MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Banking and Financial Services
By: Representative Aguirre
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX ESCHEATMENT PROCESS; TO REQUIRE BANKS AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT PAID RENT FOR THEIR SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES; TO AUTHORIZE SUCH BANKS AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OPEN THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX AFTER PROPER NOTICE; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TREASURER TO RECEIVE CONTENTS FROM THE ABANDONED SAFE DEPOSIT BOX AND SELL THE CONTENTS AT PUBLIC AUCTION; TO AMEND SECTION 89-12-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "LAST KNOWN ADDRESS" AND "LAWFUL CHARGES" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 89-12-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MODERNIZE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABANDONED AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY UNDER THE UNIFORM DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 81-5-64, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) If the rental payment for a safe deposit box in a bank or other financial organization located in the State of Mississippi is delinquent for at least one (1) year, the lessor may send written notice by first-class United States mail, and by electronic notice if the lessor maintains an electronic mail address for the lessee in its records, to the address on file for the subject box informing the lessee that the lessor will remove the contents of the box if the rent is not paid before a date specified in the notice. The date specified in the notice may not be fewer than sixty (60) days from the date the notice was sent.
(2) The notice under subsection (1) of this section must:
(a) Contain a heading that reads substantially as follows: "Notice: The State of Mississippi requires us to notify you that your property may be transferred to the custody of the state and disposed of by the State Treasurer if you do not contact us within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice.";
(b) State that the property will be turned over to the State Treasurer if payment is not made before the date specified;
(c) State that, after the property is turned over to the state, an apparent owner that seeks return of the property must file a claim with the State Treasurer;
(d) Identify any owners of the property;
(e) Identify the nature of the property that is the subject of the notice;
(f) State that property that is not legal tender of the United States may be sold by the State Treasurer; and
(g) Provide instructions that the apparent owner must follow to prevent the holder from reporting and paying or delivering the property to the State Treasurer.
As used in this subsection (2), "apparent owner" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 89-12-3.
(3) A lessor that, in good faith, substantially complies with the notice requirements in this section is presumed not to have violated this section.
(4) If the rent due is not paid before the date specified in the notice, the lessor may open the box in the presence of two (2) employees, at least one (1) of whom must be an officer of the financial institution. The lessor shall inventory the contents of the box in detail as provided by the reporting instructions established by the State Treasurer under Section 3 of this act and place the contents of the box in a sealed envelope or container bearing the name of the lessee to be held in the vault of the lessor until the contents are escheated to the State Treasurer's office.
(5) The lessor has a lien on the package and its contents to the extent of any rent due and owing plus the actual, reasonable costs of removing the contents from the box and other lawful charges.
SECTION 2. All property held in a safe deposit box located in Mississippi, on which the lease or rental period has expired due to nonpayment of rent under Section 1 of this act, or for other reasons, and has been unclaimed by the owner for two (2) or more years from the date on which the lease or rental period expired, shall be presumed abandoned and escheated in accordance with Section 3 of this act if the notice requirements in Section 1 of this act have been met. The presumption of abandonment shall apply with respect to boxes that have been drilled before the effective date of this legislation, pursuant to Section 81-5-64, an applicable lease agreement, or other applicable authority, if two (2) or more years have passed and, if the last known address is known to the lessor, notice meeting the requirements of Section 1 of this act has been sent to such address.
SECTION 3. (1) Any lessor who removes the contents from a safe deposit box in accordance with Section 1 of this act shall report the contents to the State Treasurer no later than November 1st of the year following the year in which the contents of the box were eligible for escheatment in accordance with Section 2 of this act. The contents from such boxes shall be reported separately from any other type of unclaimed property reported to the State Treasurer by the lessor. The State Treasurer shall create a separate and distinct unclaimed property report form for the reporting of safe deposit box contents.
(2) The State Treasurer shall establish a process and timeline for the delivery of contents listed in any reports of unclaimed safe deposit box contents filed before January 1, 2027.
