# Lost Securityholders
> **US Securities and Exchange Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1997-10-07 · Effective 1997-12-08 · 62 FR 52229
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-26519
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Securities and Exchange Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 52229
- **CFR reference:** 17 CFR 240
- **Publication date:** 1997-10-07
- **Effective date:** 1997-12-08
- **Docket:** Release No. 34-39176
## Abstract

The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting Rule 17Ad- 17 and Rule 17a-24 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 17Ad-17, which is designed to address the problem of ``lost securityholders,'' requires transfer agents to conduct searches in an effort to locate lost securityholders. Rule 17a-24, which is designed to assist the Commission in monitoring the effects of Rule 17Ad-17, requires transfer agents to file information on lost securityholders with the Commission. The rules are designed to reduce the number of lost securityholders.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/07/97-26519/lost-securityholders)
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