Kansas Statutes 9-1918. Escheat and disposition of certain property in custody of commissioner; escheat
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 9-1918
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Whenever the state bank commissioner shall determine that property or assets held in the commissioner’s custody and received as a result of the liquidation of any institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner has remained in the commissioner’s custody for a period of more than 10 years, and no claim has been filed during such period by any creditor, depositor or shareholder of such institution, such property shall escheat to the state. The commissioner shall notify the director of purchases of the property or assets so held and the director of purchases shall authorize and provide for the sales of such property or assets in the manner provided by law for the sale of obsolete or unused property of the state. All proceeds from the sale of any such property or assets shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund and appropriate entries made in the records of the state bank commissioner showing the disposition of the property or assets, the amount received therefor and the disposition thereof.