The District of Columbia Courts requested an advance decision on the proper disposition of unclaimed deposits currently held in the accounts of the Courts in the District of Columbia Treasury, and if current legislation requires the unclaimed deposits to be deposited in the United States Treasury, what is the proper mechanism for lawful owners to file claims upon these funds. GAO found that the Di...

DIGEST The District of Columbia Courts are required. What the proper mechanism is for lawful owners to file claims upon these funds. We conclude that the Courts are required to deposit the unclaimed deposits in the United States Treasury and should use the mechanism provided by 31 U.S.C. Property held by public officers that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year is presumed abandon...