Dormancy determination
Property is classified under the correct dormancy period (3–15 years) per state and property type, verified against the statutory schedule.
The most rigorous unclaimed-property compliance pack a corporate holder can file.
EscheatShield assembles a documentation-complete compliance pack — every state's dormancy schedule, due-diligence letters, NAUPA II reports, negative reports, and audit-defense files — checked against the letter of each state's escheatment law before a specialist releases it.
Every state's escheatment statuteFive statutory compliance elements, gate-checkedDormancy · due diligence · NAUPA II · negative reports · audit defenseSpecialist release on every pack5-business-day SLA
Why compliance fails
A single missed filing can trigger a multi-state audit.
A corporate holder's unclaimed-property compliance is only as strong as the documentation behind it. Miss a dormancy deadline, skip a due-diligence letter, misformat a NAUPA II report, or fail to file a negative report — and the company can be pulled into a contingency-fee audit that runs five years and reaches back decades via estimation.
Most holders run this by hand, from memory, once a year. The statutes have not been read end-to-end since the last time it mattered. That is exactly where compliance gaps hide.
EscheatShield exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
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missing compliance elements is enough to trigger an audit
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of each state's escheatment law — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of each state's escheatment statute. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Due-diligence outreach
Statutory due-diligence letters are drafted, addressed, and mailed within the required window (typically 60–120 days before filing), with proof of mailing.
NAUPA II report generation
Reports are formatted to NAUPA II standards, including all required fields, and reconciled to the holder's ledger to the penny.
Negative report filing
For states requiring negative reports, a zero-liability report is prepared and filed by the deadline, with evidence of submission.
Voluntary disclosure & audit defense
For holders entering a VDA or facing an audit, a complete response pack is assembled: property schedules, source documentation, and legal positions.
Record retention & audit trail
All filings, correspondence, and supporting documents are retained in a secure, indexed repository for the statutory retention period (typically 10 years).
How a pack is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
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Compliance Gap Scan
Upload your property ledger and prior filings. We return a free completeness read: which states' requirements you already meet, and which are missing.
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Evidence & state research
As your authorized clerical agent, we research each state's current dormancy schedules, due-diligence rules, and filing deadlines, and build a jurisdiction matrix.
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Grounded drafting
Due-diligence letters, NAUPA II reports, and negative reports are drafted from your validated data and the state rule packs into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Dormancy periods are verified against the state schedule; due-diligence windows are checked; NAUPA II formatting is validated; any failure blocks release.
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Specialist release
A compliance specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-value or multi-state audits route to attorney review first.
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Delivery
You receive the pack: filed reports, due-diligence letters with proof of mailing, jurisdiction matrix, evidence log, and an audit-ready file — ready for the holder to submit under its own name.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No pack ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released pack.
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Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard pack library.
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Jurisdictions covered
All 50 states + DC + PR, every applicable file.
Why EscheatShield
Built to be the most thorough option a holder has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every statutory element and filing accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run research as your clerical agent. We never contact property owners, give legal advice, or file reports on your behalf.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released pack. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a compliance standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Compliance Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Compliance Pack; disclosed pass-through research fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for multi-state audits or high-value filings.
- Optional Audit-Defense Add-on for VDA response and examination support.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is EscheatShield a law firm?
No. EscheatShield, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for multi-state audits or high-value filings.
Do you contact property owners or collect the property?
Never. EscheatShield is not a debt collector and does not contact property owners or claimants. The holder remains the party responsible for all due-diligence outreach and remittance.
What makes a pack 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by each state's escheatment law: dormancy determination correct, due-diligence letters sent within window, NAUPA II reports formatted correctly, negative reports filed, and audit-defense files assembled. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released pack. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released pack, plus disclosed pass-through research costs. No contingency and no percentage of any recovered amount or sale proceeds.
See what's missing before it costs you an audit.
Start with a free Compliance Gap Scan. Send your property ledger and prior filings and we'll return a completeness read against every state's escheatment law.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the holder files every report.