(3) At the time a report of unclaimed safe deposit box contents is filed with the State Treasurer's office after January 1, 2027, the State Treasurer shall assign a delivery date to the lessor that is not more than one (1) calendar year after the filing date of the report, for delivery of the contents to the State Treasurer's office. The lessor shall receive notice no less than thirty (30) days before the date scheduled for delivery.
(4) If the lessee contacts the lessor to claim the contents of the safe deposit box before the scheduled delivery date, an updated report shall be included with the delivery that excludes such contents from those delivered to the State Treasurer's office.
(5) Any lessor who has delivered property, including a certificate of interest of any interest in a business association, other than money, to the State Treasurer pursuant to this section may reclaim the property, if still in the possession of the State Treasurer's office, without payment of any fee or other charges, upon filing proof that the owner has claimed the property from the holder.
(6) (a) If after investigation the State Treasurer, in its sole discretion, determines that the property delivered from a safe deposit box has insubstantial commercial value, the State Treasurer may destroy or otherwise dispose of the property at any time after the sixtieth day from the date the State Treasurer took custody of the property. No action or proceeding may be maintained against the state or any officer or against the holder due to action taken by the State Treasurer or the holder under this section.
(b) As used in paragraph (a) of this subsection (6), "insubstantial commercial value" means property that has a value less than the probable cost of the sale of the property, as estimated by the State Treasurer.
(7) Notwithstanding subsection (6) of this section, any military awards, medals or decorations among the contents of any safe deposit box shall not be sold, but shall be retained by the State Treasurer until claimed by the lessee of the safe deposit box or the lessee's estate or released to a person or entity lawfully entitled to possession thereof. The State Treasurer shall establish the procedures and requirements for delivery and reporting under this section on or before January 1, 2027. The State Treasurer shall make reasonable efforts to work with any other entities, including other states or federal agencies, as applicable, to locate the person or entity lawfully entitled to any such military awards, medals or decorations.
(8) Notwithstanding subsection (6) of this section, the State Treasurer shall establish the procedures and requirements for the disposition of any firearms and ammunition or hazardous or illegal contents delivered to the State Treasurer pursuant to this section.
(9) For any property of more than insubstantial commercial value delivered to the State Treasurer under this section, the State Treasurer shall conduct a public sale of the abandoned property.
(10) Property received by the State Treasurer's office under this section is subject to the holder's right to be reimbursed for the actual cost of opening the safe deposit box and to any valid lien or contract providing for reimbursement to the holder for unpaid rent, storage charges and any other lawful charges incurred in connection with such safe deposit box lease. The State Treasurer shall reimburse the holder from the proceeds remaining after the deduction of the cost incurred by the State Treasurer for the sale.
(11) The State Treasurer shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to enforce this section.
SECTION 4. (1) Once reported property is delivered to the State Treasurer under this act, the state shall assume custody of the property and responsibility for its safekeeping. Any person who pays or delivers unclaimed property to the State Treasurer's office in accordance with this act shall not be liable under this act.
(2) If the lessor delivers property to the State Treasurer's office in good faith and, after delivery, a person claims the property or another state claims the property under its laws relating to escheat or unclaimed property, the State Treasurer, upon written notice of claim, shall defend the holder against any liability on the claim, pursuant to Section 89-12-31.
(3) The Treasurer and the State of Mississippi are not liable for damages incurred while the property or the proceeds from the sale of the property are in the State Treasurer's possession, and nothing in this act shall be construed to waive any claim to immunity under Section 11-46-9.
(4) For the purposes of this section, payment or delivery is made in good faith if:
(a) Payment or delivery was made in a reasonable attempt to comply with this act;
(b) The lessor delivering the property was not a fiduciary in breach of trust with respect to the property and had a reasonable basis for believing, based on the facts known to the lessor at the time of payment or delivery, that the property was abandoned in accordance with Section 2 of this act; and
(c) There is no showing that the records under which the delivery was made did not meet reasonable commercial standards of practice in the industry.
