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Court to referee uncashed money orders dispute in Kansas, other states

screen-shot-2016-10-03-at-9-55-44-amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to referee a dispute between Delaware, Kansas and 22 states over more than $150 million in uncashed money orders.

The justices on Monday stepped into the dispute involving uncashed money orders from Dallas-based MoneyGram, which has been submitting unclaimed money to Delaware.

The other states say the MoneyGram checks should be sent back to the state of purchase.

MoneyGram is incorporated in Delaware, as are many other publicly traded companies in the U.S. Delaware says state law requires that MoneyGram send unclaimed property to the company’s state of incorporation instead of the state of origin.

Abandoned property is a major source of general fund revenue for Delaware.

The other states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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