Sec. 27. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), on the date a report is filed under section 26 of this chapter, the holder shall pay or deliver to the attorney general the property that is described in the report as unclaimed.
(b) In the case of an automatically renewable deposit, if at the time of delivery under subsection (a) a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from the delivery of the property, the time for delivery is extended until the earliest date upon which a penalty or forfeiture would not result.
(c) Tangible property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository shall be delivered to the attorney general not later than thirty (30) days after the date the report describing the property under section 26 of this chapter is filed.
(d) If the property reported to the attorney general is a security or security entitlement under IC 26-1-8.1, the attorney general may make an endorsement, 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 IC 26-1-8.1.
(e) If the holder of property reported to the attorney general is the issuer of a certificated security, the attorney general has the right to obtain a replacement certificate under IC 26-1-8.1-405, and an indemnity bond is not required.
(f) An issuer, the holder, and any transfer agent or other person acting under the instructions of and on behalf of the issuer in accordance with this section are not liable to the apparent owner and must be indemnified against the claims of any person in accordance with section 29 of this chapter.
(g) Payment or delivery of property shall be made in the manner specified by the attorney general.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-1.5-27.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.46-2013, SEC.4; P.L.56-2014, SEC.3.
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