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certificate does not impose a dormancy charge or period of
limitations on the owner's right to redeem the certificate
at 100% of face value;

 
Sec. T-22. 33 MRSA §1953, sub-§1, ļO, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439,
Pt. L, §2, is further amended to read:

 
O. All other property, 5 3 years after the owner's right
to demand the property or after the obligation to pay or
distribute the property arises, whichever first occurs;

 
Sec. T-23. 33 MRSA §1954, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 294, §1,
is amended to read:

 
1. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping
depository. Tangible property held in a safe deposit box or
other safekeeping depository in this State in the ordinary
course of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from
the sale of the property permitted by other law are presumed
abandoned if the property and proceeds remain unclaimed by the
owner for more than 5 3 years after expiration of the lease or
rental period on the box or other depository.

 
Sec. T-24. 33 MRSA §1958, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. A, §2
and affected by §3, is amended by repealing and replacing the
headnote to read:

 
§1958.__Report of property presumed abandoned

 
Sec. T-25. 33 MRSA §1959, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. A, §2
and affected by §3, is amended by repealing and replacing the
headnote to read:

 
§1959.__Payment or delivery of property presumed abandoned

 
Sec. T-26. 33 MRSA §1960, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. A, §2
and affected by §3, is amended to read:

 
§1960. Notice and publication of unclaimed property

 
1. Publication. The administrator shall publish a notice
no later than November 30th of the year next following the
year in which abandoned unclaimed property has been paid or
delivered to the administrator. The notice must be published
in a newspaper of general circulation in this State. The
advertisement must be in a form that, in the judgment of the
administrator, is likely to attract the attention of the
apparent owner of the
unclaimed property. The form must contain:


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