§ 216a. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 12USC216a]
TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL BANKS
SUBCHAPTER XVII--DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY RECOVERED FROM CLOSED
NATIONAL BANKS
Sec. 216a. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter--
(1) the term ``Comptroller'' means the Comptroller of the
Currency;
(2) the term ``unclaimed property'' means any articles, items,
assets, other property, or the proceeds thereof from safe deposit
boxes or other safekeeping arrangements with closed national banks
or closed banks in the District of Columbia, which are in the
possession, custody, or control of the Comptroller in its capacity
as successor to receivers of those banks; and
(3) the term ``claimant'' means any person or entity, including
a State under applicable statutory law, asserting a demonstrable
legal interest in title to, or custody or possession of, unclaimed
property.
(Pub. L. 96-221, title VII, Sec. 732, as added Pub. L. 97-320, title IV,
Sec. 408, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1513.)
