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The California’s unclaimed money program takes in approximately three hundred million dollars every year. What’s it to you? Well, if you or anyone you know is or ever was a resident of the Golden State (or ever had any type of business dealings, whether you knew it or not), a chunk of that massive pile of Cali forgotten funds might easily be yours!

Under the California unclaimed property (or escheat) law, lost money such as forgotten checking and savings accounts, uncashed checks and money orders, mineral deposits, salary checks, cash and stock dividends, state of California unclaimed tax refunds, gift certificates, and other financial assets are turned over to the Treasury Department if the rightful owners don’t locate them within a certain time period. This ‘dormancy period’ varies from state to state, but in Cali it is three years. These forgotten funds then head to the California unclaimed property division, where they stay in the state’s general fund until returned to the people they truly belong to. This is where state employees who handled Cali unclaimed cash were recently criticized. Seems that they have been all to happy to track down and take hold of the lost funds from the various establishments holding them but but were less than enthusiastic about contacting the actual owners in the Cali unclaimed funds database.

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From the HIP (Honolulu Advertiser)
Surfwear company Hurley’s board shorts become wearable art at the Anti-Canvas art show and auction this Friday, when Hurley teams up with Contrast Magazine to showcase the work of 31 different artists, including “godfather of low-brow art” and twisted hot-rodder imagery artist Robert Williams, Ron English, Big Foot and Lisa Johnson. The surf company uses a technique called “sublimation” to make …

State looking to return money to hundreds of thousands – KXRM
DENVER (AP) — The state of Colorado is holding money and valuables for thousands of people and they want to give it back. With the recession, the number of people inquiring about unclaimed property is up more than 30 percent from July to Friday …

Need Extra Money For Shopping? Check The Unclaimed IRS List! – digtriad.com
Greensboro, NC — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers in the Carolinas who are due to receive more than $4.5 million in the form of nearly 4,500 refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing …

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The total dollar amount for these funds in California averages five billion dollars annually – just imagine the amount of interest that earns for the state! Bill Palmer, an attorney in Sacramento who has fought in a number of cases involving CA unclaimed money, has said that the state’s program was supposed to be a lost and found of sorts for Californians. Instead, it has been turned into a profit earning ‘business’ in recent years.

The ban on the taking of property by California has since been removed and the new California State Controller, John Chiang, is making greater efforts in the form of widespread reforms in improving how his office deals with California unclaimed property. There is still a great need though for Californians and Americans in all states across the U.S. to be informed about the presence of these monies and on how to perform a thorough search for them.

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More Coloradans Claiming Old Money, Valuables (KMGH 7 Denver)
The state of Colorado is holding more than $500 million in unclaimed property and money.

Thousands owed unclaimed IRS refunds – WABC
NEW YORK (WABC) — Mainly due to mailing address errors, thousands of people in our area are owed money in unclaimed IRS refunds. In New York, more than 9,000 people are owed an average of $1,500. In New Jersey, more than 3,000 people are owed an …

Money goes unclaimed in energy program – Loudoun Times.com
Loudoun County’s low-income households are not taking full advantage of a federal weatherization package that provides free upgrades that can save them hundreds each year in energy costs . So far, only 15 low-income households in the county – out …

(Part 1 of 2)

The state of California’s unclaimed property program takes in approximately $300 million every year. Why should you care? Well, if you or someone you know is or was a resident of the Golden State (or had any kind of business dealings, whether you knew it or not), some of that massive pile of California lost assets could easily be yours!

Under the CA unclaimed property (or escheat) law, abandoned assets such as forgotten savings and checking accounts, cash and stock dividends, mineral deposits, uncashed checks and money orders, state of California unclaimed tax refunds, salary checks, gift certificates, and other assets are handed over to the Treasury Department if the rightful owners don’t come for them within a given time period. This ‘dormancy period’ varies from state to state, but in California it is 3 years. These lost assets then head to the CA unclaimed property div, where they wait in the state’s general fund until returned to their rightful owners. This is where state officials in-charge of the California unclaimed cash were recently criticized. Seems that they were all to happy to locate and take hold of the lost assets from the establishments holding on to them but but were less than enthusiastic about contacting the actual owners in the California unclaimed money records.

