---
title: "Build the unmatched and unidentified client-trust list"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/build-an-unmatched-and-unidentified-trust-money-list/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A41-A20260923-1-US"
practice_area: "Trust accounting & handling client money"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the unmatched and unidentified client-trust list

> Match trust receipts to matters and list every amount that has no identified client or third person, with the date it was received.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/build-an-unmatched-and-unidentified-trust-money-list/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Trust accounting & handling client money](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Match trust receipts to matters and list every amount that has no identified client or third person, with the date it was received. |
| What the lawyer must review | Model Rule 1.15(a) requires client and third-person property to be held separate from the lawyer's property, in a separate account in the state of the office unless the client or third person consents to another place, with complete records. Rule 1.15(d) requires prompt notice when funds are received in which a client or third person has an interest. Rule 1.15(e) requires property in which two or more persons claim an interest to be kept separate until the dispute is resolved. You decide what is unidentified and what the enacted state rule, including any unclaimed-property rule, requires you to do with it. The Model Rule's record-retention period is printed in brackets as five years. The state rule controls. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build an unmatched and unidentified trust-money list](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/build-an-unmatched-and-unidentified-trust-money-list.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Match trust receipts to matters and list every amount that has no identified client or third person, with the date it was received.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- IOLTA and overdraft-notification rules are state rules on top of Rule 1.15. Open the version the jurisdiction has adopted.
- Do not move an unmatched amount to the operating account to clear the list.

## Sources

- [ABA Model Rule 1.15, Safekeeping Property](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_15_safekeeping_property/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Unidentified trust money register and enquiry](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/unidentified-trust-money-register.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Register for money in the trust account that cannot yet be matched to a person or matter, an enquiry to the sender, and a prompt to consider an irregularity notice. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*