(1) Unpaid wages greater than $50.00, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks greater than $50.00, owing in the ordinary course of the holder‘s business that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than 1 year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.
    (2) Unpaid wages of $50.00 or less owing in the ordinary course of the holder’s business that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than 1 year after becoming payable are not subject to this act.
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 567.236

  • Holder: means a person, wherever organized or domiciled, who is 1 or more of the following:
    (i) In possession of property belonging to another. See Michigan Laws 567.222
  • Owner: means a depositor, in the case of a deposit; a beneficiary, in case of a trust other than a deposit in trust; a creditor, claimant, or payee, in the case of other intangible property; or a person having a legal or equitable interest in property subject to this act. See Michigan Laws 567.222
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