Effective - 28 Aug 1998
447.517. Utilities, funds held or owing presumed abandoned, when. — 1. The following funds held or owing by any utility are presumed abandoned:
(1) Any deposit made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment for, or any sum paid in advance for, utility services to be furnished in this state, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled thereto for more than seven years or five years as provided in section 447.536 after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made;
(2) Any sum which a utility has been ordered to refund and which was received for utility services rendered in this state, together with any interest thereon, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled thereto for more than seven years or five years as provided in section 447.536 after the date it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund.
2. For purposes of corporations organized pursuant to chapter 274, corporations organized pursuant to chapter 357, corporations organized pursuant to chapter 394, and electric service corporations organized pursuant to chapter 351, which have received a loan or loans pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, Title VII, U.S. Code as amended, sections 447.500 to 447.595 shall only apply to property and funds which become held or owing and for which the period of time which must expire before such property or funds are presumed abandoned has begun after August 13, 1984.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1088 § 4, A.L. 1994 S.B. 757, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1510)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Chapter 447 - Lost and Unclaimed Property
Section 447.010 - Duty of persons finding lost money, goods.
Section 447.020 - Appointment of appraisers by circuit judge.
Section 447.030 - Appraiser's list, where filed — publication.
Section 447.040 - Procedure if no owner appears, when.
Section 447.050 - Restoration of property, when — owner may sue, when.
Section 447.060 - Failure to discover — penalty.
Section 447.070 - Goods retained until payment of charges.
Section 447.080 - Sale of unclaimed property.
Section 447.090 - Unclaimed proceeds.
Section 447.100 - Carrier's responsibility ceases, when.
Section 447.110 - Sale of property upon which advances are made, when.
Section 447.500 - Law, how cited — exceptions — purpose.
Section 447.503 - Definitions.
Section 447.517 - Utilities, funds held or owing presumed abandoned, when.
Section 447.533 - Interest, dividends or their earnings deemed unclaimed property, when.
Section 447.536 - Abandonment period, effective when — exception for payroll checks.
Section 447.547 - Law of abandoned property not applicable, when.
Section 447.572 - Examination of records by treasurer and persons authorized, when.
Section 447.575 - Enforcing delivery, court action.
Section 447.579 - Rules authorized.
Section 447.583 - Reciprocal agreements with other states — attorney general's duties, when.
Section 447.585 - Another state may recover property from state of Missouri, when.
Section 447.620 - Definitions.
Section 447.622 - Petition, requirements.
Section 447.624 - Proceeding, where commenced, procedure.
Section 447.625 - Procedures in home rule cities.
Section 447.626 - Expeditious treatment.
Section 447.628 - Notice of pendency of suit, effect.
Section 447.630 - Hearing, plan of rehabilitation.
Section 447.632 - Grant of petition, requirements.
Section 447.634 - Grant of temporary possession.
Section 447.636 - Quarterly report.
Section 447.638 - Restoration of possession, compensation.
Section 447.640 - Quitclaim judicial deed may be granted, conditions, effect.
Section 447.700 - Definitions.
Section 447.701 - Eligible projects, director's duties — owner to repay, when.
Section 447.702 - Department loans to eligible projects, guidelines, conditions.
Section 447.706 - Grants, guidelines, conditions.
Section 447.712 - Tort immunity.
Section 447.716 - Failure of purchaser to perform, sanctions.