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It's not a tax, and it's not new. It has its basis in common law that goes back nearly a millenium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escheat http://en.wikipedia.or
by kscaldef 17y ago
It's not a tax, and it's not new. It has its basis in common law that goes back nearly a millenium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escheat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escheat. Also, DC is not the only state that follows this doctrine.