Delivery of property to attorney general

Sec. 29. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon filing a report under section 18 of this chapter, the holder shall pay or deliver to the attorney general the property described in the report. (b) If property in a report under section 18 of this chapter is an automatically renewable deposit and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result from paying the deposit to the attorney general at the time of the report, the date for payment of the property to the attorney general is extended until a penalty or forfeiture no longer would result from payment. (c) Tangible property in a safe deposit box shall be delivered to the attorney general not later than thirty (30) days after filing the report under section 18 of this chapter. (d) If property reported to the attorney general under section 18 of this chapter is a security, the attorney general may: (1) make an endorsement, instruction, or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer, its transfer agent, or the securities intermediary to transfer the security; or (2) dispose of the security under section 38 of this chapter. (e) If the holder of property reported to the attorney general under section 18 of this chapter is the issuer of a certificated security, the attorney general may obtain a replacement certificate in physical or book entry form under IC 26-1-8.1-405. An indemnity bond is not required. (f) The attorney general shall establish procedures for the registration, issuance, method of delivery, transfer, and maintenance of securities delivered to the attorney general by a holder. (g) An issuer, holder, and transfer agent or other person acting under this section under instructions of and on behalf of the issuer or holder is not liable to the apparent owner for, and must be indemnified by the state against, a claim arising with respect to property after property has been delivered to the attorney general. (h) A holder is not required to deliver to the attorney general a security identified by the holder as a non-freely transferable security. If the attorney general or holder determines that a security is no longer a non-freely transferable security, the holder shall deliver the security on the next regular date prescribed for delivery of securities under this chapter. The holder shall make a determination annually whether a security identified in a report filed under section 18 of this chapter as a non-freely transferable security is no longer a non-freely transferable security.