Delaware § 1220 Declaration of escheat

Delaware Statutes

§ 1220 — Declaration of escheat

Delaware § 1220

JurisdictionDelaware

Title12

PartDescent and Distribution; Escheat

Ch. 11ESCHEATS

Subch.Escheat of Postal Savings System Accounts

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 12, § 1220 (2026).

Text

All postal savings system accounts created by the deposits of persons whose last known addresses are in this State which have not been claimed by the persons entitled thereto before June 1, 1971, are presumed to have been abandoned by their owners and are declared to escheat and become the property of the State.

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