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South Carolina Code of Laws

CHAPTER 18. UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT

(18) "Unclaimed" property includes: (a) checks or drafts mailed to an owner and returned as undeliverable, or (b) checks or drafts mailed to an owner and not presented for payment. SECTION 27-18-30. Property presumed abandoned; demand for payment not required. (A) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after it became payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. (B) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment. (C) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all patronage allocations less lawful charges that are held, issued, or owing by entities organized under the provisions of Chapter 49 of Title 33 that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than seven years after becoming payable or distributable are presumed abandoned.