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until it becomes abandoned unclaimed under the Uniform Unclaimed
Property Act, and report and pay it to the State in accordance
with that Act.

 
Sec. T-11. 18 MRSA §1655, as repealed and replaced by PL 1979, c.
641, §5, is amended to read:

 
§1655. Distribution of balance

 
When there is in the hands of a public administrator an
amount of money more than is necessary for the payment of the
deceased's debts and for other purposes of administration, if
no widow, widower or heirs of the deceased have been
discovered, the administrator shall must be required by the
judge to deposit it with the Treasurer of State, who shall
receive it and dispose of it according to Title 33, chapter 27
41.

 
Sec. T-12. 18-A MRSA §3-619, sub-§(e), as repealed and replaced by PL
1981, c. 268, §3, is amended to read:

 
(e) When there are assets, other than real property,
remaining in the hands of such public administrator after the
payment of the decedent's debts and all costs of
administration and no heirs have been discovered, the public
administrator shall must be ordered by the judge to deposit
them with the Treasurer of State, who shall receive them and
dispose of them according to Title 33, chapter 27 41. These
assets shall must, for the purposes of Title 33, chapter 27
41, be presumed abandoned unclaimed when the judge orders the
public administrator to deposit them with the Treasurer of
State.

 
Sec. T-13. 18-A MRSA §3-914, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is
amended to read:

 
§3-914. Disposition of unclaimed assets

 
(A) If an heir, devisee or claimant cannot can not be
found, the personal representative shall distribute the share
of the missing person to his the person's conservator, if
any,; otherwise it shall must be disposed of according to
Title 33, chapter 27 41.

 
Sec. T-14. 24-A MRSA §4551, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977,
c. 707, §7, is amended to read:

 
§4551. Disposition of unclaimed funds

 
All unclaimed moneys money held and owing by any life
insurer doing business in this State shall must be disposed of
according to Title 33, chapter 27 41.


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