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ABANDONED AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

See also LOST PROPERTY

Agreements to locate property, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.515

All-terrain vehicles, reports about, Minn. Rules 6102.0010

Animals

Abandonment as cruelty, Minn. Statutes 2022 343.20

Veterinarians, animals left with, Minn. Statutes 2022 346.37, 2022 514.93

Archives repositories, property loaned to, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.72

Auctions, see Abandoned and unclaimed property under AUCTIONS

Baggage, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.09 to 2022 345.12

Bail, forfeited bail, Minn. Statutes 2022 484.83, 2022 484.843

Bailments, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.01 to 2022 345.07, 2022 345.14

Banking institutions, reports, Minn. Rules 2885.0600

Banking organizations

Charges on deposits, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.41

Credit unions, Minn. Statutes 2022 52.191

Industrial loan and thrift companies, see Liquidation under INDUSTRIAL LOAN AND THRIFT COMPANIES

Liquidation, see under BANKS

Property presumed abandoned, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32

Savings associations, see Liquidation under SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

Savings banks, see Liquidation under SAVINGS BANKS

Trust companies, see Liquidation under TRUST COMPANIES

Boarding and lodging houses, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Boats, disposal, Minn. Rules 6100.1650

Bonds, religious organizations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.25

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minn. Rules 6140.0800

Building movers, abandonment of buildings, Minn. Statutes 2022 221.81

Buildings, see Vacant buildings under BUILDINGS

Business associations, reports, Minn. Rules 2885.0600

Business associations

Charges on deposits, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.41

Property presumed abandoned, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32

Business corporations, Minn. Statutes 2022 302A.771

Cemeteries, Minn. Statutes 2022 306.243, 2022 306.246

Cemetery lots, see Lots under CEMETERIES

Cities, Minn. Statutes 2022 471.195

Claims against the state

Appropriation to pay, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.49

Determination, Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.50

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.49

Judicial review, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.51

Property destroyed or disposed of, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.525

Commerce Department, powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 45.027

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39

Confiscation

Game and fish laws, Minn. Statutes 2022 97A.223

Sheriff, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.15

Consignments and bailments

Affidavits about, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.03

Court administrators, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.06, 2022 345.14

Inventory, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.04, 2022 345.14

Perishable goods, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.02

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.01

Sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.02 to 2022 345.07

Cooperative associations, see Unclaimed property under COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

County nursing homes, finances, management of, Minn. Statutes 2022 376.58

Court fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 484.83, 2022 484.843

Credit unions

Inactive accounts, Minn. Statutes 2022 52.191

Liquidation, see under CREDIT UNIONS

Cut-off date, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.58

Definitions

Personal property held for another person, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39

Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.31

Delivery to Commerce Department

Department's election to accept, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.52

Lawsuits to compel delivery, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.54

Liability, effect of delivery on, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.44

Limitation periods, effect, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.46

Refusal to deliver, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.44, 2022 345.54, 2022 345.55

Requirement, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.43

Destruction, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.525

Dies and molds, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.20

Dissolution (businesses), unclaimed distributions, Minn. Statutes 2022 302A.771, 2022 317A.771

Dividends, reports of discontinuance, Minn. Rules 2885.0500

Documents, agreements between holders and owners, reports of service charges, Minn. Rules 2885.0400

Financial institutions, reports, Minn. Rules 2885.0600

Financial organizations, see Banking organizations under this topic

Foreign states

Escheat, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.57

Lawsuits to recover for this state, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.485

Reciprocity, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.40

Furnished apartment houses, storage or disposal, liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.31 to 2022 345.60

Holders of

Baggage, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.09 to 2022 345.12

Consignments, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.01 to 2022 345.07, 2022 345.14

Delivery or payment to Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.43

Indemnity, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.44

Records, examination by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.53

Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.41, 2022 345.55

Hotels, storage or disposal, liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Industrial loan and thrift companies, see Liquidation under INDUSTRIAL LOAN AND THRIFT COMPANIES

Insurance companies

Fire insurance companies, abandonment to company, Minn. Statutes 2022 65A.01

Liquidation of assets, unclaimed funds, Minn. Statutes 2022 60B.47

Intangible property, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39

Interest, reports of discontinuance, Minn. Rules 2885.0500

Interpretation, uniformity, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.59

Laws, compliance, residential mortgage originators and servicers, Minn. Statutes 2022 58.06, 2022 58.13

Lawsuits

Recovery, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.485

Statutes of limitation, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.46

Liability

Holders of, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.44

Lodging establishments, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Metropolitan area towns, rubbish removal, Minn. Statutes 2022 368.01

Minnesota Historical Society, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.47, 2022 345.525

