{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1157","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1157","heading":"No private escheat.","body":"Any provision in a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, trust agreement, contract, or any other writing regulating the relationships between an owner and a holder, which relates to property that is or may be subject to the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of “nonescheat capital credits” as defined in § 909 of Title 26, and which provides that upon the owner’s failure to act or make a claim regarding property in possession of the holder that the property reverts to or becomes the property of the holder is void and unenforceable.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Descent and Distribution; Escheat","CHAPTER 11. Escheats","Subchapter II. Unclaimed Property"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c011/sc02/index.html#1157","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"9981537c75c97ab711e93db4f89016d2c81a6484ef5b66b0f6692a04d7af5983","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1156","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}