Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 556.4 (2026)

Deposits and refunds held by utilities

✓ current as of July 2026

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The following funds held or owing by any utility are presumed abandoned:

1. Any deposit made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment for, or any sum paid in advance for, utility services to be furnished in this state, less any lawful deductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled to the deposit for more than one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made.

2. Any sum which a utility has been ordered to refund and which was received for utility services rendered in this state, together with any interest on the refund, less any lawful \n Tue Dec 09 22:01:24 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 556 (28, 0) 7 DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY, §556.5\n\ndeductions, that has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled to the refund for more than one year after the date it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §556.4] 83 Acts, ch 191, §12, 26, 27; 91 Acts, ch 267, §627 Referred to in §556.18 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1946–1963 · leading case: Hull-Dobbs Motor Co. v. Assocs. Disc. Corp., 44 N.W.2d 403 (Iowa 1950).

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Hull-Dobbs Motor Co. v. Assocs. Disc. Corp., 44 N.W.2d 403 (Iowa 1950). · cites it 10× “Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in holding that the transaction between appellee and Miekel was an agreement to make a contract, and awarding the cars to appellee.”

In Re Prod. Aids Co., 193 F. Supp. 180 (S.D. Iowa 1961). · cites it 14× “Section 556.4, Code of Iowa, 1958, I.C.A.”

Indus. Credit Co. v. Hargadon Equip. Co., 119 N.W.2d 238 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 4× “Taleott claims the arrangements under which Industrial left possession of the scraper with Hargadon amounted to an oral conditional sales contract and is therefore invalid as to Taleott because it was not recorded or filed as required by section 556.4 of the 1958 Code of Iowa…”

United States v. Cedar Valley Livestock Exch., Inc., 169 F. Supp. 169 (N.D. Iowa 1958). · cites it 2× “8 the Recorder is required to make certain entries in an index book.”

Yetley v. Irons, 25 N.W.2d 677 (Iowa 1947). · cites it 2× “” Section 556.4, Iowa Code, 1946 (section 10016, Code, 1939).”

Union Bank & Trust Co. of Stanwood v. Willey, 24 N.W.2d 796 (Iowa 1946). · cites it 4× “Section 10016, Code, 1939 (section 556.4, Code, 1946) provides : “Conditional sales.”

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