After the expiration of five (5) years from the date of filing in the office of the chancery clerk of a final order approving the liquidation by the commissioner of any insolvent state trust company and the delivery to the clerk or into the clerk's custody of the records of such state trust company, the same may be destroyed by the chancery clerk.After five (5) years from the filing by the commissioner of a final report of liquidation of any insolvent state trust company, the commissioner may destroy the records of any insolvent state trust company held in the office of the commissioner in connection with the liquidation of such state trust company. However, in connection with any unpaid dividends the commissioner shall preserve the records or other evidence of indebtedness of the trust company with reference to the unpaid dividend until the dividend shall have been paid. Laws, 1998, ch. 437, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.
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