556.4  Deposits and refunds held by utilities.

The following funds held or owing by any utility are presumed abandoned:

1.  Any deposit made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment for, or any sum paid in advance for, utility services to be furnished in this state, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled to the deposit for more than one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made.

2.  Any sum which a utility has been ordered to refund and which was received for utility services rendered in this state, together with any interest on the refund, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled to the refund for more than one year after the date it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 556.4]

Section History: Recent form

  83 Acts, ch 191, § 12, 26, 27; 91 Acts, ch 267, §627


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