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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The Secretary of State shall notify depositors whose accounts are to be escheated, as follows:
(1) A letter advising that a postal savings system account in the name of the addressee is about to be escheated and setting forth the procedure by which a deposit may be claimed shall be mailed by first-class mail to the named depositor at the last address shown on the account records for each account to be escheated having an unpaid principal balance of more than $25;
(2) General notice of intention to escheat postal savings system accounts shall be published once in each of 3 successive weeks in 1 or more newspapers which combine to provide general circulation throughout the State;
(3) Special notice of intention to escheat the unclaimed postal savings system accounts originally deposited in each post office must be published once in each of 3 successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the post office is located. Such notice must list the names of the owners of each unclaimed account to be escheated if the account has a principal balance of $3.00 or more.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 12. Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations § 1223. Notice - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-12-decedents-estates-and-fiduciary-relations/de-code-sect-12-1223/
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