A. A person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in any property delivered to the State Treasurer may file a claim on a form prescribed by the State Treasurer and verified by the claimant. The date of filing of a claim shall be the date it is received by the State Treasurer with all supporting documentation from the claimant. Any information submitted by a claimant which is required to be submitted to the State Treasurer to establish a claim may be kept confidential by the State Treasurer if it contains personal financial information of the claimant, personal identifying information such as the address, date of birth, telephone number or email address of the claimant, Social Security numbers, birth certificates or similar documents related to the parentage of an individual, or any other document which is confidential by statute if in the custody of another public agency or person.
B. The State Treasurer shall consider each claim within ninety (90) days after it is filed and give written notice to the claimant if the claim is denied in whole or in part. The notice may be given by mailing it to the last address, if any, stated in the claim as the address to which notices are to be sent. If no address for notices is stated in the claim, the notice may be mailed to the last address, if any, of the claimant as stated in the claim. No notice of denial need be given if the claim fails to state either the address to which notices are to be sent or the address of the claimant.
C. If a claim is allowed, the State Treasurer shall pay over or deliver to the claimant the property or the amount the State Treasurer actually received or the net proceeds if it has been sold by the State Treasurer, together with any additional amount required by Section 665 of this title, but no person shall have any claim under this section against the state, the holder, any transfer agent, registrar or other person acting for or on behalf of the state or a holder, for any appreciation or depreciation in the value of the property or any earnings that might otherwise accrue, after sale of the property by the State Treasurer.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 24, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 281, § 10, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 331, § 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 20, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 136, § 6, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 133, § 9, emerg. eff. April 24, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 224, § 11, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 261, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 150, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019.