SECTION 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all abandoned property under delivered Section 3 of this act, other than money, shall be offered for sale by the State Treasurer within three (3) years of delivery. The sale shall be to the highest bidder at public sale on the Internet or at a specified physical location in the most favorable market for the property as determined by the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer may decline the highest bid and reoffer the property for sale if the price bid is insufficient in the State Treasurer's sole discretion. The State Treasurer need not offer any property for sale if it has insubstantial commercial value as defined in Section 3 of this act.
(2) Any sale conducted under this section through live auction at a physical location shall be preceded by publication of notice at least three (3) weeks in advance of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is to be sold. The State Treasurer shall also post the notice on the official website of the State Treasurer at least three (3) weeks in advance of the sale. If the public sale is to be held remotely through an online auction or otherwise, the State Treasurer may post the notice on the official website before the seventh day preceding the date on which the sale or auction is held and maintain the notice on its website through the date of the sale.
(3) An innocent purchaser at any sale conducted by the State Treasurer under this section shall receive title to the property purchased, free from every claim of the owner or prior holder of it and of every person who claims through or under them. The State Treasurer shall execute all documents necessary to complete the transfer of title.
(4) The State Treasurer shall proportionately deduct auction fees, preparation costs and expenses from the amount posted to the owner's account when the contents of the safe deposit box are sold.
(5) The sale of unclaimed tangible property is not subject to tax when such property is sold by or on behalf of the State Treasurer pursuant to this section.
(6) No action by any person may be brought or maintained against the state or any officer of the State for or on account of any transaction entered into pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(7) No action or proceeding may be maintained against the State Treasurer for a decision to decline the highest bid or withhold any unclaimed property from sale.
SECTION 6. (1) Every lessor required to file a report under
Section 3 of this act for property escheated to the Treasurer's office shall maintain a copy of the report as well as a record of the name and last known address and any other known addresses of the safe deposit box lessee and a copy of the inventory form prepared in accordance with Section 1 of this act for five (5) years after the property is reported.
SECTION 7. Sections 2 through 6 of this act shall be codified in Chapter 12, Title 89, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 8. Section 89-12-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
89-12-3. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Banking organization" means any national or state bank, trust company, savings bank, land bank, private banker, or any similar organization which is engaged in business in this state.
(b) "Business association" means any corporation, joint-stock company, business trust, partnership, or any association for business purposes of two (2) or more individuals, whether organized for profit or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, a banking organization, financial organization, life insurance corporation and utility.
(c) "Financial organization" means any federal or state savings and loan association, building and loan association, credit union, cooperative bank or investment company, farm credit system cooperative, or any similar organization which is engaged in business in this state.
(d) "Holder" means any person in possession of property subject to the provisions of this chapter belonging to another, or who is trustee in case of a trust, or is indebted to another on an obligation subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(e) "Insurance corporation" means any association or corporation transacting in this state the business of insurance involving in any manner a person or property; however, this term does not include self-insured workers' compensation groups or associations comprised of members who have joint and several liability for the workers' compensation obligation of the other members.
(f) "Intangible personal property" includes, but is not limited to:
(i) Monies, checks, drafts, deposits, interest, dividends, and income;
(ii) Credit balances, customer overpayments, gift certificates, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets, and unidentified remittances; except future and prior dividends made by the workers' compensation groups or associations described in paragraph (e);
(iii) Monies deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, coupons, and other securities, or to make distributions;
(iv) Amounts due and payable under the terms of insurance policies;
(v) Amounts distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance, or similar benefits;
(vi) Shares of corporate stock and other intangible ownership interests in business associations; and
(vii) Bonds, notes and other debt obligations.
