§60-666. Periods of limitation - Effect - Application.
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A. The expiration after September 1, 1991, of any period of time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned property or affect any duty to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the State Treasurer as required by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
B. No action or proceeding may be commenced by the State Treasurer with respect to any duty of a holder under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act more than four
(4)years after the holder files the report pursuant to Section 661 of this title or ten
(10)years after the duty arose, whichever is earlier.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this section or any other provision of law, the expiration of any period of time specified by law during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or recovery of property shall not serve as a defense in any action or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the State Treasurer against any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, for the payment or delivery of any abandoned property to the State Treasurer pursuant
to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act or to enforce or collect any penalty provided by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
D. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall apply to all abandoned property held by any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, at the time of enactment, or at any time thereafter, regardless of when such property became or becomes presumptively abandoned. Added by Laws 1967, c. 107, § 16, emerg. eff. April 24, 1967. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 10, § 12, eff. July 1, 1999.