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Supreme Court–Appointed Special Master Applies Place-of-Purchase Jurisdictional Rule to MoneyGram’s Unclaimed “Official Checks”

May 26, 2021 By Alston & Bird Tax Team

Our Unclaimed Property Team reviews the report of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Special Master parsing the definitions of “money orders” and “similar instruments” and how those words decide if certain unclaimed property falls under federal common law or the federal Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler’s Checks Act. The report is a master class in statutory constructionThe Special Master analyzed MoneyGram “official checks” to determine those meet three statutory conditions for an instrument to constitute a “similar instrument”This analytical framework may have broader [...]Read more

Filed Under: Unclaimed Property Advisory Tagged With: Arkansas, Delaware, Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler's Checks Act, FDA, money orders, MoneyGram, Pennsylvania, SCOTUS, Special Master, Supreme Court, travelers checks

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