# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 17. Disposition of Abandoned Property

### Subtitle 3. Abandoned Property in This State

#### Section 17-315

The expiration of any period of time specified by statute or court order, during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or recovery of property, may not:

(1) Prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned property; or

(2) Affect any duty to file a report required by this subtitle or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the Administrator.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)