Upon liquidation of a cooperative, the assets distributable to persons who are unknown or cannot be found may be reduced to cash and transferred to the commissioner of university and school lands and shall be treated as abandoned and unclaimed property under the escheat and abandoned property laws of the state.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 10-15-49

  • 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
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49