556.13 Payment or delivery of abandoned property.
1. Except for property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository, upon filing the report required by section 556.11, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall pay, deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered to the administrator the property described in the report as unclaimed, but if the property is an automatically renewable deposit, and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result, the time for compliance is extended until a penalty or forfeiture would no longer result. At the direction of the treasurer of state, the holder of tangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository shall deliver the property to the treasurer of state at the same time as or after filing the abandoned property report required in section 556.11.
2. If the property reported to the treasurer of state is a security or security entitlement under the Uniform Commercial Code, chapter 554, article 8, the treasurer of state is an appropriate person to make an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer or its transfer agent or the securities intermediary to transfer or dispose of the security or the security entitlement in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code, chapter 554, article 8.
3. If the holder of property reported to the treasurer of state is the issuer of a certificated security, the treasurer of state has the right to obtain a replacement certificate pursuant to section 554.8405 but an indemnity bond is not required.
4. An issuer, the holder, and any transfer agent or other person acting pursuant to the instructions of and on behalf of the issuer or holder in accordance with this section is not liable to the apparent owner and shall be indemnified against claims of any person in accordance with section 556.14.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.13]
84 Acts, ch 1295, §16; 92 Acts, ch 1243, §32; 96 Acts, ch 1173, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §76; 2007 Acts, ch 37, §4
Referred to in §556.2, 556.11
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 556 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Section 556.1 - Definitions and use of terms.
Section 556.2 - Property held by banking or financial organizations or by business associations.
Section 556.2A - Traveler’s checks and money orders.
Section 556.2C - Outstanding state warrants.
Section 556.3 - Unclaimed funds held by life insurance corporations.
Section 556.3A - Unclaimed demutualization proceeds held by insurance companies.
Section 556.4 - Deposits and refunds held by utilities.
Section 556.5 - Stocks and other intangible interests in business associations.
Section 556.7 - Property held by fiduciaries.
Section 556.8 - Property held by state courts and public officers and agencies — abandonment.
Section 556.9 - Miscellaneous personal property held for another person — wages — gift certificates.
Section 556.9A - Out-of-state property issued within the state.
Section 556.9B - United States savings bonds — escheatment procedures.
Section 556.11 - Report of abandoned property.
Section 556.12 - Notice and publication of lists of abandoned property.
Section 556.13 - Payment or delivery of abandoned property.
Section 556.14 - Relief from liability by payment or delivery.
Section 556.15 - Income accruing after payment or delivery.
Section 556.16 - Periods of limitation not a bar.
Section 556.17 - Sale of abandoned property.
Section 556.18 - Deposit of funds.
Section 556.19 - Claim for abandoned property paid or delivered.
Section 556.20 - Determination of claims.
Section 556.21 - Judicial action upon determinations.
Section 556.22 - Elections by the treasurer of state.
Section 556.23 - Examination of records.
Section 556.24 - Proceeding to compel delivery of abandoned property.
Section 556.24A - Public records.
Section 556.25 - Interest and penalties.
Section 556.27 - Effect of laws of other states.
Section 556.28 - Interstate agreements and cooperation.