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Pennsylvania Amends IRA Provisions of Unclaimed Property Law and Adds Due Diligence Requirements

July 25, 2016 By Michael Giovannini

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed HB 1605 on July 13, 2016, and it was approved by Governor Tom Wolf on the same day.  Contained within this omnibus finance bill are two sections that significantly amend Pennsylvania's unclaimed property law: section 4, which revises the dormancy standard applicable to IRAs; and section 5, which imposes formal due diligence requirements on holders. In particular, section 4 of HB 1605 revises section 1301.8 of Pennsylvania's unclaimed property law to provide that the dormancy period for a retirement account is triggered when the holder “has lost [...]Read more

Filed Under: Unclaimed Property Advisory Tagged With: dormancy standards, due diligence, IRAs, legislation, Pennsylvania, Unclaimed property

State-vs.-State Unclaimed Property Dispute May be Heading to the Supreme Court

May 27, 2016 By Michael Giovannini

In March, we issued an advisory highlighting a lawsuit filed by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department against the State of Delaware in federal district court seeking to recover uncashed official checks escheated to Delaware by MoneyGram.  (http://www.alston.com/advisories/money-gram/).  Essentially, the dispute centers upon whether MoneyGram's official checks were subject to the Federal Disposition Act, in which case they would have been reportable to the state(s) in which they were issued rather than Delaware, the state of MoneyGram's domicile.  In our prior advisory, we pointed out that [...]Read more

Filed Under: Unclaimed Property Advisory Tagged With: Delaware, Litigation, Pennsylvania, Supreme Court, Unclaimed property

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