Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 35-12-92: Penalties and Enforcement.

(a) A holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article, or fails to perform other duties imposed by this article, shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each business day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(b) A holder who willfully fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article, or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this article, shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each business day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(c) A holder who makes an intentional fraudulent report shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each business day from the date a report under this article was due, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(d) The Treasurer for good cause may waive, in whole or part, penalties under subsections (a) and (b); and shall waive penalties if the holder acted in good faith.
(e) The Attorney General may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this article.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 35 Property.
Chapter 12 Lost or Unclaimed Property.
Article 2A Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act of 2004.

(b) A holder who willfully fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article, or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this article, shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each business day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(c) A holder who makes an intentional fraudulent report shall pay to the Treasurer for credit to the General Fund a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each business day from the date a report under this article was due, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(d) The Treasurer for good cause may waive, in whole or part, penalties under subsections (a) and (b); and shall waive penalties if the holder acted in good faith.

(e) The Attorney General may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this article.

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