Discover how bona vacantia, or ownerless property, is handled legally. Learn about unclaimed assets, intestate estates, and ...

Buying an abandoned property can be a bargain for homebuyers—if you can actually find such a property. Properties that are unclaimed by their owners are potential low-cost purchases that might be ...

Compliance with state unclaimed property laws is one of the many responsibilities involved when conducting business in the United States. Fifty-five reporting jurisdictions require companies to file ...

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Unclaimed property regimes, sometimes called escheat laws, play an important role in protecting citizens’ assets, ensuring that abandoned or forgotten funds are preserved and, where appropriate, ...

Healthcare professionals today face a number of challenges, the least of which may be an unclaimed property audit. However, unclaimed properly should be of significant concern to hospitals and other ...

TALLAHASSEE — With plaintiffs arguing the system leads to a “taking” of property, a federal appeals court has revived a constitutional challenge to part of a law that directs the state’s handling of ...