My Unclaimed Money From State of California Actually Came

September 13, 2011 By Jonathan Ping 7 Comments
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Amazingly, less than two months from mailing in my claim submission, the State of California actually sent me a check for my $74.93 in unclaimed money. Thanks guys, sorry you can’t use it to plug your gaping budget hole, but I’m sure you’ll get me back somehow. 😉 Here’s an expanded listing of useful websites to see if you’ve got any money waiting for you:

  • USA.gov – Listing of US government-related items, including bank FDIC insurance failures, mortgage insurance refunds, and more.
  • Unclaimed.org – State-by-state unclaimed property listings
  • California Unclaimed Property page
  • MissingMoney.com
  • TreasuryHunt.gov
  • PBGC.gov – Unclaimed pension plan benefits
Filed Under: Frugal Living, Taxes
Last updated: March 12, 2014
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Comments

  1. Money Beagle says
    September 13, 2011 at 6:50 am

    I did some searching for family and friends and found one of my friends had some unclaimed money. I told him about it and said he owed me a finders fee, but so far haven’t seen it. My guess is he never even filed for it yet. LOL.

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  2. Jonathan says
    September 13, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    I search for family as well! I did sit on my submission claim for a few days because it required some “work” like finding my Social Security card and making a copy, using snail mail, etc. I’m sure a huge chunk of unclaimed funds in small amounts will stay unclaimed. 🙂

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  3. Justin says
    September 15, 2011 at 7:52 am

    Heck yeah! My lived in California for a couple of years. On a whim, I search for her maiden name out there after getting nothing in our home state. She has $260 bucks coming to her!

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  4. Justin says
    September 15, 2011 at 7:54 am

    Oh, she was looking over my shoulder as I was looking at the vast number of listings for her name. She said, “Hey! That’s me! That’s my address!”

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  5. Davis says
    September 17, 2011 at 4:53 am

    I’ve never seen you put your full name on the blog why start now?

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  6. Jonathan says
    September 17, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    Are you saying I’m the state controller for California? 🙂

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  7. shaw says
    November 11, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    Jonathan, thanks to you I received my unclaimed money from Texas State. It’s been in their pocket since 2009. The claim process was straight and clear. The check arrived 5 weeks after I sent out all required docs. Not a big sum, but still better than nothing. Again, thanks!

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