2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 3-66a. Notice by Treasurer.

      Sec. 3-66a. Notice by Treasurer. (a) During the 1998 calendar year and every second year thereafter, the Treasurer shall cause notice to be published of all property having a value of fifty dollars or more reported and transferred to the Treasurer which was presumed abandoned during preceding calendar years and notice of which was not previously published. Such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county in which is located the last-known address of each person appearing to be the owner of such property. In addition to such published notice, the Treasurer may make such notice accessible to the public electronically by means of the Internet's world wide web or through additional telecommunications methods as the Treasurer deems cost effective and appropriate.

      (b) Such published notice shall contain: (1) The names, in alphabetical order, and the last-known addresses, if any, of all persons reported as the apparent owners of unclaimed property, and (2) a statement that any person possessing an interest in such property may obtain from the Treasurer information concerning the amount and description of such property and the name and address of the holder thereof free of charge. The Treasurer may cause to be published at any time, in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, an additional notice stating that such list may be obtained from other specified sources.

      (c) The Treasurer may insert in any such notice such additional information as the Treasurer deems necessary for the proper administration of this part.

      (d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to items reported in the aggregate pursuant to subsection (h) of section 3-65a.

      (1961, P.A. 540, S. 11; 1963, P.A. 114, S. 2; P.A. 91-114, S. 2; P.A. 97-212, S. 4, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 77.)

      History: 1963 act added subsection (d); P.A. 91-114 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the level for publication from a value of twenty-five dollars to a value of fifty dollars; P.A. 97-212 amended Subsec. (a) to change publication requirement from one year to every two years, added permission to make notice electronically available to public and Subsec. (b) to permit additional notice re sources of list, effective June 24, 1997; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing "the preceding two calendar years" with "preceding calendar years", adding provision re notice not previously published and making technical changes and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by making technical changes, effective August 16, 2003.