned for Specified Time; Notice - Sec. 12. (a) A museum may acquire title in the...

32-34-5-13. Acquiring Title for Undocumented Property; Notice - Sec. 13. A museum may acquire title to undocumented property...

32-34-5-14. Conservation Measures; Application Without Lender's Permission or Formal Notice - Sec. 14. Unless there is a written loan agreement to...

32-34-5-15. Conservation Measures; Liens; Liability of Museum - Sec. 15. If a museum applies conservation measures to property...

32-34-5-16. Presumption of Gift to Museum - Sec. 16. Property that: (1) is found in or on...

Chapter 6. Transfer of Property Interests in Molds

32-34-6-1. Inapplicability of Chapter; Rights, Title, or Interest Not Granted - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply where a...

32-34-6-2. "Customer" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "customer" means an...

32-34-6-3. "Fabricator" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fabricator" means an...

32-34-6-4. "Within Three (3) Years After the Last Prior Use" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "within three (3)...

32-34-6-5. Transfer of Rights of Customer to Fabricator After Three Years - Sec. 5. If a customer does not take possession of...

32-34-6-6. Choice of Fabricator to Transfer Rights, Title, and Interest to Fabricator for Destruction; Procedure for Transfer - Sec. 6. (a) After the three (3) year period specified...

32-34-6-7. Inapplicability; Agreements; Patent or Copyright Law or Unfair Competition Law - Sec. 7. Nothing in this chapter affects: (1) a written...

Chapter 7. Transfer of Property Interests in Silk Screens

32-34-7-1. Inapplicability - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply where a...

32-34-7-2. "Customer" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "customer" means an...

32-34-7-3. "Silk Screen Maker" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "silk screen maker"...

32-34-7-4. "Silk Screen User" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "silk screen user"...

32-34-7-5. Transfer of Customer's Rights, Title, and Interest - Sec. 5. If a customer does not take possession of...

32-34-7-6. Notice to Customer of Transfer; Requisites - Sec. 6. (a) After the three (3) year period specified...

32-34-7-7. Agreements and Patents, Copyrights, or Unfair Competition Laws Not Affected by Chapter - Sec. 7. This chapter does not affect: (1) a written...

32-34-7-8. Commencement of Time Period - Sec. 8. For silk screens in existence on June 1,...

Chapter 8. Finding Strays or Property Adrift

32-34-8-1. Advertisement for Animal or Article Found - Sec. 1. A person who finds a stray horse, mule,...

32-34-8-2. Unclaimed Property; Report to Court; Warrant and Appointment for Appraisal - Sec. 2. (a) If the owner does not claim the...

32-34-8-3. Oath of Finder - Sec. 3. The finder must, at the time the householders...

32-34-8-4. Unclaimed Stray Horse, Mule, or Ass Taken to Pound - Sec. 4. The finder of an unclaimed stray horse, mule,...

32-34-8-5. Description, Valuation, and Fee - Sec. 5. A court receiving the property report prepared under...

32-34-8-6. Advertisement; Value Exceeding $10 - Sec. 6. Property described in section 1 of this chapter...

32-34-8-7. Title to Property - Sec. 7. If the provisions of this chapter are complied...

32-34-8-8. Unclaimed Property and Strays Reported to Court - Sec. 8. If: (1) an article described in section 1...

32-34-8-9. Sale of Property; Proceeds Distribution; Receipts - Sec. 9. (a) The court shall issue a warrant to...

32-34-8-10. Sale of Horse, Mule, or Ass if Value Exceeds $20; Proceeds Distribution; Receipts - Sec. 10. (a) If a horse, a mule, or an...

32-34-8-11. County Stray Fund - Sec. 11. The county treasurer shall enter all sums paid...

32-34-8-12. Finder's Fee - Sec. 12. (a) The finder's fee is as follows: (1)...

32-34-8-13. Reward of Finder; Right to Jury Determination - Sec. 13. (a) The finder of an article described in...

32-34-8-14. Court Fees - Sec. 14. (a) If the property described in section 13...

32-34-8-15. Register of Stray Animals and Found Articles - Sec. 15. (a) The clerk shall keep a register of...

32-34-8-16. Compensation for Finder - Sec. 16. If found property is sold or reclaimed, the...

