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MA Gen L ch 200 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 6 - Possession of Property by Receiver

Section 6. After the approval of such bond the receiver shall take possession of the property of the absentee within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth so far as is known, and he shall file in the registry of probate a schedule of the property received by him.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 7 - Receiver; Power to Hold Additional Property; Debts

Section 7. Such receiver upon petition filed by him may be authorized and directed to take possession of any additional property within the commonwealth which belongs to such absentee and to demand and collect all debts due such absentee from any person within the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 8 - Intangible Property

Section 8. If such absentee has left no corporeal property within the commonwealth, but there are debts and obligations due or owing to him from persons within the commonwealth, a petition may be filed as provided in section one, stating the nature and amount of such debts and obligations, so far as known, and praying that a receiver thereof may be appointed. The court may thereupon issue a notice as above provided and may, upon the return of said notice and after a hearing, dismiss the petition or appoint a receiver and authorize and direct him to demand and collect the debts and obligations specified in said petition; provided, that no public administrator shall be appointed as such receiver when the sole known assets of the estate of the absentee consist of an amount of money standing to his credit in a savings bank or in the savings department of a trust company, in case such account has not been increased by a deposit, nor decreased by a withdrawal of any part of his deposits or of any part of the interest thereon, during a period of ten years or more next preceding the petition for appointment of a receiver. The receiver shall give bond as provided in section five, and shall hold the proceeds of such debts and obligations and all property received by him, and distribute the same as hereinafter provided. He may be further authorized and directed as provided in section seven.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 9 - Property; Management and Sale

Section 9. The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing and investing of all property and its proceeds in the possession of the receiver. If any of said property consists of live animals or is perishable or cannot be kept without great or disproportionate expense, the court may order such property to be sold at public or private sale. After the appointment of a receiver, upon his petition and after notice, the court may order all or part of said property, including the rights of the absentee in land, to be sold at public or private sale to supply money for payments authorized by this chapter or investment approved by the court. Except as provided by order of the court, the receiver shall have the following powers:  (1) to sell any personal property in the possession of the receiver or any interest therein, for cash, credit or for part cash and part credit, and with or without security for unpaid balances.  (2) to invest in prudent investments.  (3) to effect a fair and reasonable compromise with any debtor, creditor, obligor or obligee.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 10 - Surviving Spouse and Children; Allowance

Section 10. The court may order said property or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease or sale to be applied in payment of charges incurred or that may be incurred in the support and maintenance of the absentee's spouse and minor children, and to the discharge of such debts and claims for alimony as may be proved against said absentee.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 12 - Receiver; Compensation; Accounting; Limitation on Actions

Section 12. The receiver shall be allowed such compensation and disbursements as the court orders, to be paid out of said property or proceeds. If before any order for distribution is made under section thirteen, such absentee, or a duly appointed administrator, executor, assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy of his estate, or his duly appointed guardian or conservator, appears and claims said property, such receiver shall account for, deliver and pay over to such absentee or legal representative the remainder thereof, after making such deductions as may be allowed under this section and section ten. If such absentee or legal representative does not appear and claim said property prior to any such order, all the right, title and interest of such absentee in said property, real or personal, or the proceeds thereof shall cease, except as provided in section thirteen, and no action shall be brought by him or such legal representative on account thereof.
MA Gen L ch 200 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees|Section 13 - Distribution of Property; Procedure; Tax

