§ 556.9

556.9 Miscellaneous personal property held for another person — wages — gift certificates. 1. a. All intangible personal property, not otherwise covered by this chapter, including any income or increment earned on the property and deducting any lawful charges, that isheld or owing in this state in the ordinary course of the holder’s business and has remainedunclaimed by the owner for more than three years after it became payable or distributable ispresumed abandoned. b. Unpaid wages, including wages represented by payroll checks or other compensation for personal services owing in the ordinary course of the holder’s business that remainunclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumedabandoned. c. Except as provided in subsection 2, funds represented by a gift certificate balance that has not been presented within five years from the date of issuance of the gift certificate arepresumed abandoned. 2. a. An issuer of a gift certificate shall not deduct from the face value of the gift certificate any charge imposed due to the failure of the owner of the gift certificate to present the giftcertificate in a timely manner, unless a valid and enforceable

rom the face value of the gift certificate any charge imposed due to the failure of the owner of the gift certificate to present the giftcertificate in a timely manner, unless a valid and enforceable written contract exists betweenthe issuer and the owner of the gift certificate pursuant to which the issuer regularly imposessuch charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them. b. Notwithstanding the time limitation in subsection 1, a gift certificate redeemable for merchandise only that is not subject to an expiration date and that is not subject to a deductionfrom the face value of the gift certificate for failure of the owner of the gift certificate topresent the gift certificate in a timely manner, or subject to any other charge or service fee,which card remains unpresented, shall continue in force and be eligible for presentation foran indefinite period of time, and shall not be subject to a presumption of abandonment. c. For purposes of this section, 'gift certificate' means a merchandise certificate or electronic gift card conspicuously designated as a gift certificate or electronic gift card, andgenerally purchased by a buyer for use by a person other than

icate' means a merchandise certificate or electronic gift card conspicuously designated as a gift certificate or electronic gift card, andgenerally purchased by a buyer for use by a person other than the buyer. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.9]84 Acts, ch 1295, §13; 2002 Acts, ch 1059, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 46, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1011, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1089, §1, 2 Referred to in §556.9B, 556.10 Sat Dec 23 11:04:26 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 556.9 (19, 0)