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  SECTION 717.105. Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.  


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  • 1(1) 2Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to ss. 17717.104 18and 19717.115, 20on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including, but not limited to, a cashier’s check or a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than 5 years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed unclaimed unless the owner, within 5 years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the banking or financial organization.
    105(2) 106No holder may deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charges imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for encashment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose those charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel those charges with respect to the instrument.
History.-s. 6, ch. 87-105; s. 2, ch. 96-301; s. 6, ch. 2001-36.

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