H-0896.2
HOUSE BILL 1731
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representative Waters
Read first time 01/30/25. Referred to Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society; and amending RCW 63.26.040 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 63.26.040 and 1988 c 226 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) When a museum or historical society is required to give notice of abandonment of property or of termination of a loan, the museum or historical society shall (( mail such )) send an initial notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known owner at the most recent address of such owner as shown on the museum's or society's records. If the museum or society has no address on record, or the museum or society does not receive written proof of receipt of the mailed notice within (( thirty )) 30 days of the date the notice was mailed, the museum or society shall (( publish )) provide notice, at least once each week for (( two )) three consecutive weeks, (( in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county in which the last known address, if available, of the owner is located )) using one or more of the following methods: