Escheatment Laws by State
Florida has the highest Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts (5), followed by Ohio (5) and Georgia (5). Vermont has the lowest (3).
Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts
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All 51 ranked
Highest first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Florida | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Ohio | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Georgia | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  North Carolina | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 |  Virginia | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Missouri | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 |  Colorado | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Wisconsin | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Louisiana | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Oklahoma | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 |  Kansas | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Mississippi | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 |  New Mexico | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Idaho | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 |  Nebraska | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 |  Hawaii | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  New Hampshire | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Montana | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Delaware | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 |  North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 |  Alaska | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 |  Wyoming | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 |  California | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Texas | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  New York | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 |  Illinois | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 |  Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  New Jersey | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Washington | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Indiana | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Maryland | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Alabama | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Oregon | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Utah | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Nevada | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Iowa | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Maine | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Rhode Island | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  South Dakota | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  District of Columbia | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 |  Vermont | 3 | 7 | 1 |
What correlates with Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts?
Pearson r against 2,094 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts?
- Florida has the highest Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts, at 5, followed by Ohio (5) and Georgia (5).
- Which state has the lowest Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts?
- Vermont has the lowest Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts, at 3.
- What is the median Required Dormancy for Bank Accounts across US states?
- The median is 3 across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this escheatment laws by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: What is Escheatment? - Patriot Software; Escheat Definition - Investopedia; Property Types and Abandonment Periods - Texas Comptroller.