(Part 2 of 2)

The total amount of unclaimed money in CA averages $5 billion annually – just imagine how much interest that earns for the state! Bill Palmer, an attorney in Sacramento who has represented many cases involving CA unclaimed funds, sad that the state’s program was supposed to be a lost and found for residents of California. Sadly, it was turned into a profit making ‘business’ in recent years.

The hold on the taking of property by CA has since been removed and the new CA State Controller, John Chiang, is making extra efforts in the form of sweeping reforms in improving how his office deals with CA unclaimed money. There is still a dire need though for Californians and Americans in all states across the U.S. to learn about the presence of these properties and on how to do a thorough search for them.

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