South Carolina Code 27-18-30. Property presumed abandoned; demand for payment not required
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(A) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder‘s business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after it became payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.
(B) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner’s failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 27-18-30
- Holder: means a person, wherever organized or domiciled, who is:
(a) in possession of property belonging to another;
(b) a trustee; or
(c) indebted to another on an obligation. See South Carolina Code 27-18-20 - 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 chapter or his legal representative. See South Carolina Code 27-18-20