507C.45 Unclaimed and withheld funds.
1. Unclaimed funds subject to distribution remaining in the liquidator’s hands when the liquidator is ready to apply to the court for discharge, including the amount distributable to a creditor, shareholder, member, or other person who is unknown or cannot be found, shall be deposited with the state treasurer, and shall be paid without interest, except in accordance with section 507C.42, to the person entitled or the person’s legal representative upon proof satisfactory to the state treasurer of the right to the funds. An amount on deposit not claimed within six years from the discharge of the liquidator is deemed to have been abandoned and shall become the property of the state without formal escheat proceedings and be deposited with the general fund.
2. Funds withheld under section 507C.37 and not distributed shall upon discharge of the liquidator be deposited with the state treasurer and paid in accordance with section 507C.42. Sums remaining which under section 507C.42 would revert to the undistributed assets of the insurer shall be transferred to the state treasurer and become the property of the state under subsection 1, unless the commissioner in the commissioner’s discretion petitions the court to reopen the liquidation under section 507C.47.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds as identified in subsection 1, with the approval of the court, shall be made available to the commissioner for use in the detection and prevention of future insolvencies. The commissioner shall hold these funds and shall pay without interest, except as provided in section 507C.42, to the person entitled to the funds or the person’s legal representative upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner of the person’s right to the funds. The funds shall be held by the commissioner for a period of two years at which time the rights and duties to the unclaimed funds shall vest in the commissioner.
84 Acts, ch 1175, §45; 92 Acts, ch 1117, §30
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