(Part 2 of 2)

The total amount of unclaimed money in California averages $5 billion annually – imagine the amount of interest that generates for the state! Bill Palmer, an attorney in Sacramento who has battled in numerous cases involving CA unclaimed funds, said the state’s program was intended to be a lost and found for residents of California. Instead, it has been turned into a profit making ‘business’ in recent years.

The hold on the seizure of property by California has since 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 unclaimed property. There is still a great 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 and take back what belongs to them.

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State’s abandoned property list released – Daily Evening Item
BOSTON – Two former Celtics and longtime National Basketball Association leaders should be soon netting some unclaimed money. Don Nelson, former Celtic great and present coach of the Golden State Warriors, and one time Celtic and Basketball Hall of …

State Treasurer Plans To Visit 7 Counties (WISC-TV Madison)
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass is traveling to seven Wisconsin counties this week to make people aware of unclaimed property. She plans stops in Crawford, Richland and Vernon counties on Thursday. On Friday she will be in Jackson, Juneau and Monroe counties.

State treasurer promoting unclaimed property process – Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
But often people don’t file claims for that money because they don’t know about it. The state’s Unclaimed Property Department returned almost $27 million in unclaimed property to Wisconsin residents last year. Unclaimed property can be viewed online …

Edward Palonek reminds residents of South Dakota to … – PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 18, 2010 – Over 3,645 claims of unclaimed property were paid out in the State of South Dakota in 2008. The 2009 paid out of unclaimed money numbers can expect to be even higher, says Palonek , founder of foundmoney …