Disposition of safe deposit on voluntary liquidation

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SD Code › Title 51A › Chapter 15 › Section 51A-15-5

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The contents of safe deposit boxes which have not been removed within thirty days after demand shall be opened and the contents dealt with in the manner provided for boxes upon which the payment of rental is in default and the sealed packages containing the contents and the certificates together with any other unclaimed property held by the bank as bailee and certified inventories thereof shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall retain it for one year unless sooner claimed by the person entitled thereto. After one year the state treasurer shall dispose of the property pursuant to chapter 43-41B .

Source: SL 1969, ch 11, § 13.2 (4); SL 1974, ch 301, § 3; SDCL, § 51-27-5.

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