7 Things Every American Should Know About Unclaimed Money
Every year 20+ billion dollars goes unclaimed in the United States. Millions of Americans are owed this money but either don’t know it exists or don’t know how to find it.
Here are 7 things everyone needs to know about unclaimed money:
1 – ANYONE can have money owed to him or her!
Money that ends up [...]
Tips to Find Unclaimed Money or Property
The government is sitting on a windfall. The problem is that the money in question doesn’t belong to the government. It belongs to people like you and me. Every year billions of dollars gets transferred to state and federal governments because people don’t claim it. Some of that money will eventually become the permanent property [...]
Connecticut Holding Millions Of Dollars In Unclaimed Money
Despite returning a record $26.2 million in Connecticut unclaimed money in 2006, there are still tens of millions of dollars in missing money waiting to be located and claimed by the rightful owners – average citizens who simply abandoned or forgot about these assets for one reason or another.
Recent efforts by the Connecticut State Treasurer’s [...]
The State of New Jersey Owes Residents Hundreds Of Millions In Unclaimed Money
The state of New Jersey has the highest population density among the 50 states- an average of 1,030 people per square mile with 90% of the people living in an urban area. This might explain the fact that property taxes in the Garden State is the highest in the country- twice the national average. Based [...]
Oklahoma Owes Citizens More Than $260 Million In Unclaimed Money
The city of Antlers, OK bills itself “The Deer Capital Of The World”. By the city’s name alone, one can guess a lot of bucks are running-around in the woods of Oklahoma. Hundreds of millions of lost bucks are also in the State’s Treasury Department and, you guessed it- they’re not brown and furry and [...]
Idaho Unclaimed Money Surpasses $40 Million
Generally when people think of the state of Idaho, what comes to mind? Potatoes of course. Lots and lots of potatoes. But there’s also a massive pile of something else that you could say is “no small potatoes” – Idaho unclaimed money. Idaho’s lost money fund has swollen to a whopping $40 million and counting [...]
South Dakota Unclaimed Money – Tens of Millions and Growing
The bottom slice of bread in the Dakota sandwich is well known as the home to Mt. Rushmore, but SD is holding something equally valuably but much less known. The Office of the State Treasurer is currently holding tens of millions of dollars in South Dakota unclaimed money that belongs to residents of the state. [...]
New Mexico Unclaimed Money Approaches $100 Million
Not many people know it, but New Mexico is home to quite a few American icons. In 1950, the little cub that was to become the National Fire Safety symbol, Smokey the Bear, was found trapped in a tree when his home in Lincoln National Forest was destroyed by fire. The New Mexican city of [...]
New Hampshire Owes Residents Millions in Unclaimed Money
New Hampshire may be known as The Granite State because of its number one, and incredibly valuably natural resource, but there is another treasure hidden in this New England state that is less known. New Hampshire unclaimed money, totaling in the millions, owed to residents of the state is being held by the NH State [...]
Indiana Now Holding 350 Million Dollars in Unclaimed Money
Each year states across the country, including Indiana, take in more unclaimed property than they return to the rightful owners, leading to piles of cash totaling tens of billions of dollars. Indiana unclaimed money alone now totals $350 million, and the money is there for the taking if the citizens it belongs to can just [...]
