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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, § 8A (2026)

Delivery or payment of abandoned property to state treasurer

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Section 8A. (a) A person who has filed a report as provided in section 7 shall, by November 1 or, in the case of life insurance companies and persons holding unclaimed proceeds from demutualization or related reorganization of a life insurance company, May 1, pay or deliver to the treasurer at the time of filing the report all property presumed abandoned specified in the report.

[There is no paragraph (b) or (c).]

(d) Payment of any intangible property to the treasurer shall be made at the office of the treasurer in Boston or at such other location as the treasurer by regulation may designate.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2009 · leading case: Biogen IDEC MA, Inc. v. Treasurer & Receiver Gen., 908 N.E.2d 740 (Mass. 2009).
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Biogen IDEC MA, Inc. v. Treasurer & Receiver Gen., 908 N.E.2d 740 (Mass. 2009). “” G. L. c. 200A, § 8A (a). The failure to *177 comply with the reporting and property surrender provisions may result in, among other things, see G.”
Barron v. Fid. Magellan Fund, 784 N.E.2d 634 (Mass. App. Ct. 2003). “508 shares then in *509 Sean’s account to the Commonwealth, as provided in G. L. c. 200A, § 8A. Thereafter, the shares continued to earn dividends, which were reinvested, along with distributions, to purchase additional shares.”
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