(g) "Last known address" means a description of the location of the apparent owner sufficient for the purpose of delivering mail. For the purposes of identifying, reporting, and remitting property to the department that is presumed to be unclaimed, "last known address" includes any partial description of the location of the apparent owner sufficient to establish that the transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this state, or to establish that the apparent owner was a resident of this state at the time of last contact with the apparent owner, at the time the business relationship with the apparent owner was established, or at the time the property became due and payable.
(h) "Lawful charges" means charges against dormant accounts that are authorized by statute for the purpose of offsetting the costs of maintaining the dormant account.
(g) "Owner" means a depositor in case of a deposit, a beneficiary in case of a trust, a creditor, claimant or payee in case of other choses in action, or any person having a legal or equitable interest in property subject to the provisions of this chapter, or his or her legal representative.
(h)
"Apparent owner" means the person or persons who appear * * * from the records of the holder to be entitled
to property held by the holder.
(i) "Person" means any individual, business association, government or political subdivision or agency, corporation, public authority, estate, trust, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity whether such person is acting in his or her own right or in a representative capacity.
(j) "Treasurer" means the State Treasurer of the State of Mississippi.
(k) "Utility" means any person who owns or operates in this state for public use, any plant, equipment, property, franchise, or license for the transmission of communications or the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity, water, steam or gas.
(l) "Farm credit system cooperative association" means a farmer-owned cooperative system established under the authority of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for the purpose of making credit available to farmers and ranchers and their cooperatives, for rural residences, and to associations and other entities upon which farming operations are dependent, to provide for an adequate and flexible flow of money into rural areas, and to modernize and consolidate existing farm credit law to meet current and future rural credit needs, and for other purposes, and which are chartered by and subject to the regulatory control of the Farm Credit Administration. For purposes of this chapter, the term includes:
(i) Farm credit banks;
(ii) The bank for cooperatives;
(iii) Agricultural credit banks;
(iv) Federal land bank associations;
(v) Federal land credit associations;
(vi) Production credit associations;
(vii) Agricultural credit associations;
(viii) The federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation;
(ix) The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation;
(x) Service corporations established pursuant to Section 12 USCS Section 2211; and
(xi) Such other institutions as may be made a part of the Farm Credit System.
SECTION 9. Section 89-12-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
89-12-5. (1) Subject to the provisions of Sections 89-12-17 and 89-12-19, the following property held or owing by a banking or financial organization or by a business association shall be presumed abandoned:
(a)
Any demand, savings, or matured time deposit made in this state with a banking
organization or financial organization, together with any interest or dividend
thereon, excluding any charges that may have accrued, unless the owner * * * or owners have, within five (5)
years:
(i) Increased or decreased the amount of the deposit, or presented the passbook or other similar evidence of the deposit for the crediting of interest; or
(ii) Corresponded in writing with the banking organization or financial organization concerning the deposit; or
(iii) Otherwise indicated an interest in the deposit as evidenced by a memorandum on file with the banking organization or financial organization. For purposes of this subparagraph (iii), any record of correspondence in writing from the holder to the owner, such as the mailing of a statement, report of interest paid or credited, renewal of a deposit, or other written information relating to the deposit shall be construed to mean that the owner have indicated an interest in deposit if the correspondence is not returned to the holder as undelivered; or
(iv) Owned other property described in this paragraph (a), and the banking or financial organization has communicated in writing with the owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be presumed unclaimed under this subsection (1) at the address to which communications regarding the other property regularly are sent; or
(v) Had another relationship with the banking or financial organization concerning, which the owner has:
1. Communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization; or
2. Otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the banking or financial organization and the banking or financial organization communicated in writing with the owner in regard to the property that would otherwise be unclaimed under this subsection (1) at the address to which communications regarding the other relationship regularly are sent.
