2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 32. Property
ARTICLE 34. LOST OR UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 1. Unclaimed Property Act
32-34-1-28. Publication of notice requirements; exceptions
Sec. 28. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the attorney general shall publish a notice not later than November 30 of the year immediately following the year in which unclaimed property has been paid or delivered to the attorney general.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the notice required by subsection (a) must be published at least once each week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in Indiana of the last known address of any person named in the notice.
(c) If the holder does not report an address for the apparent owner or reports an address outside Indiana, the attorney general shall publish the notice:
(1) at least once each week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in:
(A) the county in which the holder has its principal place of business within Indiana; or
(B) any other county that the attorney general may reasonably select; or
(2) electronically on the attorney general's web site for a period that the attorney general may reasonably select, but in no case for a period less than two (2) weeks.
(d) The advertised notice required by this section must be in a form that, in the judgment of the attorney general, will attract the attention of the apparent owner of the unclaimed property and must contain the following information:
(1) The name of each person appearing to be an owner of property that is presumed abandoned, as set forth in the report filed by the holder.
(2) The last known address or location of each person appearing to be an owner of property that is presumed abandoned, if an address or a location is set forth in the report filed by the holder.
(3) A statement explaining that the property of the owner is presumed to be abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the attorney general.
(4) A statement that information about the abandoned property and its return to the owner is available, upon request, from the attorney general, to a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property.
(e) The attorney general is not required to publish the following in the notice:
(1) Any item with a value of less than one hundred dollars ($100).
(2) Information concerning a traveler's check, money order, or any similar instrument.
(3) Property reported as a result of a demutualization of an insurance company.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-1.5-28.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.107-2003, SEC.4; P.L.81-2004, SEC.27; P.L.64-2007, SEC.2.
