(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the apparent owner e-mail or the holder believes that the apparent owner's e-mail address in the holder's records is not valid.
(b) The holder receives notification that the e-mail was not received.
(c) The apparent owner does not respond to the e-mail within 30 days from the date on which the e-mail was sent.
(4) If 1st class mail sent under sub. (3) is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable, the property is presumed abandoned on the date determined under sub. (1).
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54. 177.0203 of the statutes is created to read:
177.0203 When other tax-deferred account presumed abandoned. Subject to s. 177.0210, and except for property described under s. 177.0202 and property held in a plan described in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code, property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for federal income tax deferral under the Internal Revenue Code is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner 3 years after the earliest of the following:
(1) The date specified under the Internal Revenue Code or by federal regulation by which the distribution of property must begin in order to avoid a penalty, if no such distribution has been made.
(2) Thirty years after the date on which the account was opened.
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55. 177.0204 of the statutes is created to read:
177.0204 When custodial account for a minor presumed abandoned. (1) Subject to s. 177.0210, property held in an account established under any state's uniform gifts to minors act or uniform transfers to minors act is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by or on behalf of the minor on whose behalf the account was opened 3 years after the later of the following:
(a) If the date on which the minor's custodian is required to transfer the property to the minor has passed, the date on which a 2nd consecutive communication sent by the holder by 1st class mail to the minor's custodian is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable.
(b) If the date on which the minor's custodian is required to transfer the property to the minor has passed and if the 2nd communication is sent by the holder to the minor's custodian later than 30 days after the date on which the first communication is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable, the date on which the first communication was returned as undeliverable.
(c) The date on which the minor's custodian is required to transfer the property to the minor or the minor's estate in accordance with the uniform gifts to minors act or uniform transfers to minors act of the state in which the account was opened.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the custodian by 1st class mail, as described in sub. (1), the holder shall attempt to confirm the custodian's interest in the property by sending the custodian e-mail not later than 2 years after the custodian's last indication of interest in the property, except that the holder shall promptly attempt to contact the custodian by 1st class mail if any of the following applies:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the custodian e-mail or the holder believes that the custodian's e-mail address in the holder's records is not valid.
(b) The holder receives notification that the e-mail was not received.
(c) The custodian does not respond to the e-mail within 30 days from the date on which the e-mail was sent.
(3) If 1st class mail sent under sub. (2) is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable, the property is presumed abandoned on the date determined under sub. (1).
(4) The property in the account described under sub. (1) is not subject to this section after the property is transferred to the minor or the minor's estate.
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56. 177.0205 of the statutes is created to read:
177.0205 When contents of safe deposit box presumed abandoned. Tangible property held in a safe deposit box and proceeds from a sale of the property by the holder permitted by law of this state other than this chapter are presumed abandoned if the property remains unclaimed by the apparent owner 5 years after the earliest of the following:
(1) The expiration of the lease or rental period for the box.
(2) The earliest date when the lessor of the box is authorized by contract or law of this state other than this chapter to enter the box and remove or dispose of the contents without consent or authorization of the lessee.
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57. 177.0207 of the statutes is created to read:
177.0207 When security presumed abandoned. (1) Subject to s. 177.0210, a security is presumed to be abandoned 3 years after the following:
(a) The date on which a 2nd consecutive communication sent by the holder by 1st class mail to the apparent owner is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable.
(b) If the 2nd communication is sent by the holder to the apparent owner later than 30 days after the date on which the first communication is returned to the holder by the U.S. postal service as undeliverable, the date on which the first communication was returned as undeliverable.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the apparent owner of the security by 1st class mail, as described in sub. (1), the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's interest in the security by sending the apparent owner e-mail not later than 2 years after the apparent owner's last indication of interest in the security, except that the holder shall promptly attempt to contact the apparent owner by 1st class mail if any of the following applies:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the apparent owner e-mail or the holder believes that the apparent owner's e-mail address in the holder's records is not valid.