Abandoned Property Dormancy Periods in North Carolina
Business Finance
| Property Type |
Presumed Abandoned After |
| Bank account |
Demand and savings deposits: five years
Time deposits: 10 years. |
| Checks or drafts |
no specific provision |
| Demutualization proceeds |
three years |
| Gift certificates, gift cards, and credit memos |
gift certificates and electronic gift cards with an expiration date: three years after they are sold
Customer credit: three years |
| Insurance policies |
Life or annuity policies: three years |
| IRAs or retirement funds |
IRAs and defined benefit plan funds: three years |
| Money orders |
seven years |
| Other intangible personal property not otherwise specified |
amounts paid on unclaimed lay-aways: three years
Debts of business associations: five years
Other intangible personal property: five 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 |
one year |
| Property held by fiduciaries |
no specific provision |
| Safe deposit boxes |
two years |
| Shares in a financial institution |
no specific provision |
| Stocks, dividends, and distributions |
three years |
| Traveler's checks |
15 years |
| Deposits and advances owed utility company customer |
deposits and refunds: one year |
| Wages or salaries |
two years |
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