(A) Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within five years after it has become payable or distributable, has increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, communicated concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by the fiduciary.
(B) Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue laws of the United States are not payable or distributable within the meaning of subsection (A) unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.
(C) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is considered to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between him and the business association provides otherwise.
(D) For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is considered to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 34A.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
Section 27-18-10. Short title.
Section 27-18-20. Definitions.
Section 27-18-30. Property presumed abandoned; demand for payment not required.
Section 27-18-40. Conditions for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.
Section 27-18-50. Travelers checks, money orders, or similar written instruments.
Section 27-18-70. Demand, savings, or matured time deposits with banking or financial organizations.
Section 27-18-75. Escheatment of United States savings bonds.
Section 27-18-76. Claims for escheated United States savings bonds or proceeds from bond.
Section 27-18-90. Utility service deposits, advance payments, or ordered refunds.
Section 27-18-100. Business associations; refunds ordered by court or administrative agency.
Section 27-18-140. Unclaimed intangible property presumed abandoned; tax refund checks.
Section 27-18-150. Credit memo.
Section 27-18-160. Unpaid wages and unpresented payroll checks.
Section 27-18-170. Contents of safe deposit boxes or other safekeeping repositories.
Section 27-18-175. Application of chapter.
Section 27-18-180. Report of unclaimed property; notice to apparent owner.
Section 27-18-190. Administrator's notice of abandoned property; publication; contents; exceptions.
Section 27-18-230. Sale of property by administrator.
Section 27-18-260. Recovery by another state of property paid or delivered to administrator.
Section 27-18-270. Appeal of decision of administrator, court action to establish claim to property.
Section 27-18-300. Periods of limitation.
Section 27-18-320. Length of time holders must retain records.
Section 27-18-330. Authority of administrator to enforce chapter.
Section 27-18-350. Interest and penalties for violations of chapter.
Section 27-18-370. Application of chapter to foreign property or transactions.
Section 27-18-390. Authority of administrator to adopt rules.