Gringotts / Malfoy Manor

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 163085

thursday:
1) Is there anything official on whether the Ministry can seize
> Gringott's accounts or if the goblins would thumb their noses at
> anyone who tried?  Under what circumstances do you think the first
> could occur and/or how long do you think the goblins would hold an
> account intact waiting for a valid claim?

Ceridwen:
Didn't Sirius have access to his account while he was on the run?  I 
seem to think he did.  I could have gotten this from fan fiction, 
though.

However, there was something for Harry to inherit when Sirius died, 
so the accounts must not be forfeit, even if they're frozen.  Sirius 
was in Azkaban for twelve years, and the account was held.  That's 
longer than real life banks might hold things - I think the limit is 
seven years and then the funds revert to the state.

Of course, the account could have been newer, dating from the death 
of the last Black before Sirius became heir...

*my head hurts*

Ceridwen.