One of the main reasons for the government’s inability give back forgotten cash to residents, they say, is that they can’t be located. The problem is, who would think people like Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham, Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Angelina Jolie ,Marlon Brando, Keanu Reeves, ZsaZsa Gabor and Gerri Halliwell could be hard to locate? Their names and the names of several other famous people are some of the names in the California missing money list and yet they have never heard from the officials at the California Unclaimed Money Division. They are all owed checks for forgotten funds by California amounting from hundreds to the thousands as in the case of Angelina Jolie. This just shows California state employees’ interest in keeping this cash in the general fund for use in balancing the budget deficits for as long as they possibly can. As a matter of fact, there was a recent ruling by a judge on CA abandoned cash, stating that the state was not making enough of an effort to locate the rightful owners and for a while halted the ability of the state to seize it until a proper method of reuniting it with the rightful owners has been adopted.

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Where does unclaimed parking money go? – This is Sentinel
OUT OF ORDER: I am writing about the Midway car park in Newcastle. I visit twice a week and most weeks the ticket machine on Level Three is always out of order. I have filled a claim form in twice in three weeks to get my £2 back. Last week I gave …

No money for customers in Dent’s bankruptcy (News 12 Augusta)
A bankruptcy trustee says the bankruptcy case for Frank Griffin and Dent’s Undertaking Establishment is coming to a close; there is no money for prepaid funeral arrangements and the historic property is possibly headed towards foreclosure.

Money helpdesk: Mystery of late mother’s missing investments solved (The Scotsman: Business)
A FEW months ago I discovered a statement concerning shares my mother held. When she died, I was the only beneficiary of her will and was unaware of these shares. They were wi

State approaching record for unclaimed property – New Orleans Times-Picayune
BATON ROUGE — The state is close to breaking its record for collecting unclaimed property that people long ago forgot, the head of agency that keeps tabs on the assets said Monday. Benny Spann, director of the Unclaimed Property Division in the …

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One of the main reasons for the government’s inability give back forgotten money to the people it belongs to, according to the government, is the fact that they can not be located. The issue is, who would think people like Angelina Jolie, ZsaZsa Gabor, Gerri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Marlon Brando and Jennifer Lopez would be hard to find? Those names and the names of a number of other celebrities are just a few of the names in the CA missing money list but they haven’t heard from the employees at the California Unclaimed Property Division. They are all owed checks for forgotten funds by CA ranging in amount from hundreds to the thousands in Ms. Jolie’s case. This just proves CA state employees’ interest in holding this money in the general fund for them to balance the budget deficits for as long as they can. As a matter of fact, there was a recent ruling by a federal judge on CA abandoned cash, saying that the state was not doing enough to locate the rightful owners and has temporarily halted the state’s s ability to seize it until a new policy of returning it to the rightful owners was enacted.

The total amount of unclaimed money in CA averages five billion dollars annually – imagine how much interest that generates for the state! Bill Palmer, an attorney in Sacramento who has represented a number of cases involving California unclaimed property, said the state’s program was supposed to be a lost and found for residents of California. Instead, it has been turned into a profit making ‘business’ in the past few years.

The ban on the seizure of property by CA has recently been removed and the new California State Controller, John Chiang, is making extra efforts in the form of widespread reforms in improving how his office deals with California unclaimed property. There is 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 perform a thorough search for them.

