Legal Opinion
Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 26, 1990No. 88-1016, 88-1129 and 88-1150PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Remarkable as it may seem to those who must make ends meet and worry about the next mortgage payment and the price of widgets, there are actually people who neglect to cash cashier’s checks. Others leave savings and checking accounts dormant at the bank. What happens to such funds when they are not claimed by their rightful owners? This case requires us to interpret for the first time various provisions of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (hereinafter “the UPA” or the Act), D.C.Code §§ 42-201 to -242 (1990), which addresses that very question and…
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