Code of Massachusetts Regulations
960 CMR - OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
Title 960 CMR 5.00 - Unpaid Check Fund
Section 5.02 - Definitions

Administrator/Administratrix: A person appointed by a court to settle the estate of a person who died without leaving a will.

Claimant: A person or legal entity legally entitled to claim property held by the Unpaid Check Fund. A claimant may be an owner or a person acting on behalf of an owner or his or her estate.

Conservator: A person who is court-appointed legally to hold, manage, and safeguard the value of another person's property.

Deputy Treasurer: The Deputy Treasurer for Cash Management of the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General.

Division: The Cash Management Division of the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General.

Executor/Executrix: A person named in a will to administer and carry out the last will and testament of a deceased person.

Guardian: A person who has legal responsibility for the care and well-being of another person who is either a minor or incompetent to manage his or her own affairs.

Issuing Agency: The state agency that originally issues what later becomes an unpaid check to the owner.

Notarized Signature: Signature of a claimant witnessed by a person who is an official Notary Public and attests to the fact that the signature is that of the person who appears before him/her.

Original Document: The actual written document issued by an authority or government entity legally empowered to issue documents, such as a court, city or town clerk, attorney, or any official keeper of records.

Owner: A person having a legal or equitable claim to property held by the Unpaid Check Fund.

Power of Attorney: A legal document in which a person gives another person authority to act for him/ her self.

True Attested/Certified Copy: Copy of an original document that is issued by a court or other government entity and displays a raised seal and/or original signature of the issuing authority certifying that the copy is a true copy of the original.

Trust: A legal arrangement whereby control of an account or property is transferred to a person or organization (trustee) for the benefit of another person (beneficiary).

Unpaid Check: Any check issued by the State Treasurer, or by any agent of agency of Massachusetts, other than checks issued in payment of obligations of the State Board of Retirement and the Teachers' Retirement Board, which is not presented for payment within one year from its date of issuance, for which the original claim for payment has not been settled through re-issuance of the check.

UPCF: The Unpaid Check Fund of the Cash Management Division of the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General.

Vendor: Any person or entity that sells good or services to Massachusetts in the ordinary course of business.