Unclaimed Property Dormancy Periods vary within a state based on types of Unclaimed Property and the holder’s industry. Unclaimed Property Dormancy Periods can also vary from state to state and are typically between three and five years for the most common types of Unclaimed Property.
Below are links to each state’s website that contain Unclaimed Property Dormancy Periods (timeframes when funds become Unclaimed Property) – updated July 2012:
- Alabama – generally 3 years: http://www.moneyquest.alabama.gov/uploadedFiles/Report_Property/Beginners_Guide/Reporting_Codes/ALABAMA%20DORMANCY%20PERIOD%20GUIDE-2009.pdf?n=3330
- Alaska – generally 3 years: http://treasury.dor.alaska.gov/programs/documentviewer/viewer.aspx?13f
- Arizona – generally 2-3 years: http://www.azunclaimed.gov/ArizonaUnclaimedPropertyNotice.html
- Arkansas – generally 5 years: http://auditor.ar.gov/unclaimedProperty/Pages/dormancyPeriods.aspx
- California – generally 3 years: http://www.sco.ca.gov/Files-UPD/outreach_rptg_hol_dormancy.pdf
- Colorado – generally 5 years: https://www.colorado.gov/treasury/gcp/generalreportinginfo.html
- Connecticut – generally 3 years: http://www.state.ct.us/ott/ucpdocs/PropertyCodewithDormancy121111.pdf
- District of Columbia – generally 3 years: http://www.cfo.dc.gov/cfo/lib/cfo/unclaimed_property_instruction_booklet713.pdf (page 14)
- Delaware – generally 5 years: http://finance.delaware.gov/publications/fiscal_notebook_05/Section07/escheat.pdf
- Florida – generally 5 years: https://www.fltreasurehunt.org/files/Reporting-Instructions-Manual-2011.pdf (page 30)
- Georgia – generally 5 years: https://etax.dor.ga.gov/ptd/ucp/pdf/LGS_Unclaimed_Property_Annual_Filing_Report_for_Government_Entities_2012.pdf
- Hawaii – generally 5 years
- Idaho – generally 5 years : http://www.sto.idaho.gov/Resources/Docs/UCP_PropertyTypeCodesAndDormancyPeriods.pdf
- Illinois – generally 5 years : http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2228&ChapAct=765%C2%A0ILCS%C2%A01025/&ChapterID=62&ChapterName=PROPERTY&ActName=Uniform+Disposition+of+Unclaimed+Property+Act.#top
- Indiana – generally 3 years: http://ucp.indianaunclaimed.com/attorneygeneral/ucp/files/NAUPA_codes.pdf
- Iowa – generally 3 years: http://www.treasurer.state.ia.us/media/cms/2012_Holder_Manual_5B170BB183D3C.pdf (page 11)
- Kansas – generally 5 years: http://www.kansascash.com/prodweb/files/up/dormancy_table.pdf
- Kentucky – generally 5 years: http://www.kytreasury.com/NR/rdonlyres/F859A0AD-6A72-4D97-95D2-D233AD522CE4/0/UnclaimedPropertyBooklet20121.pdf (page 5)
- Louisiana – generally 3 or 5 years: http://www.treasury.state.la.us/Unclaimed%20Property/Louisiana%20Unclaimed%20Property%20Act.pdf
- Maine – generally 3 years: http://www.maine.gov/treasurer/unclaimed_property/report_property/dormancy.html
- Maryland – generally 3 years: http://compnet.comp.state.md.us/Compliance_Division/Unclaimed_Property/Reporting_Unclaimed_Property/Holder_Information.shtml
- Massachusetts – generally 3 years: http://www.mass.gov/treasury/docs/abp/abanpropbook.pdf (page 20)
- Michigan – generally 3 years: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/treasury/Unclaimed_Property_Dormancy_Chart_342406_7.pdf
- Minnesota – generally 3 years: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=345&view=chapter
- Mississippi – generally 5 years: http://www.treasury.state.ms.us/unclaimed/docs/up/Unclaimed%20Property%20Act.pdf (page 4)
- Missouri – generally 5 years: http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/remitunclaimedproperty.aspx#faq5
- Montana – generally 5 years: http://revenue.mt.gov/content/forbusinesses/unclaimed_property/holders_unclaimed_property/Property_Codes_Dormancy_Periods.pdf
- Nebraska – generally 5 years: http://www.treasurer.org/documents/up/pubholderform.pdf (page 1)
- Nevada – generally 3 years: https://nevadatreasurer.gov/Documents/Unclaimed/UP_HolderReportingManual.pdf (page 14)
- New Hampshire – generally 5 years: http://www.nh.gov/treasury/Divisions/AP/APfaq.htm
- New Jersey – generally 3 years: http://www.unclaimedproperty.nj.gov/pdf/abandon.pdf
- New Mexico – generally 5 years: http://www.tax.newmexico.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/rpd-41200.pdf (page 4)
- New York – generally 3 years: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/handbook_online/MyWebHelp/ (“Calendar of Events and Property Type Tables” – “Property Type Tables”)
- North Carolina – generally 3 or 5 years: https://www.nctreasurer.com/upp/Resources/UnclaimedPropertyManual.pdf (page 10)
- North Dakota – generally 3 years: http://www.land.nd.gov/UnclaimedProperty/HolderInstructions.aspx
- Ohio – generally 3 or 5 years: http://www.com.ohio.gov/unfd/docs/unfd_AnnualReportOfUnclaimedFunds.pdf (page 28)
- Oklahoma – generally 5 years: http://www.ok.gov/treasurer/documents/VerificationChecklist.pdf
- Oregon – generally 3 years: http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/UP/Pages/upholders.aspx
- Pennsylvania – generally 5 years: http://www.patreasury.gov/assets/pdf/UnclaimedProperty-DormancyMatrixPA.pdf
- Rhode Island – generally 3 years: http://www.treasury.ri.gov/pdfs/HoldersPackage031307.pdf (page 3)
- South Carolina – generally 5 years: http://www.treasurer.sc.gov/Unclaimed%20Property/dormancy2011.pdf
- South Dakota – generally 5 years: https://www.sdtreasurer.gov/templates/sdtreasurerfactor360com/asp/dormancy.pdf
- Tennessee – generally 5 years: http://www.treasury.state.tn.us/unclaim/PDFs/UCP-Book.pdf (page 9)
- Texas – generally 3 years: http://www.window.state.tx.us/up/reporting.html
- Utah – generally 3 years: http://www.up.utah.gov/docs/ST-1$ST-2.pdf (page 2)
- Vermont – generally 5 years: http://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/sites/treasurer/files/pdf/unclaimed/HolderManualUnclaimedProperty.pdf (page 25)
- Virginia – generally 5 years: http://www.trs.virginia.gov/ucp/holder/dormancy.aspx
- Washington – generally 3 years: http://dor.wa.gov/docs/pubs/ucp/abandonm.pdf
- West Virginia – generally 5 years: http://www.wvsto.com/dept/UP/Documents/UPBooklet.pdf (page 26)
- Wisconsin – generally 5 years: http://www.statetreasury.wisconsin.gov/docview.asp?docid=23323&locid=155 (page 8)
- Wyoming – generally 5 years: http://treasurer.state.wy.us/pdf/PropertyTypeCodes-Dormancy.pdf