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The 2026 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 717
FLORIDA DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY ACT
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F.S. 717.103
717.103 General rules for taking custody of intangible abandoned property.Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute of this state, intangible property is subject to the custody of the department as abandoned property when the conditions leading to a presumption that the property is abandoned as described in ss. 717.102 and 717.105-717.116 are satisfied and the holder has fulfilled all required due diligence obligations without receiving any response or claim from the apparent owner, and one or more of the following criteria apply:
(1) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in this state.
(2) The records of the holder do not identify the name of the apparent owner, but do reflect that the last known address of the apparent owner is in this state.
(3) The records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner, but it is established that either of the following conditions apply:
(a) The last known address of the apparent owner is in this state.
(b) The holder is domiciled in this state, or is a government entity or subdivision of this state, and has not previously paid the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner.
(4) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a jurisdiction that does not have applicable escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property laws, and the holder is domiciled in this state or is a government entity or governmental subdivision or agency of this state.
(5) The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the holder is domiciled in this state or is a government entity or governmental subdivision of this state.
(6) The transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this state and both of the following are true:
(a) The last known address of the apparent owner is unknown.
(b) The holder is domiciled in a jurisdiction that does not have applicable escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property laws.
History.s. 4, ch. 87-105; s. 3, ch. 2001-36; s. 37, ch. 2026-174.