556.7 Property held by fiduciaries.
All intangible personal property and any income or increment thereon, held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within three years after it becomes payable or distributable, increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, corresponded in writing concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum on file with the fiduciary which shall have been dated and may have been prepared by the fiduciary or by the owner:
1. If the property is held by a banking organization or a financial organization, or by a business association organized under the laws of or created in this state; or
2. If it is held by a business association, doing business in this state, but not organized under the laws of or created in this state, and the records of the business association indicate that the last known address of the person entitled thereto is in this state; or
3. If it is held in this state by any other person.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.7]
84 Acts, ch 1295, §11; 91 Acts, ch 267, §629
Referred to in §556.10
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.