Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-680: Interest - Penalties - Waiver or remittance
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- Title 60
A. A person who fails to pay or deliver property within the
time prescribed by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be
required to pay interest at the annual rate of ten percent (10%) on
the property or value thereof from the date the property should have
been paid or delivered.
B. In addition to the penalty imposed in subsection A of this
section, a person who willfully fails to render any report or
deliver property or perform any other duties required under the
Uniform Unclaimed Property Act may be required to pay a civil
penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day the report is
withheld or the duty is not performed, but not more than Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. A person who willfully fails to pay or deliver property to
the State Treasurer as required under the Uniform Unclaimed Property
Act may be required to pay a civil penalty equal to twenty-five
percent (25%) of the value of the property that should have been
paid or delivered.
D. A person who willfully refuses after written demand by the
State Treasurer to pay or deliver property to the State Treasurer as
required under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine of not
less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than six (6)
months, or both.
E. The interest or penalty or any portion thereof, as imposed
by subsection A, B or C of this section, may be waived or remitted
by the State Treasurer if the person’s failure to pay abandoned
funds or deliver property is satisfactorily explained to the State
Treasurer or if such failure has resulted from a mistake by the
person of either the law or the facts subjecting that person to pay
abandoned funds or deliver property subject to the Uniform Unclaimed
Property Act, or inability to pay such interest or penalty resulting
from insolvency. The State Treasurer shall promulgate rules in
accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act requiring the
identification and recording of those circumstances under which
interest or penalty, as imposed by subsection A, B, or C of this
section, may be waived. The State Treasurer may also authorize
amnesty programs to promote voluntary compliance with the Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act, and may participate and cooperate with other
state administrators of abandoned or unclaimed property programs in
nationwide amnesty programs. For purposes of this section, amnesty
programs are programs in which potential holders of unclaimed
property are granted waivers of interest and civil penalties if they
voluntarily begin to comply with the reporting requirements of the
state’s unclaimed property laws.
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