A. The State Treasurer may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed personal property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The State Treasurer by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made under this section and prescribe the form. Any agreements entered into by the Oklahoma Tax Commission which are in effect on the date the responsibilities of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act are transferred to the State Treasurer shall be effective agreements of the State Treasurer until such time as the State Treasurer chooses to amend, repeal or modify them. All powers and duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or references to the Oklahoma Tax Commission within such rules shall be deemed to be powers and duties of the State Treasurer or references to the State Treasurer.

B. To avoid conflicts between the procedures in effect in this state and the procedures in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the State Treasurer, so far as it is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, before promulgating, amending, or repealing rules, shall advise and consult with administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and take into consideration the rules of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

C. The State Treasurer may join with other states to seek enforcement of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

D. At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this state may bring an action in the name of the other state in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the Attorney General in bringing the action.

E. The State Treasurer may request that the Attorney General of another state or any other person bring an action to enforce the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act in the other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney fees in an action under this subsection. The State Treasurer may agree to pay the person bringing the action attorney fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of property recovered in the action. Any expenses paid pursuant to this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to a claim by the owner under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 10, § 31, eff. July 1, 1999.