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The total dollar amount for these funds in California averages $5 billion annually – imagine the amount of interest that generates for the state! Sacramento attorney Bill Palmer who has fought in a number of cases involving California unclaimed property, has said that the state’s department was intended to be a lost and found for residents of California. Sadly, it was turned into a profit earning ‘business’ in the past few years.

The ban on the seizure of property by CA has since been lifted and the new CA State Controller, John Chiang, is making extra efforts in the form of sweeping changes in improving how his office deals with California unclaimed property. 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 properties and on how to do a thorough search for them and take back what belongs to them.

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