2022 Delaware Code
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 11. ESCHEATS
Subchapter II. Unclaimed Property
§ 1148. Notice to owner by holder [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25].

Universal Citation: 12 DE Code § 1148 (2022)
§ 1148. Notice to owner by holder [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 25].

The holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the owner notice that complies with § 1149 of this title in a format acceptable to the State Escheator, by first-class United States mail, not more than 120 days nor less than 60 days before filing the report under § 1142 of this title, or at any time as directed under § 1171(5) of this title, if both of the following apply:

(1) The holder has in its records an address for the owner sufficient to direct the delivery of first-class United States mail to the owner, which the holder's records do not disclose to be invalid.

(2) The value of the property is $50 or more, unless the property is a security, in which case the holder must send notice to the owner regardless of the value of the property.

81 Del. Laws, c. 1, § 2;  81 Del. Laws, c. 48, § 1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 59, § 4; 
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