Connecticut General Statutes 36a-226a – Termination of contracts for bailment, deposit for hire or lease of safes, vaults or safe deposit boxes. Duties of receiver when property not removed
(a) A contract between a trust bank or uninsured bank in receivership and another person for bailment, of deposit for hire, or for the lease of a safe, vault or safe deposit box terminates on the date specified for removal of property in the notices that were published and mailed in accordance with § 36a-225 or a later date approved by the receiver or the Superior Court. A person who has paid rental or storage charges for a period extending beyond the date designated for removal of property has a claim against such bank’s estate for a refund of the unearned amount paid.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-226a
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Deposit: means funds deposited with a depository. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Uninsured bank: means a Connecticut bank that does not accept retail deposits and for which insurance of deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor agency is not required. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(b) If the property is not removed by the date the contract terminates, the receiver shall inventory the property. In making the inventory, the receiver may open a safe, vault or safe deposit box, or any package, parcel, or receptacle in the custody or possession of the receiver. The property shall be marked to identify, to the extent possible, its owner or the person who left it with the bank. After all property belonging to others that is in the receiver’s custody and control has been inventoried, the receiver shall compile a list that is divided for each office of the bank that received property that remains unclaimed. The receiver shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation in each town in which the bank had an office that received property that remains unclaimed, the list and the names of the owners of the property as shown in the bank’s records. The published notice shall specify a procedure for claiming the property unless the court, on application of the receiver, approves an alternate procedure.