Vermont § 1461 - When property presumed abandoned Subject to section 1469 of this title, the following property is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period specified below:
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§ 1461. When property presumed abandoned Subject to section 1469 of this title, the following property is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period specified below:
- (1) a traveler’s check, 15 years after issuance; (2) a money order, seven years after issuance; (3) a state or municipal bond, bearer bond, or original-issue-discount bond, three years
after the earliest of the date the bond matures or is called or the obligation to
pay the principal of the bond arises; (4) a debt of a business association, three years after the obligation to pay arises; (5) a payroll card or demand, savings, or time deposit, including a deposit that is automatically
renewable, three years after the maturity of the deposit, except a deposit that is
automatically renewable is deemed matured on its initial date of maturity unless the
apparent owner consented in a record on file with the holder to renewal at or about
the time of the renewal; (6) money or a credit owed to a customer as a result of a retail business transaction,
three years after the obligation arose; (7) an amount owed by an insurance company on a life or endowment insurance policy or
an annuity contract that has matured or terminated, three years after the obligation
to pay arose under the terms of the policy or contract or, if a policy or contract
for which an amount is owed on proof of death has not matured by proof of the death
of the insured or annuitant, as follows: (A) with respect to an amount owed on a life or endowment insurance policy, three years
after the earlier of the date:
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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