Missing employees wages, Minn. Rules 5200.0251

Money orders

Dormancy charges, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.321

Presumed abandonment, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39

Property held by banking or financial organizations or by business associations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.41

Money transmitters, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2022 53B.18

Motor vehicles, see Abandoned vehicles under MOTOR VEHICLES

Museums, property loaned to, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.72

Nonprofit corporations, unclaimed dissolution distributions, Minn. Statutes 2022 317A.771

Notices about, publication, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.42

Off-road vehicles, reports about, Minn. Rules 6102.0010

Owners of

Assertions by, agreements to locate property, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.515

Interest, crediting to owner account, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.451

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.16, 2022 345.41

Passbooks, reports of service charges, Minn. Rules 2885.0400

Personal property tax refunds, Minn. Statutes 2022 276.19

Personal property

State Patrol seizure, notice to owner, disposal, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.16

Tangible personal property generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.75

Tax-forfeited lands, sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 282.04

Pesticides, bulk storage containers, Minn. Rules 1505.3140

Presumptions of abandonment

Banking organizations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32, 2022 345.36

Business associations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.35, 2022 345.36

Courts, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.38

Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.37

Financial organizations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32, 2022 345.36

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39

Life insurance corporations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.33

Limitation periods, effect, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.46

Local governments, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.38

Public corporations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.38

Public officials, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.38

Reciprocity with other states, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.40

Retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.381

Securities, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.35

State warrants, Minn. Statutes 2022 16A.45

Stocks, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.35

Tangible personal property, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.75

Utilities, deposits, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.34

Prisoners, sale, deposit of proceeds, Minn. Statutes 2022 241.09

Probate, distributions, Minn. Statutes 2022 524.3-914

Property tax refunds, Minn. Statutes 2022 276.19

Public premises, property found on, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.15

Public retirement plans, annuities or benefits, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 356.65

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 2885.0200

Radioactive materials, Minn. Rules 4731.0555, 4731.0750

Real estate brokers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 82.80

Real estate tax judgment sales redemption, five-week redemption period, Minn. Statutes 2022 281.173

Real property

Eminent domain proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2022 117.025, 2022 117.0412

Environmental covenants, effect of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2022 114E.40

Receivership property, Minn. Statutes 2022 576.47

Recovery by owner

Consignments or bailments, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.07

Prisoners, Minn. Statutes 2022 241.09

Property abandoned in public places, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.15

Regular statements of deposit, equivalent to statements in statutes, Minn. Rules 2885.0700

Reports about

Failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.55

Limitation periods, effect, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.46

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 45.027, 2022 345.41

Reports

Discontinuance of interest or dividends, Minn. Rules 2885.0500

Holders having no reportable property, Minn. Rules 2885.0800

Property held by banks, financial institutions, or business associations, Minn. Rules 2885.0600

Service charges, Minn. Rules 2885.0400

Residential rental property, abandonment by tenants, landlord rights, Minn. Statutes 2022 504B.271

Resorts, storage or disposal, liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Sale

Procedures, Minn. Statutes 2022 282.04, 2022 345.47

Proceeds, deposits, Minn. Statutes 2022 241.09, 2022 345.16, 2022 345.48

Savings associations, see Liquidation under SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

Savings banks, see Liquidation under SAVINGS BANKS

Securities

Delivery to Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.43

Presumption of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.35

Sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.47

Seizure, Minn. Statutes 2022 97A.223, 2022 345.15, 2022 345.16

Service charges

Defined, Minn. Rules 2885.0300

Reports, Minn. Rules 2885.0400

Sheriff, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.15

Signature cards, reports of service charges, Minn. Rules 2885.0400

State lands, abandonment by purchaser, Minn. Statutes 2022 92.212

State lands, permits to search, Minn. Rules 1245.0400 to 1245.0900

State Patrol, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.16

State warrants, presumption of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2022 16A.45

State-operated services facility residents, Minn. Statutes 2022 246.16

Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.46

Stolen property, Criminal Apprehension Bureau, Minn. Statutes 2022 299C.07

Storage

Baggage, liens, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.10

Lodging establishments, liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Tangible personal property, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.75

Tax reports or regular statements of deposit, Minn. Rules 2885.0700

Tax-forfeited land, abandoned property on, sale of, Minn. Statutes 2022 282.04

Title, transfer at sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.47

Travelers' checks, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.32, 2022 345.41

Trust companies, see Liquidation under TRUST COMPANIES

Unemployment insurance taxes, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2022 268.057

Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.31 to 2022 345.60

Veterans homes, Minn. Statutes 2022 198.23, 2022 198.231

Wages, missing employees, Minn. Rules 5200.0251

Warehouse receipts, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.71

Workers' compensation, presumption of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2022 345.39