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Uncle Sam may have some money for you (Appeal-Democrat)
About 20 Yuba County residents are being sought by the Internal Revenue Service — so they can get some money back. The folks on a list released Wednesday by the IRS all had addresses for refund checks that apparently didn’t work, with the IRS…

$385M in ‘unclaimed’ fund – News-Sentinel
Even some government agencies have unclaimed money being held by the state. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles, for example, has more than $100 waiting for it. The cash-strapped Capital Improvement Board, which runs Indianapolis’ professional sports …

Missouri’s Largest Lost And Found – KOMU
There’s nothing unusual when you look inside the state treasurer’s office unclaimed property department. In fact, it’s no different than any other office building. Except when you think about how much money it’s giving away. The state treasurer says …

Indiana holding money for Mellencamp, Larry Bird – Republic
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is holding about $385 million in its unclaimed property fund, some of which belongs to well-known Hoosiers like John Mellencamp and Larry Bird. Indiana Pacers President Bird has $80 in unclaimed cash, while rock star Mellencamp …

75 from the region have unclaimed tax rebates – West Central Tribune
WILLMAR — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 75 taxpayers in west central Minnesota who have refund checks waiting for them. The checks were returned to the IRS as undeliverable, the agency said in a news release. In Kandiyohi County alone …

(Part 1 of 2)

The California’s unclaimed property program takes in approximately three hundred million dollars each year. What’s it to you? Well, if you or someone you know is or was a resident of the Golden State (or ever had any type of business dealings, whether you knew it or not), a chunk of that big pile of CA forgotten funds might easily be yours!

Under the California unclaimed property (or escheat) law, lost money like forgotten savings and checking accounts, cash and stock dividends, mineral deposits, uncashed checks and money orders, state of California unclaimed tax refunds, salary checks, gift certificates, and other assets are passed along to the Department of the Treasury if the rightful owners don’t come for them within a given time period. This ‘dormancy period’ varies widely from state to state, but in CA it’s three years. These lost assets then get moved to the CA unclaimed property div, where they stay in the state’s general fund until returned to the people they truly belong to. This is where state employees who handled CA unclaimed cash were recently criticized. Seems that they have been all to happy to track down and collect the lost assets from the establishments holding them but but were less than enthusiastic about contacting the actual owners in the CA unclaimed property records.

(to be continued)

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How to Find Unclaimed Money that Might Be Yours – Associated Content
Once three years has passed, and there is no activity on the property, it’s then classified as abandoned. Once the property is considered abandoned, it’s then becomes available to the state, and they hold on to it, until it’s claimed. Most property …

State holds money for Mellencamp, Bird (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
The Indianapolis Star reports that Pacers President Bird has $80 in unclaimed cash, while rock star Mellencamp has $828. Even some government agencies have unclaimed money being held by the state. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

Some rebate checks still unclaimed – Times Daily
Getting money owed to you from the government sounds like a no-brainer, but across Alabama income tax rebate checks have been returned from faulty mailing addresses and remain uncashed. The average value of the checks is $1,183. The Internal Revenue …

Indiana holding money for Mellencamp, and other unclaimed money – Fox 19
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana is holding about $385 million in its unclaimed property fund, some of which belongs to well-known Hoosiers like John Mellencamp and Larry Bird. The Indianapolis Star reports that Pacers President Bird has $80 in unclaimed …

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

The hold on the seizure of property by CA has recently been removed and the new CA State Controller, John Chiang, is making extra efforts in the form of sweeping changes in improving how his office handles California missing money. There is still a great need though for Californians and residents of all other states across the U.S. to be informed about the presence of these funds and on how to perform a thorough search for them.

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Does Uncle Sam owe you money? – Batavia Sun
There’s an IRS IOU list that could have your name on it. More than 80 people from Naperville and other western suburbs have unclaimed refund checks, according to the Internal Revenue Service. (Check out the accompanying box to see if you’re one of …

Jobless Benefits, Unclaimed Funds, Job Shop – myfoxny.com
UNCLAIMED REFUNDS: The IRS is looking for thousands of New Jersey residents not to get money, but to give it to them. The agency says it has unclaimed refund checks totaling more than 4 million dollars, for more than 3-thousand New Jersey taxpayers.

