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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="17-307.2" title_number="17" title_name="Disposition of Abandoned Property" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Abandoned Property in This State">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Virtual currency is presumed abandoned if it remains unclaimed 5 years after the last indication of apparent owner interest in the property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 30 days before the filing of the report required under § 17–310 of this subtitle, the holder of abandoned virtual currency shall liquidate the virtual currency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The holder shall remit any liquidation proceeds to the Administrator.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision under this subtitle, an owner has no right of recourse against a holder or the Administrator to recover any gain in value to the virtual currency that occurs after the liquidation described under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
