The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 27 : Property
Chapter 018 : Unclaimed Property
Subchapter 002 : Presumption of Abandonment
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 1463)-
§ 1463. When other tax-deferred account presumed abandoned
Subject to section 1469 of this title and except for property described in section 1462 of this title and property held in a plan described in 26 U.S.C. § 529A, as may be amended, property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for tax deferral under the income tax laws of the United States is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner three years after the earlier of:
(1) the date, if determinable by the holder, specified in the income tax laws and regulations of the United States by which distribution of the property must begin to avoid a tax penalty, with no distribution having been made; or
(2) 30 years after the date the account was opened. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
