Unclaimed Property Blog

The state unclaimed money websites and all of the government sponsored sites related to found money are missing 90% of the lost money records and can often make you miss out on funds that you should have claimed. They simply don’t contain most of the records. It would take you 50+ hours to search all the government sites one by one. No matter what your state tells you, there is no government site that searches all the lost money databases.

This story by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that 54,639 people and companies in Broward County Florida and 32,937 in Palm Beach County Florida who have money or valuables at the state’s Unclaimed Property agency. These lost funds and unclaimed property come from old bank accounts, insurance policies, uncashed checks, business accounts, safe deposit boxes and other sources. Every state and some Federal agencies are holding unclaimed property. In fact, it is said that there is over $30 billion dollars in unclaimed property listed by these agencies. Most people don’t even know they are owed the money.

Every year the state of Nevada has millions of dollars worth of unclaimed property reported to it. This money belongs to people who have forgotten bank accounts, uncashed checks, lost insurance settlements and many other sources. Most people don’t even know they have money being help by the state in their name. Now, based on this article published in the Las Vegas Sun, the state of Nevada wants to spend “$8 million a year from the state’s unclaimed property fund… through 2012”. That’s your money they are spending! You better click to check out this unclaimed property search and see if any of it belongs to you.