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The total dollar amount for these funds in CA averages $5 billion annually – imagine how much interest this generates for the state! Bill Palmer, an attorney in Sacramento who has fought in many cases involving California unclaimed property, said the state’s program was created to be a lost and found of sorts for Californians. Sadly, it has been turned into a profit making ‘business’ in recent years.

The hold on the taking of property by CA has now been removed and the new CA State Controller, John Chiang, is making greater efforts in the form of sweeping changes in improving how his office deals with CA unclaimed money. There’s still a great need though for residents of California and the other 49 states across the U.S. to be informed about the presence of these monies and on how to do a thorough search for them and take back what belongs to them.

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NC Lotto Ticket Worth $168K Unclaimed – FOX Carolina
If you bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket in Apex last year, there could be $168,716 coming to you. An unclaimed ticket purchased for the Sept. 2, 2008, lottery drawing expires on March 2. The ticket holder has until 5 p.m. that day to claim the prize …

The Public Eye: Reclaim your cash, and you’ll likely get a state IOU (The Sacramento Bee)
THE MONEY TRAIL If the state holds any of your assets, you’re more likely to get an IOU these days than what’s yours. State Controller John Chiang’s office is holding off on paying cash claims for at least a month, blaming the delay on the Legislature’s protracted budget battle. When financial assets go unclaimed for three years or more, state law requires holders of those properties to …

RI lottery says thousands in prize money unclaimed (Boston Globe)
Rhode Island residents are being urged to check any old lottery tickets lying around because they may be holding on to a winner.

Winning R.I. lottery ticket remains unclaimed (NBC 10 Providence)
A Wild Money ticket worth nearly $56,000 is about to expire.