(b) Any sum payable on checks certified in this state or on written instruments issued in this state on which a banking or financial organization or business association is directly liable, including, but not limited to, certificates of deposit, drafts, money orders and traveler's checks, that, with the exception of traveler's checks and money orders, has been outstanding for more than five (5) years from the date it was payable, or from the date of its issuance if payable on demand, or, in the case of traveler's checks, that has been outstanding for more than fifteen (15) years from the date of its issuance, or, in the case of money orders, that has been outstanding for more than seven (7) years from the date of its issuance, unless the owner has within five (5) years, or within fifteen (15) years in the case of traveler's checks or within seven (7) years in the case of money orders, corresponded in writing with the banking or financial organization or business association concerning it, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum on file with the banking or financial organization or business association.
(2) Any certificate of deposit made in this state with a banking organization, together with an interest or dividend thereon, with a maturity date equal to or greater than ten (10) years shall be exempt from the time limit provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 10. Section 81-5-64, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
81-5-64. (1) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, national bank, savings and loan association, credit union or postal savings bank operating in this state.
(b) "Safe-deposit box" means a storage container maintained in the vault area of a financial institution leased to a financial institution customer for the safekeeping of personal property that can be accessed with keys, pin numbers or some other security device.
(c) "Successor" means the decedent's spouse; or if there is no surviving spouse of the decedent, then any adult child of the decedent; or if there is no surviving spouse or adult child of the decedent, then either parent of the decedent; or, if there is no surviving spouse, adult child or parent of the decedent, then any adult sibling of the decedent.
(2) Persons entitled to access in absence of probate or administration. At any time after one hundred eighty (180) days from the death of a sole lessee or the last surviving co-lessee of a safe-deposit box, a financial institution shall grant access in the following order of priority to a safe-deposit box that was leased by the lessee at the time of the lessee's death:
(a) The personal representative named in the lessee's will if an estate has not been opened.
(b) A successor of the deceased safe-deposit box lessee, without necessity of administration, if an estate has not been opened.
(3) Documentation required. A person seeking access to the safe-deposit box must provide the financial institution with the following:
(a) Reasonable proof of the lessee's death;
(b) Reasonable proof of the identity of the person seeking access; and
(c) An affidavit meeting the requirements of subsection (5) of this section.
(4) Inventory. After presenting the financial institution with the items required by subsection (3) of this section, and within a reasonable time that allows the financial institution to comply, a person entitled to access to a safe-deposit box under subsection (2) of this section may exercise the following rights:
(a) The right to open the safe-deposit box in the presence of an employee of the financial institution along with one (1) other person who is either an officer of the financial institution or an attorney with an active bar license, after which an inventory of the contents of the safe-deposit box must be prepared by the person granted access and signed by:
(i) The person granted access to the safe-deposit box;
(ii) The employee; and
(iii) The third person who witnessed the inventory of the contents.
A copy of the inventory may be retained by the financial institution as a business record.
(b) The right to remove the contents of the safe-deposit box, subject to the requirements and limitations of this section.
(c) The right to cancel the lease for the safe-deposit box after all contents of the safe-deposit box have been removed.
(5) Affidavit. An affidavit required by subsection (3)(c) of this section must contain the following information:
(a) The name of the person leasing the safe-deposit box and the date of the lessee's death;
(b) The county in which the lessee was domiciled at the time of the lessee's death;
(c) A statement that no application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative has been granted or is pending in any jurisdiction;
(d) A statement that the value of the entire estate of the decedent, wherever located, excluding all liens and encumbrances thereon, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00); and
(e) A statement under penalty of perjury that the affiant is qualified under subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b) of this section to obtain access to the safe-deposit box leased by the individual and the facts establishing the qualification.
(6) Responsibility of a person granted access. A person to whom access to a safe-deposit box is provided under this section is answerable and accountable to the administrator or executor of the estate of the decedent if one is subsequently opened. However, a financial institution that provides access to a safe-deposit box under this section is discharged and released from liability and responsibility for the contents held in the safe-deposit box to the same extent as if the financial institution had dealt with the personal representative or executor of the decedent. The financial institution is not required to:
(a) Inquire into the truth of any statement in an affidavit presented under this section; or
(b) Participate in the disposition of the assets held in the safe-deposit box or ensure that such assets are properly handled or disposed of.
