State Challenges Fees in Unclaimed Property Solicitations Sep 2, 2010
In a complaint filed earlier this month, the Consumer Protection Division in the attorney general's office and the state treasurer's office contend that Equity Solutions of the Carolinas, Inc. engaged in a pattern of racketeering and deceptive business practices in acting as a finder of unclaimed or abandoned property for individual North Carolina property owners. Also named as defendants in the case are Equity Solutions President Dein Patrick Spriggs, of Jupiter, Fla. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Mosque is part of the American dream Aug 20, 2010
With the exception of a handful of politicians who cynically conflate the religion of American Muslims with the nihilism of the 9/11 terrorists, the right of worshippers to transform abandoned property in the middle of an economic dead zone into a cultural center is not in question. The objection to an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero is rooted in metaphysical rather than constitutional arguments. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Plastic Jungle wants those giftcards from your drawer Jul 22, 2010
In those states, excluding California, the value of cards if not used within a specific time frame is considered abandoned property and claimed by the state government, costing retailers money. A card usually expires after three years. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Mesa may focus on abandoned homes Jul 9, 2010
What they left was a mess, one more abandoned property in a city that saw nearly 1,000 foreclosures in May alone, according to the website RealtyTrac. The house on Barkley Street is a perfect illustration of what Mesa faces when it tries to do code enforcement on abandoned properties. (AZCentral)
VANDALISM: CAREY AVENUE, July 1 Jul 2, 2010
Published: Thursday, July 1, 2010 12:43 PM MDT Someone broke into an abandoned property Wednesday and destroyed antique furniture valued at $17,000, police Sgt. Chuck Deaton said. Article Rating. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
How Developers Must Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Facebook Credits Jun 24, 2010
Many game companies treat this as money already spent, but Facebook, following California law, treats it as "abandoned property" which defaults to the state after three years. Optimization: Social games generally don't have a single, fixed price for their currencies. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Ancient appetites Jun 6, 2010
Christou benefited from a government program to renovate the abandoned property, which is in a heavenly, remote spot. She s made a lattice-crust jam tart, and the vegetarian turnovers kolokopites, fashioned from olive oil dough and filled with cracked wheat and pumpkin, a delicious treat with ancient origins. (Boston Globe)
Peoria ups citations for unkempt yards May 31, 2010
Code enforcement manager Linda Lard says the city is handing out more citations for unmowed grass because of an increase in foreclosures and abandoned property. Officials have also issued about 2 percent more work orders to have private property mowed. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Upside Down? Consumer Default Mortgage Hotline May Have Solution May 22, 2010
Instead of having an abandoned property depreciate due to vandalism and lack of care, a tenant pays fair market rent until a short sale is completed. "Now you have a new owner taking possession and care of the asset which holds up the community value saves people millions of dollars," says Anthony. (RealtyTimes)
Preservationists decry redevelopment of historic New Bedford whaling building Apr 12, 2010
The Greek Revival structure was transformed into an ice house, a fish-processing facility for the Finicky Pet Food company, and finally an abandoned property fallen into disrepair, its bygone significance forgotten for decades. Now, the 172-year-old Baker-Robinson building is back in the spotlight and embroiled in contro versy, its gray granite frame the subject of an often rancorous debate about how far New Bedford should go to preserve tangible links to its whaling glory days. (Boston Globe)
Changes to federal foreclosure program announced Apr 4, 2010
Get information on education programs that could help you increase your earning power. (AP) The federal government is relaxing some rules to make it easier for communities to spend money on redeveloping abandoned and foreclosed properties. (USA Today -- Money)
Foreclosure program rules eased Apr 3, 2010
HUD also expanded the definition of an abandoned property to include homes where no mortgage or tax payments have been made for at least 90 days or a code enforcement inspection has determined that the property is not habitable and the owner has taken no corrective action. Copyright 2010 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Prospective lot buyers besiege county Apr 3, 2010
That's because state law requires counties to assume ownership when people don't pay property taxes, and no one bids on the abandoned property at sheriff's auctions. Over the years, Natrona County has been saddled with scores of unwanted properties, which means they're not on the tax rolls and are costing the county revenue. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Letter: Marysville welcomes money, but not skaters Mar 26, 2010
Maybe you can ask Tri Counties Bank if you can use their abandoned property on E-Street. Their parking lot is big enough to set up some ramps, etc. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
State Comptroller to come to Collin County, provide insight to helping reclaim lost property Mar 18, 2010
The time limit varies depending on the type of property involved, but once abandoned property is turned over to the state by a business, an individual then has the burden of reclaiming it from the state. Shanklin said the Plano Chamber of Commerce has received some funds from outstanding accounts, and the event is an opportunity to see whether or not individuals or businesses have unclaimed property. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Detroit, gutted by industrial decline, wants to demolish blighted homes, restore green space Mar 9, 2010
The city could use tax foreclosure to claim abandoned property and invoke eminent domain for those who refuse to leave, much as cities now do for freeway projects. The mayor has begun lobbying Washington for support, and in January Detroit was awarded $40. (FOX61, CT)
Mo. part of $22M Sprint settlement Mar 5, 2010
The law requires companies to report abandoned property to my office each year, Zweifel said in a statement Thursday. We argued that rebate checks become unclaimed property under Missouri law if they go uncashed for five years, the same way that stocks and bonds become unclaimed property. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Your views: Letters to the editor (Feb. 19) Feb 19, 2010
Its discouraging to read in FLORIDA TODAY that so many condo associations are not able to recover their maintenance costs in abandoned property foreclosures. More disturbing is the fact that so many small condos are having trouble keeping solvent. (Florida Today)
Ariz. lawmakers back off grab of travelers checks Feb 17, 2010
That was the timeframe until lawmakers last year shortened it to three years as part of broader legislation on abandoned property ... The repeal of the travelers checks part of the 2009 law heads off a possible legal challenge similar to one American Express mounted against Kentucky after that state accelerated its timeframe for seizing abandoned property. (AZCentral -- News)
A truce in the parking wars Feb 15, 2010
goodgov1 wrote on Feb 14, 2010 9:37 AM:" Carolyn, Have you noticed that all of our tax dollars go to hauling the snow away from metered spaces? We don't need the borough getting involved in making any more laws restricting citizen initative. we also don't need the borough manager advising us on "abandoned property laws" when he should be controlling (reducing) wasteful expenditures. ". Carolyn wrote on Feb 14, 2010 12:53 AM:" How does this "tradition" go? Can I stick my lawn chair on the street... (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Why does Haiti suffer so much? Jan 20, 2010
France demanded enormous payment for abandoned property after the revolution, starting a cycle of debt that was never broken. Deep and abiding racism prevented the U.S. and Europe from recognizing Haiti for 60 years. (CNN -- International)
I-Team: Alleged Squatter Sees Day in Court Jan 13, 2010
Typically, that law allows for ownership if the person lived continually in the abandoned property for five years -- paying bills and upkeep the entire time ... Alpert's defense tried to make the point that foreclosures become abandoned property and the homeowners essentially gave up on them. (KLAS-TV)
Group to help city in fighting its blight Jan 11, 2010
The center will provide technical assistance for the city to a more extensive plan for dealing with vacant and abandoned property. Mr. Kildee, soon to be president of the foundation-supported Center for Land Reform -- a merger of the Genesee Institute and the National Vacant Properties Campaign -- said he left the Genesee County government after 33 years recently to run the center full-time. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
