### Question
What does unclaimed property mean?


### Answer
**Unclaimed property** has the following meaning in *12 U.S.C. § 216a*:

> 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

#### Citation:
  - *12 U.S.C. § 216a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 2-NATIONAL BANKS > SUBCHAPTER XVII-DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY RECOVERED FROM CLOSED NATIONAL BANKS**

