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The total amount of unclaimed money in California averages five billion dollars annually – imagine the amount of interest that accrues for the state! Sacramento attorney Bill Palmer who has battled in a number of cases involving CA unclaimed money, sad that the state’s program was supposed to be a lost and found of sorts for Californians. Instead, it was turned into a profit making ‘business’ in recent years.

The ban on the seizure of property by California has now been removed and the new California State Controller, John Chiang, is making greater efforts in the form of widespread changes in improving how his office is handling California unclaimed money. There’s still a dire need though for Californians and residents of all other states across the U.S. to learn about the presence of these monies and on how to do a thorough search for them.

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