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Unclaimed property laws in the United States provide for two reporting periods each year whereby unclaimed bank accounts, stocks, insurance proceeds, utility deposits, un-cashed checks and other forms of "personal property" are reported first to the individual state's Unclaimed Property Office, then published in a local newspaper and then ...
Unowned property includes tangible, physical things that are capable of being reduced to being property owned by a person but are not owned by anyone. Bona vacantia (Latin for "ownerless goods") is a legal concept associated with the unowned property, which exists in various jurisdictions, with a consequently varying application, but with origins mostly in English law.
An action to quiet title is a lawsuit brought in a court having jurisdiction over property disputes, in order to establish a party's title to real property, or personal property having a title, of against anyone and everyone, and thus "quiet" any challenges or claims to the title.
The "One Dollar Healthy Homes" initiative sold vacant and abandoned homes or lots for $1 per parcel to the people with the best plan for the seriously blighted property that had been acquired by ...
MissingMoney.com is a web portal created by participating U.S. states to allow individuals to search for unclaimed funds. [1] It was established in November 1999, [2] as a joint effort between the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) and financial services provider CheckFree. [3]
Texas v. New Jersey, 380 U.S. 518 (1965), is a United States Supreme Court decision handed down on February 1, 1965. Concerning the authority of the state to escheat, or take title to, unclaimed personal property, the Court was petitioned, under its power of original jurisdiction, to adjudicate a disagreement between three states, Texas, New Jersey, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, over ...
In civil law systems, personal property is often called movable property or movables—any property that can be moved from one location to another. Personal property can be understood in comparison to real estate , immovable property or real property (such as land and buildings).
A short-lived client relationship in Texas has K&L Gates facing conflict claims, though the litigators involved, including one who is now a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, have ...