(a) The treasurer shall give notice to an apparent owner that property presumed abandoned and that appears to be owned by the apparent owner is held by the treasurer under this part. The treasurer may prescribe by rule a minimum dollar value for items for which notice is sent.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-29-130
Apparent owner: means a person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the owner of property held, issued, or owing by the holder. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
Electronic mail: means any communication of information by electronic means that is automatically retained and stored and may be readily accessed or retrieved. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
Holder: means a person obligated to hold for the account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner of property that is subject to this part. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
Person: means an individual, estate, business association, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 66-29-102
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) In providing notice under subsection (a), the treasurer shall:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b)(2), send written notice by first-class United States mail to each apparent owner of property held by the treasurer, unless the treasurer determines that a mailing by first-class United States mail would not be received by the apparent owner, and, in the case of a security held in an account for which the apparent owner consented to receiving electronic mail from the holder, send notice by electronic mail rather than first-class United States mail if the electronic mail address of the apparent owner is known to the treasurer;(2) Send the notice to the apparent owner’s electronic mail address if the treasurer does not have a valid United States mail address for an apparent owner, but has an electronic mail address that the treasurer does not know to be invalid;(3) Publish every six (6) months in at least one newspaper of general circulation in this state notice of property held by the treasurer that must include:
(A) The total value of property received by the treasurer during the immediately preceding six (6) months, as indicated from the reports filed under § 66-29-123;(B) The total value of claims paid by the treasurer during the immediately preceding six (6) months;(C) The address of the unclaimed property website maintained by the treasurer;(D) A telephone number and electronic mail address to contact the treasurer to inquire about or claim property; and(E) A statement that a person may access the unclaimed property website of the treasurer through a computer to search for unclaimed property and that a computer may be available as a service to the public at a local public library; and(4) Maintain a website or database, accessible by the public, that is electronically searchable and that contains the names reported to the treasurer of all apparent owners for whom property is being held by the treasurer; provided, that the treasurer may prescribe by rule a minimum dollar value for property listed on the website.(c) The website or database maintained under subdivision (b)(4) must include instructions for filing with the treasurer a claim to property.(d) In addition to giving notice under subsection (b), the treasurer may use printed publication, telecommunication, the internet, or other media to inform the public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the treasurer.
