Iowa Code
Chapter 556 - DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Section 556.2C - Outstanding state warrants.

556.2C Outstanding state warrants.
1. a. An unpaid, outdated warrant that is canceled pursuant to section 8A.519 shall be included in a list of outstanding state warrants maintained by the director of the department of administrative services. On or before July 1 of each year, the director of the department of administrative services shall provide the office of the treasurer of state with a consolidated list of such outstanding warrants that have not been previously reported to the office.
b. The consolidated list shall be accompanied by supporting information as specified by the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state may include information regarding the outstanding warrants in the notice published pursuant to section 556.12 and on the treasurer of state’s official internet site.
c. The reporting requirements of this section do not apply to outdated warrants charged to federal grants or other nonstate funds for which funding is no longer available as described in section 25.2.
2. An agreement to pay compensation to recover or assist in the recovery of an outstanding warrant made within twenty-four months after the date the warrant is canceled is unenforceable. However, an agreement made after twenty-four months from the date the warrant is canceled is valid if the fee or compensation agreed upon is not more than fifteen percent of the recoverable property, the agreement is in writing and signed by the payee, and the writing discloses the nature and value of the property and the name and address of the person in possession. This subsection does not apply to a payee who has a bona fide fee contract with a practicing attorney regulated under chapter 602, article 10.
2006 Acts, ch 1185, §102; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
Referred to in §22.7(32), 25.2, 556.18

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.