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Each year billions of dollars’ worth of property is abandoned all over the U.S. When that property is something as tangible as buildings or land, there is no question about who takes it over. The ...

If you've ever forgotten to cash a check or left old retirement accounts behind with a job, that money might have wound up in the care of the state government. After a certain period of time, usually ...

Just as nature abhors a vacuum so the law abhors a vacant ownership of anything. In the U. S. the States are the original and ultimate proprietors of all lands within their jurisdictions. And the ...

Note: This original episode ran in 2020. Escheat show (Update) Walter Schramm did everything right as an investor — at least according to the philosophy of Warren Buffett. So how come he lost a small ...

Our State & Local Tax and Unclaimed Property teams analyze a recent federal court decision that could affect how property owners challenge Delaware’s escheat and liquidation of securities, ...

At the peak of the 2008 holiday shopping season, gift card sales are expected to again have a material impact on the financial reports of many retailers. Gift card “breakage,” or the portion of gift ...

States are getting more aggressive claiming abandoned property to use for state purposes, a process known as escheat. But sometimes the holdings don't feel so abandoned to the people who own them.