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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts
Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property
- Section 1 - Definitions
- Section 1a - Intangible Personal Property; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 2 - Property; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 3 - Property on Deposit; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 3a - Automatically Renewable Abandonment Periods
- Section 4 - Property Deposited as Security; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 5 - Dividends, Stock, Bonds, etc.; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 5a - Insurance Proceeds; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 5b - Dividends, Etc. of Business Associations; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 5c - Employee Benefit Trust Distributions; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 5d - Gift Certificates; Validity; Expiration; Redemption
- Section 6 - Money Paid Into Court; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 6a - Property Distributable Upon Dissolution or Liquidation; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 6b - Traveler's Checks and Other Written Instruments; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 6c - Traveler's Checks and Other Written Instruments; Records; Penalty
- Section 6d - Property Payable in Course of Demutualization; Presumption of Abandonment
- Section 6e - Mineral Proceeds; Abandonment
- Section 7 - Report; Form; Contents
- Section 7a - Notice to Property Owner at Last Known Address
- Section 7b - Property Owner's Last Known Address; Record
- Section 8 - Notice of Certain Unclaimed Property; Publication; Form
- Section 8a - Delivery or Payment of Abandoned Property to State Treasurer
- Section 8b - Recovery of Property by Another State
- Section 9 - Property Surrendered to Treasurer; Liquidation; Funds
- Section 9a - Disposition of Abandoned Funds by City or Town; Notice of Period During Which Funds May Be Claimed; City Treasurer Authorized to Hear Claims; Appeal; Disbursement
- Section 10 - Property Surrendered to Treasurer; Claims; Hearings; Appeals
- Section 10a - Dividends, Interest, etc.; Credit to Owner's Account
- Section 11 - Actions by or in Another State to Reclaim Property; Costs; Information
- Section 12 - Treasurer; Examination of Books and Records; Reporting Violations; Penalty; Costs; Interest; Limitation Period for Examinations; Appeal of Audit Findings; Written Petition for Review
- Section 13 - Agreements to Recover Property
- Section 13a - Rules and Regulations
- Section 13b - Extensions for Filing Reports of Abandoned Property
- Section 14 - Construction
- Section 15 - Insufficient Funds; Payment of Expenses Incurred in Anticipation of Revenues to Be Received During Fiscal Year
- Section 15a - Delivery or Payment of Abandoned Property as Release and Discharge
- Section 15b - Duplicate Certificates of Ownership; Holders of Interests Under Sec. 5b
- Section 15c - Charges and Cessation of Interest on Abandoned Property
- Section 15d - Good Faith Delivery to Treasurer; Defense and Indemnification by Commonwealth
- Section 16 - Inconsistent Provisions; Repeal
- Section 17 - Severability
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