1.    The report filed under section 47-30.2-21 must:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 47-30.2-22

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Verified: means sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. See North Dakota Code 1-01-42

a.    Be signed by or on behalf of the holder and verified as to its completeness and accuracy;     b.    Be filed electronically in a secure format approved by the administrator which protects confidential information of the apparent owner in the same manner as required of the administrator and the administrator’s agent under section 47-30.2-71, 47-30.2-72, and 47-30.2-73; c.    Describe the property; d.    Except for a traveler’s check, money order, or similar instrument, contain the name, if known, last-known address, if known, and social security number or taxpayer identification number, if known or readily ascertainable, of the apparent owner of property with a value of twenty-five dollars or more; e.    For an amount held or owing under a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract, contain the name and last-known address of the insured, annuitant, or other apparent owner of the policy or contract and of the beneficiary; f.    For property held in or removed from a safe deposit box, indicate the location of the property, where it may be inspected by the administrator, and any amounts owed to the holder under section 47-30.2-35; g.    Contain the commencement date for determining abandonment under section 47-30.2-04, 47-30.2-05, 47-30.2-06, 47-30.2-07, 47-30.2-08, 47-30.2-09, 47-30.2-10, 47-30.2-11, 47-30.2-12, 47-30.2-13, and 47-30.2-14; h.    State that the holder has complied with the notice requirements of section 47-30.2-26; i.    Identify property that is a non-freely transferable security and explain why it is a non-freely transferable security; and

j.    Contain other information the commissioner prescribes by rules.

2.    A report under section 47-30.2-21 may include in the aggregate items valued under twenty-five dollars each. If the report includes items in the aggregate valued under twenty-five dollars each, the administrator may not require the holder to provide the name and address of an apparent owner of an item unless the information is necessary to verify or process a claim in progress by the apparent owner.

3.    A report under section 47-30.2-21 may include personal information about the apparent owner or the apparent owner’s property to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state and federal law.

4. The administrator and any state employee conducting an examination on the administrator’s behalf are exempt from chapter 6-08.1.

5.    If a holder has changed the holder’s name while holding property presumed abandoned or is a successor to another person that previously held the property for the apparent owner, the holder shall include in the report under section 47-30.2-21 the holder’s former name or the name of the previous holder, if any, and the known name and address of each previous holder of the property.