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It is estimated that one person in every ten in the United States and Canada has unclaimed property, including bank assets, insurance refunds, and dividends – just to name a few. After hearing about a friend who discovered unclaimed property held by the state of California, I decided to check this out. Sure enough, the State of California holds unclaimed assets AND allows you to file a free claim.

Sound too good to be true? Well, not only have I claimed $110 for dividends I wasn’t aware I had, one co-worker of mine discovered $1300 in her name, and nearly $200 for her dad. Other co-workers claimed amounts varying from $40 to $300. My HR department, after hearing about this, asked me to write an article for our employee newsletter to spread the word.

I decided to check if other states have similar programs. Good news! Most, if not all, do. I pulled together a list with links to each state’s unclaimed property site, or the state’s treasury department. I also located similar sites for a number of provinces for our Canadian friends. My apologies for not providing additional information on other countries – doing so would become a full-time job

One more thing: This is a free service. Do not be tricked by websites offering to claim this money for you – they will charge you a fee!

Happy hunting!

United States
Alabama  http://www.treasury.state.al.us
Alaska  http://www.unclaimedproperty.alaska.gov 
Arizona  http://www.azunclaimed.gov
Arkansas http://www.state.ar.us/auditor
California http://www.sco.ca.gov/
Colorado http://www.colorado.gov/treasury/gcp/
Connecticut http://www.state.ct.us/ott/
Delaware http://www.state.de.us/revenue/information/Escheat.shtml
D.C.  http://cfo.washingtondc.gov/cfo/cwp/view,a,1326,q,590614,cfoNav,|33208|.asp

Florida  http://www.fltreasurehunt.org
Georgia  http://www.etax.dor.ga.gov/ptd/ucp/index.aspx 
Hawaii  http://www.ehawaiigov.org/bf/ucp/html/
Idaho  http://tax.idaho.gov/unclaimed.htm 
Illinois http://www.state.il.us/treas 
Indiana  http://www.indianaunclaimed.com 
Iowa  http://www.greatiowatreasurehunt.com 
Kansas  http://www.kansascash.com/prodweb/up/index.php 

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Kentucky http://www.kytreasury.com 
Louisiana http://www.treasury.state.la.us/
Maine  http://www.maine.gov/treasurer/unclaimed_property/
Maryland http://www.marylandtaxes.com/default.asp 
Massachusetts http://www.state.ma.us/treasury/ 

Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/treasury/0,1607,7-121-44435—,00.html 
Minnesota http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-536881373&agency=Commerce 
Mississippi http://www.treasury.state.ms.us/Index.asp 
Missouri http://www.showmemoney.com 
Montana  http://mt.gov/revenue/programsandservices/unclaimedproperty.asp 
Nebraska http://www.treasurer.org
Nevada  http://nevadatreasurer.gov/ 
New Hampshire http://www.state.nh.us/treasury/ 
New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/index.html?updiscl.htm~mainFrame 
New Mexico https://ec3.state.nm.us/ucp/ 
New York http://www.osc.state.ny.us/ 
North Carolina http://www.NCCash.com 
North Dakota http://www.land.state.nd.us/ 
Ohio  http://www.com.state.oh.us/unfd/treasurehunt.asp 
Oklahoma http://www.ok.gov/treasurer/index.html 
Oregon  http://www.oregonstatelands.us/DSL/UP/index.shtml 
Pennsylvania http://www.patreasury.org/ 
Puerto Rico http://www.ocif.gobierno.pr/unclaimedeng/unclaimedmain.aspx 
Rhode Island http://www.treasury.ri.gov/unclaimedproperty/ 
South Carolina http://www.treasurer.sc.gov/ 
South Dakota http://www.sdtreasurer.com/ 
Tennessee http://www.treasury.state.tn.us/unclaim/ 
Texas  http://www.window.state.tx.us/up/ 
Utah  http://www.treasurer.state.ut.us/ 
Vermont  http://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/ 
Virginia http://www.trs.virginia.gov 
Virgin Islands http://ltg.gov.vi/banking-and-insurance-form-downloads.html 
Washington http://ucp.dor.wa.govWest
Virginia http://www.wvtreasury.com/ 
Wisconsin http://www.ost.state.wi.us 
Wyoming  http://www.wywindfall.gov

Canada
Alberta  http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/tax_notes/Publication/2008_0115.pdf 
B.C.  http://www.bcunclaimedproperty.bc.ca/default.shtml 
Manitoba http://www.cibc.com/ca/cibc-and-you/to-our-customers/unclaimed-assets.html 
Quebec  http://www.revenu.gouv.qc.ca/eng/particulier/bnr/index.asp 
Saskatchewan http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/Missing-Persons-Unclaimed-Property
Canada (all provinces) http://ucbswww.bank-banque-canada.ca
Alberta: Alberta is near in finalization of Regulations to accompany  Bill 23, the Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act and proclamation is expected to be in mid-2008.

Australia
Search the Unclaimed Money Database  at the Australian Securities & Investment Commission

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