Section 13. If upon the expiration of seven years after the date of the disappearance or absconding as found and recorded by the court or, in case such receiver is not appointed within six years after said date, upon the expiration of one year after the date of the appointment of the receiver, the remainder of said property has not been accounted for, delivered or paid over to the absentee or his legal representative under section twelve, the court shall order the distribution thereof, subject to the deduction hereinafter provided, to the persons to whom, and in the shares and proportions in which, it would have been distributed if said absentee had died intestate within the commonwealth on the date of the expiration of said seven years or of said one year, as the case may be. Said remainder shall accordingly be so distributed unless, before such distribution is completed, the absentee or his legal representative referred to in section twelve appears and claims the same, in which case the court, upon the petition of the receiver or such absentee or legal representative, may make such further order relative to the distribution thereof as it deems just and equitable. Prior to making distribution as herein provided, said receiver shall deduct from the amount otherwise available for distribution, and shall pay over to the commissioner of revenue for the commonwealth, the equivalent of the tax which would have been imposed by chapter sixty-five or chapter sixty-five A or chapter sixty-five C if said absentee had died intestate within the commonwealth on said date and said property had passed to the distributees by inheritance.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Abandoned property'', property presumed unclaimed and abandoned pursuant to this chapter.  ''Claim'', demand for payment or surrender of property from the holder of same, whose duty it is to pay or surrender the property to the legitimate claimant.  ''Date prescribed for payment or delivery'', the earliest date upon which the owner of property could become entitled to the payment, possession or delivery thereof by demand or other affirmative act.  ''Person'', any individual, corporation, joint stock companies, estate, trust, partnership, association, government or political subdivision, public corporation or authority, any bank defined in section 1 of chapter 167, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, trust company, national banks, federal savings and loan association, co-operative banks, bank holding companies and bank subsidiaries, mutual funds and any issuer of traveler's checks, money orders, outstanding checks and unclaimed wages or similar monetary obligations or commitments, whether organized or operated under state or federal law; utility companies, insurance companies; two or more persons having a joint or common trust or any legal or commercial entity.  ''Property'', all intangible property, including: (i) money, money orders, checks, drafts, deposits, interest, dividends, income and bonds; (ii) credit balances, customer overpayments, security deposits, refunds, credit memos, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets, mineral proceeds and unidentified remittances; (iii) stocks and other intangible ownership interests in business associations; (iv) money deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, coupons and other securities, or to make distributions; (v) amounts due and payable under the terms of an annuity or insurance policy; (vi) amounts distributed from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide any health, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employees savings, supplemental unemployment insurance, or similar benefit; and all tangible property, which includes all other property not defined herein as intangible.  ''Treasurer'', the treasurer and receiver-general.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 1a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 1a - Intangible Personal Property; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 1A. Unless otherwise provided, intangible personal property is presumed abandoned under this chapter if the conditions for presumption of abandonment stated in section three, four, five, five A, five B, six A, six B or six D exist, and if any one of the following four conditions are met:—  (a) the last known address of the apparent owner is in the commonwealth as shown on the records of the person in possession of property;  (b) no address of the apparent owner appears on the records of the person in possession of the property and  (1) the last known address of the apparent owner is in the commonwealth, or  (2) the person in possession of property subject to this chapter is domiciled in the commonwealth and has not previously paid the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner, or  (3) the holder is a government or governmental subdivision or agency of the commonwealth and has not previously paid the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner;  (c) the last known address, as shown on the records of the person in possession of property, is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of such property and the person in possession of property is domiciled in the commonwealth or is a government or governmental subdivision or agency of the commonwealth; or  (d) the last known address, as shown on the records of the person in possession of property, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the person in possession of property is domiciled in the commonwealth or is a subdivision or agency of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 2 - Property; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 2. (a) Property which has been bequeathed to any person, shall be presumed abandoned, if not claimed by that person or his heirs, legatees or distributees within three years after the death of the testator unless the will makes provision in case of a lapse, failure or rejection of the bequest for the disposition of the property.  (b) When a person, owning property, is not known for three successive years to be living and neither he nor his heirs or distributees can be located or proved for three successive years to have been living, he shall be presumed to have died without heirs or distributees, and his property shall be presumed abandoned.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 3 - Property on Deposit; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 3. Any deposit of property with a person having a residence or place of business in the commonwealth, or authorized to do business therein, together with the increments thereon, shall be presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within three years next preceding the date as of which reports are required by section seven:—  (1) Communicated in writing with the person concerning the deposit; or  (2) Been credited with interest on a passbook or certificate of deposit at his request; or  (3) Had a transfer, disposition of interest or other transaction noted of record in the books or records of the person; or  (4) Increased or decreased the amount of deposit; or  (5) Owned other property for which clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) is applicable; provided, however, that the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to such property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding such other property regularly are received; or  (6) Had another relationship with the holder concerning which the owner has:  (i) communicated in writing with the holder, or  (ii) otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee of the holder; provided, however, that if the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding the other relationship regularly are received.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 3a - Automatically Renewable Abandonment Periods

