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    Owner Notification
  • Ways to File
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• Glossary of Terms
• Maine's Unclaimed Property Act

Due Diligence / Owner Notification

Due Diligence is the degree of effort required by statute that a holder of unclaimed property must use to find the rightful owner of property before the property is remitted to the state.

Sample Due Diligence Letter

(RTF, 9kb) OR (PDF, 69kb)

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