# Life Sentence with No Heirs- Where would your money go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-sentence-with-no-heirs-where-would-your-money-go/580429>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-sentence-with-no-heirs-where-would-your-money-go/580429 "2011-05-02T01:05:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-sentence-with-no-heirs-where-would-your-money-go/580429/21 "2011-05-09T04:39:31Z")

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Now that there’s been a consensus on the answer, could I ask the OP: why do you think that the government would get to control a person’s assets (or even confiscate them entirely) just because the person is in prison? A person in prison is subject to the sentence of the Court, but they don’t lose all their civil rights simply from being imprisoned.

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-sentence-with-no-heirs-where-would-your-money-go/580429/22 "2011-05-09T18:06:43Z")

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“He died intestate…”

“Oooh. Sounds painful!”

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