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Property Types and Abandonment Periods
Properties are identified/communicated by Property Type Codes. The codes start with two letters that identify the group and end with two numbers that identify the type.
| Type of Property | Property Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Wages, Payroll or Salary | MS01 | 1 year |
| Utility Deposits | UT01 | 1 year |
| Current Production of Mineral Interest | MI10 | 0 years |
| Demutualization Cash | SC85 | 1 year |
| Demutualization Shares | SC86 | 1 year |
| Stored Value Cards/Gift Certificates | MS12 | 1 to 3 years |
| Safe Deposit Box Contents | SD01 | 5 years |
| Other Deposit Accounts | AC09 | 5 years |
| Traveler's Checks | CK08 | 15 years |
| All Other Property | (See Detailed List) | 3 years |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Checking accounts | AC01 | 3 years |
| Savings accounts | AC02 | 3 years |
| Matured certificates of deposit | AC03 | 3 years |
| Unidentified deposits | AC07 | 3 years |
| Other deposit accounts | AC09 | 5 years |
| Aggregate Account Balances less than $25 | AC99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Cashier‘s checks | CK01 | 3 years |
| Certified checks | CK02 | 3 years |
| Registered checks | CK03 | 3 years |
| Drafts | CK05 | 3 years |
| Warrants | CK06 | 3 years |
| Money orders | CK07 | 3 years |
| Traveler‘s checks | CK08 | 15 years |
| Foreign exchange checks | CK09 | 3 years |
| Expense checks | CK10 | 3 years |
| Pension checks | CK11 | 3 years |
| Credit checks or memos | CK12 | 3 years |
| Vendor checks | CK13 | 3 years |
| Any other outstanding official checks or exchange items | CK15 | 3 years |
| CD Interest checks | CK16 | 3 years |
| Aggregate Uncashed Checks less than $25 | CK99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Educational savings accounts | CS01 | 3 years |
| Educational savings accounts mutual funds | CS02 | 3 years |
| Educational savings accounts securities | CS03 | 3 years |
| Aggregate Account Balances less than $25 | CS99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Escrow funds | CT01 | 3 years |
| Condemnation awards | CT02 | 3 years |
| Missing heirs‘ funds | CT03 | 3 years |
| Suspense accounts | CT04 | 3 years |
| Any other types of deposits made with a court or public authority | CT05 | 3 years |
| Aggregate court deposits less than $25 | CT99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Health savings accounts | HS01 | 3 year |
| Health savings accounts investment | HS02 | 3 year |
| Aggregate account balances less than $25 | HS99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Individual policy benefits or claim payments | IN01 | 3 years |
| Group policy benefits or claim payments | IN02 | 3 years |
| Death benefits due beneficiaries | IN03 | 3 years |
| Proceeds from matured policies, endowments, or annuities | IN04 | 3 years |
| Premium refunds on individual policies | IN05 | 3 years |
| Unidentified remittances | IN06 | 3 years |
| Other amounts due under policy terms | IN07 | 3 years |
| Agent credit balances | IN08 | 3 years |
| Aggregate insurance property less than $25 | IN99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Cash (IRA, SEP, SARSEP, SIMPLE) | IR01 | 3 years |
| Mutual Funds (IRA, SEP, SARSEP, SIMPLE) | IR02 | 3 years |
| Securities (IRA, SEP, SARSEP, SIMPLE) | IR03 | 3 years |
| Roth IRA Mutual Funds | IR06 | |
| Roth IRA Investments | IR07 | |
| Aggregate account balances less than $25 | IR99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Net revenue interests | MI01 | 3 years |
| Royalties | MI02 | 3 years |
| Overriding royalties | MI03 | 3 years |
| Production payments | MI04 | 3 years |
| Working interests | MI05 | 3 years |
| Bonuses | MI06 | 3 years |
| Delay rentals | MI07 | 3 years |
| Shut-in royalties | MI08 | 3 years |
| Minimum royalties | MI09 | 3 years |
| Current production payments | MI10 | 0 years |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Wages, payroll or salary | MS01 | 1 year |
| Commissions | MS02 | 3 years |
| Worker’s compensation benefits | MS03 | 3 years |
| Payment for goods and services | MS04 | 3 years |
| Customer overpayments | MS05 | 3 years |
| Unidentified remittances | MS06 | 3 years |
| Unrefunded overcharges | MS07 | 3 years |
| Accounts payable | MS08 | 3 years |
| Accounts receivable credit balances | MS09 | 3 years |
| Discounts due | MS10 | 3 years |
| Refunds/rebates due | MS11 | 3 years |
| Stored value cards/gift certificates | MS12 | 1 to 3 years |
| Cash loan collateral | MS13 | 3 years |
| Sums payable under pension and profit sharing plans (KEOGH) | MS14 | 3 years |
| Property distributable in the course of involuntary dissolution or liquidation | MS15 | 3 years |
| Any other miscellaneous outstanding checks | MS16 | 3 years |
| Any other miscellaneous intangible personal property | MS17 | 3 years |
| Aggregate miscellaneous property less than $25 | MS99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends | SC01 | 3 years |
| Interest payable on registered bonds | SC02 | 3 years |
| Funds paid toward the purchase of shares or interest in a financial or business organization | SC06 | 3 years |
| Bearer bond interest and matured principal | SC07 | 3 years |
| Undelivered physical (RPO) shares | SC08 | 3 years |
| Cash for fractional shares | SC09 | 3 years |
| Unexchanged stock of successor corporation | SC10 | 3 years |
| Any other certificates of ownership | SC11 | 3 years |
| Underlying shares | SC12 | 3 years |
| Funds for liquidation/redemption of unsurrendered stocks or bonds | SC13 | 3 years |
| Debenture | SC14 | 3 years |
| U.S. Government securities | SC15 | 3 years |
| Book-entry mutual fund shares | SC16 | 3 years |
| Warrants or rights | SC17 | 3 years |
| Matured principal on registered bonds | SC18 | 3 years |
| Dividend reinvestment plans | SC19 | 3 years |
| Credit balances | SC20 | 3 years |
| Book Entry Shares | SC41 | 3 years |
| Nontransferable Securities held by broker/dealer | SC42 | 3 years |
| Demutualization cash | SC85 | 1 year |
| Demutualization shares | SC86 | 1 year |
| Aggregate securities-related cash balances less than $25 | SC99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Contents of safe deposit boxes held by depositories | SD01 | 5 years |
| Safekeeping property | SD02 | 3 years |
| Other tangible property | SD03 | 3 years |
| Tangible unclaimed loan collateral | SD04 | 3 years |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Paying agent accounts | TR01 | 3 years |
| Undelivered dividends or uncashed dividends | TR02 | 3 years |
| Funds held in a fiduciary capacity | TR03 | 3 years |
| Escrow accounts | TR04 | 3 years |
| Trust vouchers | TR05 | 3 years |
| Pre-need funeral plans | TR06 | 3 years |
| Earnest money | TR07 | 3 years |
| Aggregated trust property less than $25 | TR99 |
| Property Type | Code | Abandonment Period |
|---|---|---|
| Utility deposits | UT01 | 1 year |
| Membership fees | UT02 | 3 years |
| Refunds or rebates | UT03 | 3 years |
| Capital credit distributions | UT04 | 3 years |
| Aggregated utility property less than $25 | UT99 |