32-34-8-17. Compensation for Services of Animal - Sec. 17. (a) If an animal is found under the...

32-34-8-18. Reclaiming Property; Proof - Sec. 18. (a) At any time before sale, the owner...

32-34-8-19. Limitations; Time and Place of Taking Up Animals - Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a...

32-34-8-20. Limitation on Removal of Property From County - Sec. 20. The finder, until the finder becomes the property's...

32-34-8-21. Fatted Hogs - Sec. 21. (a) Fatted hogs that are found may, at...

32-34-8-22. Stock Hogs - Sec. 22. Stock hogs that are found may, at the...

32-34-8-23. Shipwrecked Property; Inapplicability - Sec. 23. (a) Sections 1 through 22 of this chapter...

32-34-8-24. Shipwrecked Property; Surrender Upon Proof; Finder's Compensation - Sec. 24. A person who finds property described in section...

32-34-8-25. Refusal to Return Property; Summary Proceedings - Sec. 25. If a person with possession of the property...

32-34-8-26. Affidavit of Claimant; Summons of Finder or Person in Possession of Property - Sec. 26. (a) The claimant must file before the court...

32-34-8-27. Hearing - Sec. 27. (a) The court shall hear and determine the...

32-34-8-28. Rules of Trial Procedure Govern - Sec. 28. (a) The trial described in section 27 of...

32-34-8-29. Appraiser Compensation - Sec. 29. An appraiser appraising property in accordance with section...

Chapter 9. Drifting Boats and Timber

32-34-9-1. "Timber" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "timber" means trees,...

32-34-9-2. Property Found and Secured; Compensation; Lien; Sale - Sec. 2. (a) A person who finds and secures any...

32-34-9-3. Finder Compensation - Sec. 3. A person who finds a fleet, raft or...

32-34-9-4. Additional Compensation; Sawlogs or Other Logs or Trees - Sec. 4. If a person finds any sawlog or other...

32-34-9-5. Hiding Property or Failure to Float Property Upon Demand - Sec. 5. If the finder of any property described in...

32-34-9-6. Brand Adopted by Timber Dealer - Sec. 6. A person, firm, or corporation that deals in...

32-34-9-7. Brand Adopted by Dealer; Form; Acknowledgment; Posting - Sec. 7. (a) A timber dealer desiring to adopt a...

32-34-9-8. Brand as Exclusive Trademark - Sec. 8. A brand adopted in accordance with this chapter...

32-34-9-9. Impressing Brand on Timber - Sec. 9. A person who owns a brand shall cause...

32-34-9-10. Contract for Sale of Standing Trees or Standing Timber - Sec. 10. A contract for the sale of standing trees...

32-34-9-11. Branded Timber; Title - Sec. 11. (a) If timber is branded by the seller...

32-34-9-12. Prior Brands and Trademarks; Validity - Sec. 12. (a) This chapter does not affect the validity...

32-34-9-13. Finding Timber; Compensation; Violation - Sec. 13. (a) If timber prepared for market is found...

Chapter 10. Sale of Abandoned Watercraft

32-34-10-0.2. Application of Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 32-8-40 (before its repeal,...

32-34-10-1. "Marina Operator" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "marina operator" means...

32-34-10-2. Sale of Watercraft by Marina Operator; Recovery of Maintenance Costs - Sec. 2. A marina operator may: (1) sell a watercraft...

32-34-10-3. Six Month Period Before Sale - Sec. 3. The minimum six (6) month period specified in...

32-34-10-4. Sale of Watercraft and Recovery of Maintenance Costs; Procedure - Sec. 4. To sell a watercraft and recover charges under...

32-34-10-5. Affidavit of Sale - Sec. 5. Upon payment of the bid price by the...

32-34-10-6. Affidavit of Sale as Proof of Ownership - Sec. 6. The affidavit of sale under this chapter constitutes...

32-34-10-7. Certificate of Title - Sec. 7. After the purchaser: (1) presents the bureau of...

32-34-10-8. Excess Funds After Sale of Watercraft - Sec. 8. If a boat is sold under this chapter...

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Indiana Code Title 32. Property Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property

Indiana Code
Title 32. Property
Article 34. Lost or Unclaimed Personal Property