2012 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration (§§ 6001 - 7874)
Chapter 65 - ABATEMENTS, CREDITS, AND REFUNDS (§§ 6401 - 6432)
Subchapter A - Procedure in General (§§ 6401 - 6409)
Section 6408 - State escheat laws not to apply

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration
CHAPTER 65 - ABATEMENTS, CREDITS, AND REFUNDS
Subchapter A - Procedure in General
Sec. 6408 - State escheat laws not to apply
Containssection 6408
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 100-203, title X, §10621(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-452.
Statutes at Large References101 Stat. 1330-452
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 100-203

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Procedure in General - 26 U.S.C. § 6408 (2012)
§6408. State escheat laws not to apply

No overpayment of any tax imposed by this title shall be refunded (and no interest with respect to any such overpayment shall be paid) if the amount of such refund (or interest) would escheat to a State or would otherwise become the property of a State under any law relating to the disposition of unclaimed or abandoned property. No refund (or payment of interest) shall be made to the estate of any decedent unless it is affirmatively shown that such amount will not escheat to a State or otherwise become the property of a State under such a law.

(Added Pub. L. 100–203, title X, §10621(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–452.)

Effective Date

Pub. L. 100–203, title X, §10621(c), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–452, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987].”

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