Vermont § 1464 - When custodial account for minor presumed abandoned

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§ 1464. When custodial account for minor presumed abandoned

  • (a) Subject to section 1469 of this title, property held in an account established under a 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 three years after
    the later of: (1) except as in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the date a second consecutive communication
    sent by the holder by first-class U.S. mail to the custodian of the minor on whose
    behalf the account was opened is returned undelivered to the holder by the U.S. Postal
    Service; (2) if the second communication is sent later than 30 days after the date the first communication
    is returned undelivered, the date the first communication was returned undelivered;
    or (3) the date on which the 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. (b) If the holder does not send communications to the custodian of the minor on whose
    behalf an account described in subsection (a) of this section was opened by first-class
    U.S. mail, the holder shall attempt to confirm the custodian’s interest in the property
    by sending the custodian an electronic-mail communication not later than two years
    after the custodian’s last indication of interest in the property. However, the holder
    promptly shall attempt to contact the custodian by first-class U.S. mail if: (1) the holder does not have information needed to send the custodian an electronic-mail
    communication or the holder believes that the custodian’s electronic-mail address
    in the holder’s records is not valid; (2) the holder receives notification that the electronic-mail communication was not received;
    or (3) the custodian does not respond to the electronic-mail communication not later than
    30 days after the communication was sent. (c) If first-class U.S. mail sent under subsection (b) of this section is returned undelivered
    to the holder by the U.S. Postal Service, the property is presumed abandoned three
    years after the later of: (1) the date a second consecutive communication to contact the custodian by first-class
    U.S. mail is returned to the holder undelivered by the U.S. Postal Service; or (2) the date established by subdivision (a)(3) of this section. (d) When the property in the account described in subsection (a) of this section is transferred
    to the minor on whose behalf an account was opened or to the minor’s estate, the property
    in the account is no longer subject to this section. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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