Section 3A. The abandonment period of any property set forth in section three that is automatically renewable shall commence upon the expiration of its initial time period except that, in the case of any renewal to which the owner consents at or about the time of renewal by communicating in writing with the person holding the property or otherwise indicating such consent as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee, the abandonment period shall commence upon the expiration of the last time period for which consent was given.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 4 - Property Deposited as Security; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 4. Subject to the provisions of section one A, any deposit of property made to secure payment for services rendered or to be rendered, or to guarantee the performance of service or duties, or to protect against damage or harm, and the increments thereof, shall be presumed abandoned, unless claimed by the person entitled thereto within three years after the occurrence of the event that would obligate the holder or depository to return it or its equivalent.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 5 - Dividends, Stock, Bonds, etc.; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 5. Subject to the provision of section one A, all intangible personal property not otherwise presumed to have been abandoned under any other section of this chapter, including but not limited to all certificates of ownership, dividends, stocks, bonds, money, drafts and claims for money and credits, except deposits and the increments thereon referred to in section three that are held or owing in the commonwealth in the ordinary course of the person's business, including all such property held by any fiduciary, shall be presumed abandoned unless claimed by the beneficiary or person entitled thereto within three years after the date prescribed for payment or delivery. Any dividend, distribution, interest, accrual, or payment on principal declared, set aside, accumulated, provided for or owed with respect to property presumed abandoned under the foregoing provisions of this section shall itself be presumed abandoned.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, any outstanding credit balances to a vendor or commercial customer from a vendor resulting from a transaction occurring in the normal and ordinary course of business shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to unallocated distributions from securities held by financial intermediaries including, but not limited to, brokers, mutual funds, custodians, trust companies and depositories and owing to unknown beneficiaries but held in the intermediary's nominee names.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 5a - Insurance Proceeds; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 5A. (a) Subject to the provisions of section one A, funds held or owing by a life insurance company under any life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract which has matured or terminated shall be presumed abandoned if unclaimed and unpaid for more than three years after the funds became due and payable as established from the records of the company.  (b) If a person other than the insured or annuitant is entitled to the funds and no address of such person is known to the company or if it is not definite and certain from the records of the company what person is entitled to the funds, it is presumed that the last known address of the person entitled to the funds is the same as the last known address of the insured or annuitant according to the records of the company. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.  (c) A life insurance policy not matured by actual proof of the death of the insured according to the records of the company is deemed to be matured and the proceeds due and payable if:—  (1) the insured has attained, or would have attained if he were living, the limiting age under the mortality table on which the reserve is based;  (2) the policy was in force at the time the insured attained, or would have attained, the limiting age specified in paragraph (1); and,  (3) neither the insured nor any other person appearing to have an interest in the policy has within the preceding three years, according to the records of the company (i) assigned, readjusted, or paid premiums on the policy, (ii) subjected the policy to loan, or (iii) corresponded in writing with the life insurance company concerning the policy.  (d) Any funds otherwise payable according to the records of the company are deemed due and payable although the policy or contract has not been surrendered as required.
MA Gen L ch 200a § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts|Chapter 200a - Disposition of Unclaimed Property|Section 5b - Dividends, Etc. of Business Associations; Presumption of Abandonment

Section 5B. (a) Subject to section one A, any dividend, profit, distribution, interest, payment on principal, or other sum held or owing by a business association for or to its shareholder, certificate holder, member, bondholder, or other security holder, or a participating patron of a cooperative, who has not claimed it, or corresponded in writing with the business association concerning it, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the association within three years after the date prescribed for payment or delivery is presumed abandoned.  (b) Subject to section one A, any intangible interest in a business association, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association is presumed abandoned if (1) the interest in the association is owned by a person who for more than three years has neither claimed a dividend or other sum referred to in subsection (a) nor corresponded in writing with the association or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the association and (2) the association does not know the location of the owner at the end of such three year period. With respect to such interest the business association shall be deemed the holder.  (c) Subject to section one A, any dividends or other distributions held for or owing to a person at the time the stock or other security to which they attach are presumed abandoned also shall be presumed abandoned as of the same time.  (d) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section a record of the sending of an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, or its equivalent, to the persons enumerated in those subsections and a record of its not being returned by the United States Postal Service or its successor, shall be an indication of interest.