(7) Prepayment of fees or cost. If a person granted access under this section does not have a key to the safe-deposit box and a financial institution requires the services of a locksmith or other contractor to gain access to a safe-deposit box, the financial institution may charge the person granted access a lost-key, drilling or similar fee, or require the person granted access to pay any cost associated with the services of a locksmith or other contractor necessary to gain access to the safe-deposit box. The financial institution shall have a reasonable amount of time to have the safe-deposit box drilled after payment of the required fee to allow the person granted access to access the safe-deposit box.
(8) Interim access. (a) A person described in subsection (2) of this section shall be given access to a safe-deposit box before expiration of the required one-hundred-eighty-day period only to remove any will or burial instructions contained therein. The person must first meet all the requirements and conditions of subsection (4)(a) of this section concerning the persons required to be present and a full inventory of the contents of the safe-deposit box; but no other contents of the safe-deposit box may be removed until the one-hundred-eighty-day requirement of subsection (2) has been satisfied. The person given interim access to the safe-deposit box must immediately deliver all wills found and removed from the safe-deposit box to the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of the decedent's death; failure to do so shall subject the person to criminal liability under Section 97-9-77.
(b) The financial institution may make a complete copy of any document removed and delivered under the terms of this subsection (8) and place that copy, together with a copy of the inventory and supporting documentation noted with the date of delivery, in the safe-deposit box to remain there pending removal of the contents of the box as provided by this section or other law.
(9) Reliance on affidavit. (a) A financial institution that acts in reliance upon an affidavit described in subsection (5) of this section without knowledge that the representations contained therein are incorrect is not liable to any person for so acting. A financial institution that does not have actual knowledge that the facts contained in the affidavit described in subsection (5) of this section are incorrect may assume without inquiry the existence of the facts contained in the affidavit.
(b) A financial institution shall not be held liable for any costs, expenses, damages or attorney's fees arising from a grant of access to, or delivery of, the contents held in a safe-deposit box when the access or delivery is under the provisions of this section.
(10) Affidavit form. A document substantially in the following form may be used as the affidavit prescribed in subsection (3)(c) and subsection (5) of this section.
SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX AFFIDAVIT
The undersigned, after having been first duly sworn, hereby state(s) that:
1. The undersigned makes this affidavit under penalty of perjury pursuant to Section 81-5-64, Mississippi Code of 1972;
2. __________________ ("decedent") died on the ____ day of _________, 20__, and was domiciled in __________________ County;
3. At least one hundred eighty (180) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;
4. The value of the entire estate of the decedent, wherever located, excluding all liens and encumbrances thereon, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);
5. No application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative of the estate has been granted or is pending in any jurisdiction;
6. At his/her death, decedent was the last surviving lessee/sole lessee of safe-deposit box number _______ located at _____________________________________________.
7. The undersigned is qualified to obtain access to the safe-deposit box leased by the decedent as the successor as defined in Section 81-5-64, Mississippi Code of 1972: (Choose one)
a. The decedent's spouse;
b. Or if there is no surviving spouse of the decedent, then any adult child of the decedent;
c. Or if there is no surviving spouse or adult child of the decedent, then either parent of the decedent; or
d. If there is no surviving spouse, adult child or parent of the decedent, then any adult sibling of the decedent.
The undersigned hereby ask(s) the financial institution to allow access to the safe-deposit box of the decedent to allow for the cancellation of the rental contract and relinquishment of the contents contained therein.
SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
____________________________
Date:
____________________________
Printed Name:
____________________________
Address:
____________________________
Telephone Number:
____________________________
This document was acknowledged before me on __________________ (Date) by ___________________________ (Name of Affiant).
Signature of Notary
____________________________ (Seal, if any.)
My commission expires: ____________________________
SECTION 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.