Thousands Have Millions in Unclaimed Property – WBAY Green Bay
There is plenty of money owed to people in Brown County — and they don’t even know it. The state treasurer says nearly 23,000 in Brown County alone have a total of more than $4 million in unclaimed property. One of the highest single amounts tops …

Unclaimed property fund may hold a hidden bonus (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Reggie Miller has some. So do John Mellencamp, Larry Bird and Dwight Freeney. And, if you’re lucky, you might have what those celebrities have: a little bit of cash waiting to be collected from Indiana’s unclaimed property fund.

Thousands Have Millions in Unclaimed Property (WBAY Green Bay)
The state treasurer says nearly 23,000 in Brown County alone have a total of more than $4 million in unclaimed property.

(Part 1 of 2)

The state of California’s unclaimed property program takes in about 300 million dollars each year. What’s it to you? Well, if you or anyone you know is or ever was a resident of the Golden State (or ever had any type of business dealings, whether you knew it or not), a chunk of that big heap of CA lost assets might easily belong to you!

Under the state of California unclaimed property (or escheat) law, abandoned assets like forgotten checking and savings accounts, uncashed checks and money orders, mineral deposits, salary checks, cash and stock dividends, state of California unclaimed tax refunds, gift certificates, and other assets are handed over to the Department of the Treasury if their owners don’t locate them within a given period. This ‘dormancy period’ varies widely from state to state, but in CA it is three years. These forgotten funds then head to the CA unclaimed property div, where they wait in the state’s general fund until returned to their rightful owners. This is where state employees in-charge of the CA unclaimed cash were criticized recently. It appears that they were eager to locate and take hold of the lost assets from the various establishments holding them but but were less than enthusiastic about locating the actual owners in the CA unclaimed property database.

One of the primary reasons for the inability of government give back forgotten money to its owners, they claim, is that they can’t be located. The problem is, who would think people like ZsaZsa Gabor, Angelina Jolie, Victoria Beckham, Gerri Halliwell, Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler and Marlon Brando could be difficult to track down? Those names and the names of several other famous people are just some of the names in the CA missing money database and yet they haven’t heard from the officials in the California Unclaimed Funds Division. They’re all owed checks for lost assets by CA amounting from hundreds to the thousands as in the case of Angelina Jolie. This just proves CA state employees’ interest in keeping this money in the general fund for them to balance the budget deficit for as long as they can. As a matter of fact, there was recently a ruling by a judge on CA abandoned money, stating that the state wasn’t trying hard enough to locate the rightful owners and for a while halted the state’s s ability to take and hold it until a new policy of reuniting it with the rightful owners was enacted.

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Unclaimed $115m held by NSW government (Sky News Australia)
NSW residents are urged to check if they are entitled to any of the $115 million in unclaimed money held by the state government.

County treasurer: Your money may be waiting (Abilene Reporter-News)
The Taylor County treasurer’s office might be aware of some money belonging to you that you don’t even know about. There are more than 16,000 residents or businesses in the county that have a combined $5.7 million in unclaimed funds, county Treasurer Lesa Hart Crosswhite announced earlier this week in a news release. That means about one out of every seven county residents has money waiting for …

Call to check on ‘forgotten money’ (BigPond News)
NSW residents are urged to check if they are entitled to $115 million in unclaimed money.

Do you have an unclaimed IRS check? – Norman Transcript
More than 1,100 Oklahomans have unclaimed Internal Revenue Service refund checks waiting to be delivered, 65 of those in Cleveland County. The IRS said the checks were mailed out to recipients but were returned as “undeliverable.” The agency said …

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One of the primary reasons for the government’s inability give back forgotten cash to residents, they claim, is that they cannot be located. Problem is, would would ever think people like Angelina Jolie, ZsaZsa Gabor, Gerri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler, Marlon Brando and Jennifer Lopez would be hard to track down? Those names and the names of a number of other famous people are some of the names in the Cali missing money list and yet they have not heard from the employees in the California Unclaimed Money Division. They’re all owed checks for forgotten funds by Cali amounting from hundreds to the thousands as in the case of Angelina Jolie. This just proves Cali state officials’ interest in holding this cash in the general fund for use in balancing the budget deficit for as long as they can. In fact, there was a recent ruling by a federal judge on CA abandoned money, stating that the state was not trying hard enough to return it to its rightful owners and has temporarily halted the state’s s ability to seize it until a new policy of returning it to the rightful owners was adopted.

