After a dreary week, I am thrilled to post happy news. Real Simple magazine wrote a little tidbit about unclaimed cash. In the United States, there’s about $33 billion worth of unclaimed money in state treasuries. Find out if some of that lonely cash is yours. Check out unclaimed.org and find your state. Type in your name and see if you have an old check or a bank account balance that you had no idea about.
I know I have a lot of Canadian and British readers. If there are similar websites in your countries, please let me know and I’ll update the post.
After going to your state’s website, do you have any unclaimed property? If you do, what will you do with the loot?
I really want everyone to have a great weekend and thanks for all of your support this week.
**UPDATE** Canadians can click here for unclaimed property.
Thanks Cookie for the tip!
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I used to check these all the time! Thanks for the reminder. My husband and I don’t have anything for the two states we’ve lived in; however, I found my brother-in-law has $8.00 owed to him, my other brother-in-law has $113, and my husband’s uncle has $133. I’ll be having my hubby call them up
Thanks…I checked these too in the past and still I come up empty..lol
It was worth a shot though.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Hey, I’ve been lurking for a while and thought it was time to comment.
No free money for me in either of the states I’ve lived in. Of course I don’t have a long family history here and I’m pretty aware of my bank accounts since I keep draining them.
If you have deceased relatives you might also run their names at unclaimed property. I mention this because my mother recently died and in trying to tract down a paid-up insurance policy I found out that the payoff was in the hands of unclaimed property. They sent it to a state where my mom lived in the early 70s. It was her last known address. I also found a minor’s bank account she left behind in that state that was in my name. All this money will look real good in a Roth IRA.
Have a great weekend Nat!
Twiggers- Make sure your hubby gives you credit for the find. You are the family star!
PJD-Aw. All good. Just means that you keep up with your money.
Nadine-Thanks for stepping out of the shadows!
Lou-Great advice about the deceased relatives. Have a great weekend, too!
None for me, but two cousins with my last name popped up. I emailed them and told them to check it out.
I found a Canadian website:
http://www.cuar.ca/
My dead step-grandmother was in there twice. I forwarded the info to my step-father. I’m excited to find out what it is!
I think I should get a “finder’s fee.”
-Katy