§ 8-12-1 - Report of unclaimed funds in court registries.
SECTION 8-12-1
§ 8-12-1 Report of unclaimed funds incourt registries. – (a) The clerks of the supreme, superior, family, and district courts shall,during the month of July in every even year, return to the state courtadministrator funds which have been on deposit in the registry of therespective court for a period of five (5) years or more next preceding the lastbusiness day of June of the then current year. A sworn statement of all moneyor funds shall also be submitted.
(b) The statement shall contain as to each deposit or fund:
(1) The number and title of the case and the date of theorder entered on the case in accordance with which the money was paid into theregistry of the court;
(2) The name and address of the person, persons, firm, orcorporation who paid the money into the registry of the court so far as thename and address appears of record;
(3) The name and address of the person, persons, firm, orcorporation entitled to the money in the registry so far as the name andaddress appear of record in the case or are otherwise known to the clerk;
(4) The amount and date of the deposit in the registry of thecourt and the amount including accretions from interest or otherwise at thedate of the statement; and
(5) Whether or not any claim to the deposit or fund orportion of the deposit is then being actively prosecuted by any person or hasbeen made during five (5) years next preceding the last business day of themonth of June in the year in which the statement is returned.