The Telangana Escheats and Bona Vacantia Act, 1974
The Telangana Escheats and Bona Vacantia Act, 1974
The Telangana Escheats and Bona Vacantia Act, 1974 provides a legal framework for the state government of Telangana to claim, manage, and dispose of unclaimed property across the state. It applies to property left by individuals who die without leaving legal heirs, as well as assets that lack an identifiable owner, while excluding lost items found in public spaces. Local revenue officers investigate potential state claims, issue public notices inviting potential legal heirs to present their claims within three months, and refer disputed ownership to civil courts. The law matters because it ensures orderly administration of abandoned property while safeguarding private rights.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Ownership of property accruing by escheat or lapse or as bona vacantia.
- 4. General superintendence of escheats and bona vacantia.
- 6. Powers of disposal of escheat or bona vacantia.
- 7. Inquiry relating to escheat or bona vacantia by local officer.
- 8. Local officer to institute a suit for recovery of possession of escheat or bona vacantia when the person in possession resists.
- 9. Local officer to take into custody and to arrange for care and maintenance of property which is not in the possession of any person or its possession is surrendered.
- 10. Disposal by local officer of property in certain cases.
- 11. Procedure for declaring property to be escheat or bona vacantia.
- 12. Publication of declaration.
- 13. Immovable property escheated to Government not to be sold until twelve years after such escheat.
- 14. Disposal of movable property found in a public place.
- 15. Delegation of power.
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