2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 43 - Property
Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
Section 43-41B-1 - Definitions and use of terms.

43-41B-1. Definitions and use of terms.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Administrator," the state treasurer;

(2)"Apparent owner," the person whose name appears on the records of the holder as the person entitled to property held, issued, or owing by the holder;

(3)"Attorney general," the chief legal officer of this state;

(4)"Banking organization," any bank, trust company, savings bank, industrial bank, land bank, safe deposit company, private banker, or any organization defined by other law as a bank or banking organization;

(5)"Business association," a nonpublic corporation, joint stock company, investment company, business trust, partnership, cooperative, or association for business purposes of two or more individuals, whether or not for profit, including a banking organization, financial organization, insurance company, or utility;

(6)"Domicile," the state of incorporation of a corporation or the state of the principal place of business of an unincorporated person;

(7)"Financial organization," a savings and loan association, cooperative bank, building and loan association, or credit union;

(8)"Holder," a person, wherever organized or domiciled, who is:

(i)In possession of property belonging to another;

(ii)A trustee; or

(iii)Indebted to another on an obligation;

(9)"Insurance company," an association, corporation, fraternal or mutual benefit organization, whether or not for profit, which is engaged in providing insurance coverage, including accident, burial, casualty, credit life, contract performance, dental, fidelity, fire, health, hospitalization, illness, life (including endowments and annuities), malpractice, marine, mortgage, surety, and wage protection insurance;

(10)"Intangible property," includes:

(i)Moneys, checks, drafts, deposits, interest, dividends, unpaid mineral proceeds, royalties, vendor checks, income, unpaid commissions, unpaid overcharges, and unpaid accounts payable;

(ii)Credit balances, customer overpayments, gift certificates, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets, and unidentified remittances;

(iii)Stocks and other intangible ownership interests in business associations;

(iv)Moneys deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, coupons, and other securities, or to make distributions;

(v)Amounts due and payable under the terms of insurance policies;

(vi)Amounts distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance, or similar benefits; and

(vii)United States savings bonds held or owing in this state by any person, or issued or owed in the course of a holder's business, or by a state or other government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality;

(11)"Last known address," a description of the last known location of the apparent owner sufficient for the purpose of the delivery of mail;

(12)"Owner," a depositor in the case of a deposit, a beneficiary in case of a trust other than a deposit in trust, a creditor, claimant, or payee in the case of other intangible property, or any other person having a legal or equitable interest in property subject to this chapter or his legal representative;

(13)"Person," an individual, business association, state or other government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, public authority, estate, trust, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity;

(14)"Property," includes money, rights to claim refunds or rebates, postal savings deposits, bonds, United States savings bonds, notes, certificates, policies of insurance, other instruments of value, choses-in-action, obligations whether written or unwritten and anything of value of any nature whatsoever;

(15)"State," any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession, or any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States;

(15A)"Unclaimed Property Division," a division within the Office of the State Treasurer;

(16)"Utility," a person who owns or operates for public use any plant, equipment, property, franchise, or license for the transmission of communications or the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity, water, steam, or gas.

Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §1; SL 2014, ch 210, §2; SL 2017, ch 190, §4, eff. Mar. 10, 2017.