Aspen Exchange, Inc., d/b/a Harris Eckland Associates, Inc. on August 3, 2015.

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Financial Services, Division of Accounting and Auditing, Bureau of Unclaimed Property (the “Department”), has received the petition for declaratory statement from Aspen Exchange, Inc., d/b/a Harris Eckland Associates, Inc. on August 3, 2015. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of (1) the Department’s definition or understanding of the word “established” as used in Section 717.1241, Florida Statutes; (2) the Department’s definition or understanding of the phrase “is complete or made complete” as used in Section 717.1241, Florida Statutes; (3) the Department’s understanding of notifying claim purchasers of their APA rights where a claim purchaser and former owner both file claims and the Department intends to disburse to the former owner; and (4) the Department’s definition or understanding of the phrase “when entitlement to the unclaimed property has been established” as used in Section 717.1241, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Dustin William Metz, Assistant General Counsel, Division of Legal Services, 612 Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333, [phone], email: [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Dustin William Metz.

Responses, motions to intervene, or requests for an agency hearing pursuant to Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes, must be filed within 21 days of this Notice.