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393.060
Presumption of abandonment of certain property held by bank or
financial organization.
The following property held or owing by a banking or financial organization is presumed
abandoned:
(1) Any deposit (legal, beneficial, equitable, or otherwise), whether payable on demand
or a time deposit, including a deposit that is automatically renewable, in any bank or
trust company in this state, together with the interest thereon and less any
deductions permissible under state or federal law including but not limited to
dormancy fees and service charges, unless the owner has within three (3) years or
within three (3) years of the first date of maturity, in the instance of a time deposit:
(a) Communicated in writing or by other means, reflected in a contemporaneous
record prepared by or on behalf of the bank or trust company, with the bank or
trust company concerning it;
(b) Been credited with interest on his request or by his action;
(c) Had a transfer, disposition of interest, or other transaction noted of record in
the books or records of the bank or trust company;
(d) Increased or decreased the amount of the deposit; or
(e) Has not received a regularly mailed statement of account or other notification
or communication, mailed by the bank or trust company. Mailings shall be
considered not received if returned to the bank or trust company marked
undeliverable by the United States Postal Service or other provider of delivery
services. A mailing shall be considered regularly mailed if it is of the type sent
to all owners of a certain category of deposit and is mailed no less than
annually;
(2) Any sum payable on checks certified in this state or on written instruments issued in
this state on which a banking or financial organization or business association is
directly liable, including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, certificates of
deposit, drafts, money orders, and traveler's checks, that with the exception of
traveler's checks has been outstanding for more than three (3) years from the date it
was payable, or from the date of its issuance if payable on demand, or, in the case of
traveler's checks that has been outstanding for more than seven (7) years from the
date of its issuance unless the owner has within three (3) years or within seven (7)
years in the case of traveler's checks corresponded in writing with the banking or
financial organization concerning it, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced
by a memorandum on file with the banking or financial organization;
(3) Any funds or other personal property, tangible or intangible, removed from a safe
deposit box or any other safekeeping repository or agency or collateral deposit box
in this state on which the lease or rental period has expired due to nonpayment of
rental charges or other reason, or any surplus amounts arising from the sale thereof
pursuant to law, that have been unclaimed by the owner for more than three (3)
years from the date on which the lease or rental period expired.
Effective: March 24, 2009
History: Repealed and reenacted 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 11, effective March 24,
2009. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 12, effective April 24, 2008. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 560, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 255,
sec. 1, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 6, effective
June 16, 1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1610.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/24/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 17,
provides that "The intent of the General Assembly in repealing and reenacting KRS
136.392, 138.195, 141.160, 160.6156, 160.6157, 160.6158, 131.183, 141.044,
141.235, 134.580, 393.060, and 157.621 in Sections 1 to 12 of this Act is to affirm
the amendments made to these sections in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 132. The provisions in
Sections 1 to 12 of this Act shall apply retroactively to April 24, 2008."
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/24/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 18,
provides "To the extent that any provision included in this Act is considered new
language, the provisions of KRS 446.145 requiring such new language to be
underlined are notwithstood."
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