Connecticut General Statutes 3-74a – Regulations. Agreements and enforcement with other states
(a) The Treasurer may, in accordance with chapter 54, adopt such regulations as are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this part.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 3-74a
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- 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.
(b) The Treasurer may enter into agreements with other states to exchange information needed to enable this state or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that it or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The Treasurer may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and prescribe the form.
(c) The Treasurer may enter into agreements with other states providing for the exchange of property in any case in which the provisions of section 3-66b apply.
(d) The Treasurer may join with other states to seek enforcement of this part against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this part.
(e) At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this state may bring an action in the name of the treasurer of the other state in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the Attorney General in bringing the action.
(f) The Treasurer may request that the attorney general of another state or any person in another state bring an action in the name of the treasurer in such other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney’s fees in any action under this subsection. Payment of such attorney’s fees may be based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of any property recovered in the action. Expenses paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this part.