Abandoned Property Dormancy Periods in New Jersey
Business Finance
| Property Type |
Presumed Abandoned After |
| Bank account |
three years |
| Checks or drafts |
three years |
| Demutualization proceeds |
three years |
| Gift certificates, gift cards, and credit memos |
credit memos: three years |
| Insurance policies |
Life or annuity policies: three years.
The presumed maturity of an insurance policy is two years.
|
| IRAs or retirement funds |
IRAs and defined benefit plan funds: three years
Non-traditional retirement accounts: three years after the second mailing to the owner has been returned undeliverable |
| Money orders |
seven years |
| Other intangible personal property not otherwise specified |
three years |
| Proceeds from class action suits |
one year |
| Property distributable by a business association in the course of dissolution |
one year |
| Property held by courts or public agencies |
property held by a New Jersey court or county: 10 years
property held by other courts or public agencies: one year |
| Property held by fiduciaries |
three years |
| Safe deposit boxes |
five years |
| Shares in a financial institution |
three years |
| Stocks, dividends, and distributions |
three years |
| Traveler's checks |
15 years |
| Deposits and advances owed utility company customer |
one year |
| Wages or salaries |
one year |
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