Section 34.45.240 - Gift certificates and credit memos(a) A gift certificate or a credit memo, issued in the ordinary course of an issuer's business, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.(b) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser for the gift certificate. In the case of a credit memo, the amount presumed abandoned is the amount credited to the recipient of the memo.