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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 1a - Intangible Personal Property; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 1A. Unless otherwise provided, intangible personal property is presumed...
Section 2 - Property; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 2. (a) Property which has been bequeathed to any...
Section 3 - Property on Deposit; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 3. Any deposit of property with a person having...
Section 3a - Automatically Renewable Abandonment Periods - Section 3A. The abandonment period of any property set forth...
Section 4 - Property Deposited as Security; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 4. Subject to the provisions of section one A,...
Section 5 - Dividends, Stock, Bonds, etc.; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 5. Subject to the provision of section one A,...
Section 5a - Insurance Proceeds; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 5A. (a) Subject to the provisions of section one...
Section 5b - Dividends, Etc. of Business Associations; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 5B. (a) Subject to section one A, any dividend,...
Section 5c - Employee Benefit Trust Distributions; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 5C. All employee benefit trust distributions and any income...
Section 5d - Gift Certificates; Validity; Expiration; Redemption - Section 5D. A gift certificate, as defined in section 1...
Section 6 - Money Paid Into Court; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 6. Monies paid into any court within the commonwealth...
Section 6a - Property Distributable Upon Dissolution or Liquidation; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 6A. All property distributable in the course of a...
Section 6b - Traveler's Checks and Other Written Instruments; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 6B. (a) Subject to the provisions of section one...
Section 6c - Traveler's Checks and Other Written Instruments; Records; Penalty - Section 6C. (a) Any person that sells in the commonwealth...
Section 6d - Property Payable in Course of Demutualization; Presumption of Abandonment - Section 6D. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the...
Section 6e - Mineral Proceeds; Abandonment - Section 6E. (a) Mineral proceeds includes all obligations to pay...
Section 7 - Report; Form; Contents - Section 7. (a) Every person holding property declared by this...
Section 7a - Notice to Property Owner at Last Known Address - Section 7A. If the person in possession of property in...
Section 7b - Property Owner's Last Known Address; Record - Section 7B. Every person required to file a report under...
Section 8 - Notice of Certain Unclaimed Property; Publication; Form - Section 8. (a) The treasurer shall cause a notice to...
Section 8a - Delivery or Payment of Abandoned Property to State Treasurer - Section 8A. (a) A person who has filed a report...
Section 8b - Recovery of Property by Another State - Section 8B. (a) At any time after property has been...
Section 9 - Property Surrendered to Treasurer; Liquidation; Funds - Section 9. (a) Property which has been surrendered to the...
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 9A. (a) In any city, town or district that...
Section 10 - Property Surrendered to Treasurer; Claims; Hearings; Appeals - Section 10. (a) Any person claiming an interest in property...
Section 10a - Dividends, Interest, etc.; Credit to Owner's Account - Section 10A. Whenever any property is paid or delivered to...
Section 11 - Actions by or in Another State to Reclaim Property; Costs; Information - Section 11. (a) At the request of another state, the...
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 12. (a) The treasurer may at any reasonable time...
Section 13 - Agreements to Recover Property - Section 13. All agreements to pay compensation to recover or...
Section 13a - Rules and Regulations - Section 13A. The treasurer is hereby authorized to make necessary...
Section 13b - Extensions for Filing Reports of Abandoned Property - Section 13B. The treasurer is hereby empowered to extend the...
Section 14 - Construction - Section 14. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...
Section 15 - Insufficient Funds; Payment of Expenses Incurred in Anticipation of Revenues to Be Received During Fiscal Year - Section 15. If during any session of the legislature there...
Section 15a - Delivery or Payment of Abandoned Property as Release and Discharge - Section 15A. The payment or delivery of any property except...
Section 15b - Duplicate Certificates of Ownership; Holders of Interests Under Sec. 5b - Section 15B. The holder of an interest under section five...
Section 15c - Charges and Cessation of Interest on Abandoned Property - Section 15C. In connection with property heretofore or hereinafter reportable...
Section 15d - Good Faith Delivery to Treasurer; Defense and Indemnification by Commonwealth - Section 15D. (1) If the holder pays or delivers property...
Section 16 - Inconsistent Provisions; Repeal - Section 16. All provisions of the General Laws inconsistent herewith...
Section 17 - Severability - Section 17. If any section or clause of this chapter...