(a) The Comptroller shall publish
notice once a week for four weeks in the Federal Register that all
rights of depositors and other creditors of closed national banks
to collect liquidating dividends from the closed receivership fund
shall be barred after twelve months following the last date of publication
of such notice.
(b) The Comptroller shall pay the
principal amount of a liquidating dividend, exclusive of any income
earned thereon, to a claimant presenting a valid claim, if the claimant
applies to collect within twelve months following the last date notice
is published.
(c) If a creditor shall fail to apply
to collect a liquidating dividend within twelve months after the last
date notice is published, all rights of the claimant against the closed
receivership fund with respect to the liquidating dividend shall be
barred.
(d) The principal amount of any liquidating
dividends (1) for which claims have not been asserted within twelve
months following the last date notice is published or (2) for which
the Comptroller has determined a valid claim has not been submitted
shall, together with any income earned on liquidating dividends and
other moneys, if any, remaining in the closed receivership fund, be
covered into the general funds of the Comptroller.
[12 USC 191 note.]