2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 665a - Deposits
Section 36a-294 - (Formerly Sec. 36-114). Loss, theft or destruction of passbooks, certificates or instruments.

When any passbook, certificate or instrument, negotiable or nonnegotiable, transferable or nontransferable, issued by a Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union in connection with a deposit account or share account has been lost, stolen or destroyed, all persons in whose names such account is held, or their respective legal representatives, may make written application to such bank or credit union for either the payment of the balance then due on such account or for the issuance of a duplicate passbook, certificate or instrument for such account. Such application shall be signed by each person in whose name such account is then held according to the records of the bank or credit union, and shall be in such form, together with such sureties and such reasonable representations, warranties, agreements and indemnifications as are acceptable to such bank or credit union. Upon receipt of such application and proof satisfactory to it of the identity of the person or persons making such application, such bank or credit union shall, at its option, either pay the balance then due on such account to such applicant or applicants or issue a duplicate passbook, certificate or instrument for such account and, upon such payment or issuance, all liability of such bank or credit union to any person making such application and based on the existence of the original passbook, certificate or instrument terminates.

(1949 Rev., S. 5834; 1959, P.A. 10; 1967, P.A. 461, S. 37; P.A. 76-174; P.A. 94-122, S. 135, 340; P.A. 02-73, S. 31.)

History: 1959 act added minimum balance provision, changed advertising requirement to two successive weeks and time allowed for presenting book to one month; 1967 act deleted reference to “savings departments” of state bank and trust companies; P.A. 76-174 made provisions generally applicable rather than applicable to passbooks with balance of $25 or more, required that application be signed by each person in whose name the book was issued and deleted requirement that notice of application be published at least once a week for two weeks in newspaper; P.A. 94-122 expanded the section to include “certificate or instrument, negotiable or nonnegotiable, transferable or nontransferable”, made the procedures apply to stolen passbooks, certificates or instruments, and allowed banks before issuing such instruments to require reasonable indemnifications, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-114 transferred to Sec. 36a-294 in 1995; P.A. 02-73 added provisions making section applicable to Connecticut credit unions and share accounts.

Waiver of provisions of section by bank. 87 C. 347.