The total dollar amount for these funds in CA averages $5 billion annually – just imagine how much interest that generates for the state! Sacramento attorney Bill Palmer who has fought in a number of cases involving California unclaimed money, sad that the state’s program was supposed to be a lost and found of sorts for Californians. Sadly, it was turned into a profit making ‘business’ in the past few years.

The hold on the taking of property by CA has since been lifted and the new CA State Controller, John Chiang, is making extra efforts in the form of widespread reforms in improving how his office deals with California unclaimed money. There’s still a great need though for Californians and residents of all other states across the U.S. to learn about the presence of these funds and on how to perform a thorough search for them and take back what belongs to them.

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Unclaimed money from CTBigList – WTNH.com
(WTNH) – The State of Connecticut is making another push to reunite people with their unclaimed money. The Treasurer’s Office published the names of nearly 34,000 thousand people in Connecticut who have money coming to them. The list of names was in …

Canadian coffin unclaimed for 90 years returns home (CNews)
FREDERICTON — The remains of a young Canadian woman whose coffin was left unclaimed in England for more than 90 years will finally be laid to rest this month at her family plot in New Brunswick.

Treasury department has $16.7 billion in unclaimed WW II bonds – Examiner
During World War II, the federal government raised money for the war by selling treasury bonds to Americans, about $16.7 billion worth of treasury bonds. The one catch to the bonds was that they couldn’t be cashed for 40 years. Many people around the …

Millions in lottery winnings unclaimed – Wiredpr News
The time to claim an unclaimed Texas lotto prize of $7 million expired early this week. Dallas, Texas (WiredPRNews.com) – The winner of a Texas lottery prize of over $7 million lost his or her chance to claim the money early this week. As reported …

$7 million Lotto Texas prize unclaimed – KHOU
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is $7 million richer after the buyer of a winning Lotto Texas ticket didn’t claim the prize by the deadline. Texas Lottery Commission officials say Monday afternoon was the deadline to claim the cash payout of $7,131,735.60 …

(Part 1 of 2)

The state of California’s unclaimed money program takes in about $300 million annually. What’s it to you? Well, if you or anyone you know is or ever was a resident of the Golden State (or ever had any type of business dealings, whether you were aware of it or not), part of that big pile of Cali unclaimed money might easily belong to you!

Under the state of California unclaimed funds law, missing money such as forgotten savings and checking accounts, cash and stock dividends, mineral deposits, uncashed checks and money orders, state of California unclaimed tax refunds, salary checks, gift certificates, and other financial assets are handed over to the Department of the Treasury if the rightful owners don’t come for them within a given time period. This ‘dormancy period’ varies widely from state to state, but in Cali it’s 3 years. These lost assets then go to the CA unclaimed property division, where they sit in the state’s general fund until they are returned to the people they truly belong to. This is where state employees in-charge of the Cali unclaimed cash were recently criticized. It appears that they were eager to locate and take hold of the lost funds from the various establishments holding on to them but but were less than enthusiastic about tracking down the owners in the Cali unclaimed money list.

(to be continued)

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State Treasury looks for owners of $400 million – Connecticut Post
The state Treasury Department is looking for takers for about $400 million it has in unclaimed funds. The unclaimed property includes dormant balances in savings and checking accounts, uncashed checks for insurance benefits, and unclaimed wages …

Unclaimed money from CTBigList (WTNH-TV New Haven)
The State of Connecticut is making another push to reunite people with their unclaimed money.

Unclaimed money from CTBigList – WTNH.com
(WTNH) – The State of Connecticut is making another push to reunite people with their unclaimed money. The Treasurer’s Office published the names of nearly 34,000 thousand people in Connecticut who have money coming to them. The list of names was in …