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The Office of the Missouri State Treasurer administers the Unclaimed Property Division, the state’s largest lost and found. The state currently is holding more than $200 million in unclaimed assets. Each year, financial institutions, businesses, government agencies and other organizations turn over millions of additional dollars and the contents of nearly 500 safe deposit boxes to the Unclaimed Property Division.

Do you have a lost treasure in Montana? The Montana Department of Revenue is responsible for finding owners of unclaimed intangible personal property turned over to the state. Montana is considered a "custodial state" and holds the property on behalf of abandoned property owners.

The Nebraska Unclaimed Property Division is responsible for returning money, stocks, bonds, dividends, utility deposits, gift certificates, vendor payments and insurance proceeds of any type to the rightful owners.

You can make a claim any time, since Nevada unclaimed property is kept in a custodial capacity until the rightful owner or heir can be found.

Each year millions of dollars in dormant or lost accounts go unclaimed. This money is turned over to the New Hampshire Treasury by businesses that are unable to locate the property owners. These funds may be in the form of cash or securities such as stocks, bonds or mutual funds. The Treasury's Abandoned Property Division can help you discover and recover your property for free. You have nothing to lose!

This site has a database of unclaimed property which has been reported since 1989. The property includes wage checks, bank accounts, CDs, bonds, stocks, etc. It does NOT include real estate.

Every state has laws governing disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property. The purpose of the New Mexico Unclaimed Property Office is to reunite lost owners with their property. Unclaimed property is considered abandoned when it remains unclaimed for the number of years prescribed by statute.

The State of New York is currently holding billions of dollars in unclaimed funds. This website will tell you how to avoid having your money turned over to the State and how to get it back if it is abandoned.

North Carolina state law requires financial institutions, insurance companies, public agencies, and businesses to turn over unclaimed property to the state if there has been no contact with the owners for the statutory period of time. In most cases, this period of time varies from 1 to 5 years depending upon the property type. There are over 100 types of property which may become unclaimed.

Since 1975, the North Dakota Unclaimed Property Division has worked to reunite individuals with property that they have misplaced or lost. Over the years, nearly half of the money that has been collected by the Division has been returned to owners. North Dakota has consistently been among the top five states in percent of collections returned to owners.

Each year, due to death, inadvertence or forgetfulness, more than 200,000 people and organizations lose track of monies, rights to monies, and intangible property in Ohio. The Ohio Division of Unclaimed Funds has more than 2.6 million unclaimed property accounts worth over $700 million in its custody.

Returning unclaimed property to Oklahomans is one of the jobs of the State Treasurer. Oklahoma businesses bring unclaimed property to the Treasurer for safekeeping, as required by law. The Treasurer then finds the rightful owners (or their heirs) of unclaimed funds, stocks and contents of safe deposit boxes.

More names and property are added frequently, so it's important that you continue to check this site regularly.

It could be yours! Pennsylvania has over one billion dollars in property and some of it could be yours. This includes inactive bank accounts, unclaimed securities, unused gift certificates, abandoned safe deposit boxes, jewelry, rare coins and stamps. There is no time limit to claim your property.

In order to protect consumers, Rhode Island Unclaimed Property Law requires businesses to turn over inactive financial accounts to the Office of the General Treasurer. Currently, we are holding more than $124 million in unclaimed property. Some of this money could belong to you!

South Carolina unclaimed property law says that when the holder of property (e.g., a bank, insurance company, brokerage firm, or utility company) is unable to locate the owner after a certain period of time (usually five years), the holder must send the property to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Program then holds the property for the owner until the owner can be found.

Every year, the South Dakota State Treasurer collects over $5 million in unclaimed property. Under South Dakota Unclaimed Property Act, property becomes "unclaimed" when the owner does not respond to attempts by the holder of the asset to activate the account within the dormancy period. The Treasurer holds these unclaimed assets in trust until the rightful owner (or heir) can be located. There are no fees to return property to the owner.

Tennessee may be holding unclaimed property which belongs to you.

The State of Texas is committed to returning unclaimed property to their rightful owners.

Each year, millions of dollars in bank accounts, stock certificates, checks, insurance checks, bonds and dividends are turned over to the State of Utah because the owners cannot be located. Some of this money could belong to you! It may take only a couple minutes of your time to see if you or a family member is listed. It’s easy, it’s free and it’s yours.

Welcome to the Vermont State Treasurer's Office Unclaimed Property Web site. I hope this Web site will answer many of your questions about unclaimed property and assist you in locating unclaimed assets. We invite you to search the Web site and see if we have assets for you. This is a free service and there is no time limit for filing a claim.

Last year, the Virginia Unclaimed Property Division returned over $27 million to owners.

Did you know that the state of Washington is searching for the rightful owners of approximately $450 million in unclaimed property? Your chances are one in seven that you have unclaimed property being held by the state.

The West Virginia State Treasurer is the administrator of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and acts as custodian of the property on behalf of the owner. Owners or heirs can always claim their property. There is no time limit for making a claim to the State Treasurer. The money that is never claimed is transferred into the general fund for the benefit of all West Virginia citizens.

Did you know that the Wisconsin State Treasurer has over $300 million owed to Wisconsin citizens and businesses? In 2005, we were able to unite over 27,000 people with their property which amounted to around $19 million. In addition, over 248,000 shares of stock valued at over $4 million were returned to Wisconsin citizens or their heirs.