(a) Except for property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository, upon filing the report required in Section 35-12-76, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall pay, deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered to the Treasurer the property described in the report as unclaimed, but if the property is an automatically renewable deposit, and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result, the time for compliance is extended until a penalty or forfeiture would no longer result.
(b) Tangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository shall be delivered to the Treasurer within 120 days after filing the report required in Section 35-12-76.
(c) If the property reported to the Treasurer is a security or security entitlement under Article 8 of Title 7, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Treasurer is an appropriate person to make an indorsement, instruction, or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer or its transfer agent or the securities intermediary to transfer or dispose of the security or the security entitlement in accordance with Article 8 of Title 7, the Uniform Commercial Code.
(d) If the holder of property reported to the Treasurer is the issuer of a certificated security, the Treasurer has the right to obtain a replacement certificate pursuant to Section 7-8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code, but an indemnity bond is not required.
(e) Remittance to the state shall occur annually on or before November 1 of each year and shall accompany the report provided for in subsection (c) of Section 35-12-76 and shall cover the same time period as the report.
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