Iowa Code
Chapter 556 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Section 556.29 - Uniformity of interpretation.

556.29 Uniformity of interpretation.
This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.28]
C85, §556.29

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XIV - PROPERTY

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 556.2B - Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.

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 556.6 - Property of business associations and banking or financial organizations held in course of dissolution.

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 556.10 - Reciprocity for property presumed abandoned or escheated under the laws of another state.

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 556.26 - Rules.

Section 556.27 - Effect of laws of other states.

Section 556.28 - Interstate agreements and cooperation.

Section 556.29 - Uniformity of interpretation.

Section 556.30 - Short title.