2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries
§155. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository
RS 155 - Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository
A. Intangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository in this state in the ordinary course of the holder's business, and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, shall be presumed abandoned if it remains unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other depository.
B.(1) Military medals and all associated documents held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository in this state in the ordinary course of the holder's business shall be presumed abandoned if it remains unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other depository.
(2) Military medals and all associated documents presumed abandoned pursuant to this Subsection shall be forwarded by the holder to the Louisiana Department of Treasury, unclaimed property division.
(3) The Louisiana Department of Treasury, unclaimed property division, may enter into an agreement with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs whereby the Department of Veterans Affairs may store and locate the appropriate owners for the return of the abandoned military medals and all associated documents.
Acts 1986, No. 829, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 809, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 2019, No. 439, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
