(a) Any person claiming an interest in any property paid or delivered to the State Escheator under this chapter may file a claim with the State Escheator for the property or for the proceeds from the sale of the property.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1165

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: means an individual; estate; business association; public corporation; government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; or other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1130
  • Property: means tangible property described in § 1134 of this title or a fixed and certain interest in intangible property held, issued, or owed in the course of a holder's business or by a government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1130
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1130
  • State Escheator: means the person responsible for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, as established by § 1102 of this title and § 363 of Title 30. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 1130

(b) The determination of claims and rights of appeal are as prescribed in § 1167 of this title.

12 Del. C. 1953, § ?1146; 50 Del. Laws, c. 507, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 718, § ?18; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § ?48C; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 1, § 2;