HCPSS MPIA Request #2021-062

Requestor
Melvyn Douglass
Organization/Agency
M.W. Douglass
Requested Information
Please provide a current list of escheated funds forwarded to Howard County's Board of Education by Orphans' Court. The styling of previous lists included the case name, case number, date funds received, and the amount. Please confirm the funds are available for a) 1 year upon receipt at BOE or b) 3 years from the date of death.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, our Finance Office indicates the only escheat funds received by HCPSS since August 2016 (when our current financial management system which contains reporting on such deposits was instituted) are those previously indicated under our response to MPIA 2019-014. That report with the details of the deposit can be found here: https://mpia.hcpss.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/Escheat%20Deposit%20MPIA%202018-14%20REDACTED%20082218.pdf.

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