RCW 63.30.100
Security presumed abandoned. (Effective January 1, 2023.)
(1) Subject to RCW 63.30.120, a security is presumed abandoned three years after:
(a) The date a second consecutive communication sent by the holder by first-class United States mail to the apparent owner is returned to the holder undelivered by the United States postal service; or
(b) If the second communication is made later than 30 days after the first communication is returned, the date the first communication is returned undelivered to the holder by the United States postal service.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the apparent owner of a security by first-class United States mail, the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's interest in the security by sending the apparent owner an email communication not later than two years after the apparent owner's last indication of interest in the security. However the holder promptly shall attempt to contact the apparent owner by first-class United States mail if:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the apparent owner an email communication or the holder believes that the apparent owner's email address in the holder's records is not valid;
(b) The holder receives notification that the email communication was not received; or
(c) The apparent owner does not respond to the email communication not later than 30 days after the communication was sent.
(3) If first-class United States mail sent under subsection (2) of this section is returned to the holder undelivered by the United States postal service, the security is presumed abandoned three years after the date the mail is returned.
[ 2022 c 225 § 207.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 63.30 - Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
63.30.020 - Inapplicability to foreign transaction.
63.30.040 - Property presumed abandoned.
63.30.050 - Tax deferred retirement account presumed abandoned.
63.30.060 - Other tax deferred account presumed abandoned.
63.30.070 - Custodial account for minor presumed abandoned.
63.30.080 - Contents of safe deposit box presumed abandoned.
63.30.090 - Stored value card presumed abandoned.
63.30.100 - Security presumed abandoned.
63.30.110 - Related property presumed abandoned.
63.30.120 - Indication of apparent owner interest in property.
63.30.130 - Knowledge of death of insured or annuitant.
63.30.140 - Deposit account for proceeds of insurance policy or annuity contract.
63.30.150 - Address of apparent owner to establish priority.
63.30.160 - Address of apparent owner in Washington state.
63.30.170 - Records showing multiple addresses of apparent owner.
63.30.180 - Holder domiciled in Washington state.
63.30.190 - Custody if transaction takes place in Washington state.
63.30.200 - Traveler's check, money order, or similar instrument.
63.30.210 - Burden of proof to establish administrator's right to custody.
63.30.220 - Report required by holder.
63.30.230 - Content of report.
63.30.240 - When report to be filed.
63.30.250 - Retention of records by holder.
63.30.260 - Property reportable and payable or deliverable absent owner demand.
63.30.270 - Abandoned intangible property held by local government.
63.30.280 - Notice to apparent owner by holder.
63.30.290 - Contents of notice by holder.
63.30.300 - Notice by administrator.
63.30.310 - Cooperation among state officers and agencies to locate apparent owner.
63.30.340 - Payment or delivery of property to administrator.
63.30.350 - Effect of payment or delivery of property to administrator.
63.30.360 - Recovery of property by holder from administrator.
63.30.370 - Property removed from safe deposit box.
63.30.380 - Crediting income or gain to owner's account.
63.30.390 - Administrator's options as to custody.
63.30.400 - Disposition of property having no substantial value—Immunity from liability.
63.30.410 - Periods of limitation and repose.
63.30.420 - Public sale of property.
63.30.430 - Disposal of securities.
63.30.440 - Recovery of securities or value by owner.
63.30.450 - Purchaser owns property after sale.
63.30.460 - Military medal or decoration.
63.30.470 - Deposit of funds by administrator.
63.30.480 - Administrator to retain records of property.
63.30.490 - Expenses and service charges of administrator.
63.30.500 - Administrator holds property as custodian for owner.
63.30.510 - Claim of another state to recover property.
63.30.520 - Property subject to recovery by another state.
63.30.530 - Claim for property by person claiming to be owner.
63.30.540 - Administrator must honor claim for property, when.
63.30.550 - Allowance of claim for property.
63.30.560 - Action by person whose claim is denied.
63.30.570 - Verified report of property.
63.30.580 - Examination of records to determine compliance.
63.30.590 - Rules for conducting examination.
63.30.600 - Records obtained in examination.
63.30.610 - Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation.
63.30.620 - Failure of person examined to retain records.
63.30.630 - Report to person whose records were examined.
63.30.640 - Complaint to administrator about conduct of person conducting examination.
63.30.650 - Administrator's contract with another to conduct examination.
63.30.660 - Limit on future employment.
63.30.670 - Report by administrator to state official.
63.30.680 - Determination of liability for unreported reportable property.
63.30.690 - Interest and penalties.
63.30.710 - Informal conference.
63.30.720 - Review of administrator's determination.
63.30.730 - Administrative review.
63.30.750 - Judicial action to enforce liability.
63.30.760 - Interstate and international agreement—Cooperation.
63.30.770 - Action involving another state or foreign country.
63.30.780 - Agreement to locate property enforceable.
63.30.790 - Agreement to locate property void, when.
63.30.800 - Right of agent of apparent owner to recover property held by administrator.
63.30.810 - Definitions—Applicability.
63.30.820 - Confidential information.
63.30.830 - When confidential information may be disclosed.
63.30.840 - Confidentiality agreement.
63.30.850 - No confidentiality information in notice.
63.30.860 - Security of information.
63.30.880 - Indemnification for breach.
63.30.905 - Uniformity of application and construction—2022 c 225.
63.30.910 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
63.30.915 - Transitional provision.