LD 1319
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E. A demand, savings or time deposit 5 3 years after the
earlier of maturity or the date of the last indication by
the owner of interest in the property. In the case of
certain types of deposits, the following rules apply:

 
(1) In the case of a time deposit that is
automatically renewable and whose term is longer than
one year, at the date of maturity following the 5th
renewal of the deposit after the last indication of
interest by the owner; and

 
(2) In the case of a deposit for the benefit of a
minor, the later of 5 3 years after the last indication
of interest by the owner or the date on which the minor
reaches 18 years of age;

 
Sec. T-21. 33 MRSA §1953, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1999, c. 232,
§1, is further amended to read:

 
G. A gift certificate, 3 years after December 31st of the
year in which the certificate was sold; the amount abandoned
unclaimed is the price paid by the purchaser for the gift
certificate, except that the amount abandoned unclaimed is
60% of the certificate's face value if the issuer of the
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, ¶O, 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:


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