Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter 2 — National Banks
§ 216a. Definitions
Statutory text
For purposes of this subchapter—
the term “Comptroller” means the Comptroller of the Currency;
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, which are in the possession, custody, or control of the Comptroller in its capacity as successor to receivers of those banks; and
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–221 title VII § 732 · 94 Stat. 131
Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 216a
Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 732, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 408, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1513
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 732, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 408, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1513Pub. L. 109–351 title VII § 725(c)(2) · 120 Stat. 1966
Amended · 12 U.S.C. § 216a(2)
Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 amended par. (2) identically
Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 216a(2)
Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 striking out “or closed banks in the District of Columbia” after “closed national banks”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 amended par. (2) identically, striking out “or closed banks in the District of Columbia” after “closed national banks”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in paragraph (2) of section 732 (12 U.S.C. 216a(2)), by striking “or closed banks in the District of Columbia”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–351 and 109–356 amended par. (2) identically, striking out “or closed banks in the District of Columbia” after “closed national banks”.
Credits
1982–2006 · 3 acts
- 1982Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 732, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 408, , 96 Stat. 1513
- 2006amended Pub. L. 109–351, title VII, § 725(c)(2), , 120 Stat. 2001
- 2006Pub. L. 109–356, title I, § 123(c)(2), , 120 Stat. 2029.
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(Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 732, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 408, , 96 Stat. 1513; amended Pub. L. 109–351, title VII, § 725(c)(2), , 120 Stat. 2001; Pub. L. 109–356, title I, § 123(c)(2), , 120 Stat. 2029.)