Pennsylvania is currently holding over $3.4 billion in unclaimed funds!

One in ten Pennsylvanians have unclaimed money being held for them.

These funds can include:

• Forgotten savings accounts
• Forgotten checking accounts
• Uncashed checks
• Unknown insurance claims
• Unknown court findings
• Utility Deposits
• Paychecks

There are many reasons for funds going unclaimed including:

• Forgetting to pick up a final paycheck after leaving a job
• Forgetting or not even knowing about a savings account in your name
• Not knowing about an inheritance left to you with a former address listed
• Not knowing about a court decision in your favor
• Forgetting that you put a deposit down on utilities or a phone

The list of reason for funds going unclaimed is almost infinite.

There is a certain time limit for the company in possession of the funds to hold on to them before they are required to turn them over to the state.  This is called the “Abandonment Period”.  The types of property and the abandonment time periods for Pennsylvania are listed below:

Once the funds have been determined to be “abandoned” they are turned over to the State Treasury’s unclaimed money division.

You can search for Pennsylvania unclaimed funds here

If it turns out that you have money being held for you, you need to submit a claim to recover it.

Complete your claim forms and send them as quickly as possible to:

Unclaimed Property (Claims)
4th Floor, Riverfront Office Center
1101 South Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516

You will need to prove your identity and proof of address, which may not be where  you currently reside.

If you have any questions, you can all the unclaimed property department at  1 800 222-2046.

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Oklahoma is holding over $585 million in unclaimed funds! 

Over one million Oklahomans are owed these funds.

Unclaimed funds include, but are not limited to:

• Savings accounts
• Checking accounts
• Utility Deposits
• Money Orders
• Royalties
• Stocks and Bonds
• Dividends
• Insurance Policies
• Uncashed Check

Funds can go unclaimed for a variety including, but not limited to:

• • • Failure to claim your utility deposit when you move
    • Failure to claim a final paycheck
    • Not knowing about an insurance claim payment
    • Not knowing about an inheritance
    • Forgetting about a bank account

The list goes on and on.


Oklahoma’s Unclaimed Property Law requires holders of unclaimed funds to report and deliver these funds to the State Treasurer’s Office on an annual basis. By law, all holders are required to attempt to contact the owners before reporting the property to the State. This applies to holders within other states, as well as holders located within Oklahoma.

Click here to search for Oklahoma unclaimed money

If you find your name in a search, you will need to prove it is your before you can claim int. Proof of ownership of unclaimed funds may consist of a copy of the claimant’s driver’s license or other identification, a document providing Social Security or Federal Employer Identification Number and, one or more of the following:

A copy of:

Birth certificate, marriage certificate, will, probate distribution, divorce decree, documentation that provides a connection with the reported address or business for the year cited as the Date of last transaction (the last date the owner contacted or generated activity or the date the property became due or payable), notarized contract if a representative is claimant; guardianship or trust agreement, letter from the holder authorizing the release of funds reported and remitted by the holder, proof of payment by holder to owner (front and back copy of canceled check, CD’s, list of documentation furnished in support of payment of claim, or both) affidavit executed by individual other than claimant, income tax return, adoption records, court records, stale dated checks, affidavit of proof of death and heirship from disinterested party, any documentation relate to saving accounts, checking accounts, safety-deposit boxes, stocks or dividends, wages, bearer bonds and certificates of deposit, insurance, mineral proceeds, court clerk funds, vendor checks, property held by deceased owners, cashier’s checks, and claims by heirfinders or agents of listed owner, and claims based on transfers of mineral interest.

If you have any questions you can contact the Oklahoma unclaimed funds division at:

Treasurer Ken Miller

2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 217
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Local: (405) 521-3191

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North Dakota is currently holding over $29 million in unclaimed funds. 

The North Dakota Unclaimed Property Division has been working to reunite individuals with property that they have lost or misplaced since 1975.

Unclaimed property consists of uncashed checks, unused bank accounts, and other property such as stocks and bonds that has not been claimed by the owner for a specified period of time (usually two to five years). In some instances the property was missed in the probate of an estate, or it may have simply been forgotten by the owner.

The division acts as custodian of these unclaimed funds from banks, insurance companies, utilities, retailers, hospitals,  local governments, and other entities.


Any business operating in the State of North Dakota is required to annually check its accounting records for outstanding checks, dormant accounts, unclaimed stocks or bonds, credit balances, etc. Once the property is identified, the business owner needs to notify the property owner at the last-known address to give them an opportunity to recover the property.

If the business is unsuccessful in contacting the owner, or if the owner doesn’t respond, the business owner must turn the property over to the Unclaimed Property Division.

There is no time limit to recover your unclaimed funds.  The Unclaimed Property Division will hold on to them forever, until you claim them.

You can click here to search for unclaimed money in North Dakota.

If you find money after doing a search you will want to fill out and print up a claim form.  You can send the claim form in to:

ND Department of Trust Lands
1707 N 9th Street
PO Box 5523
Bismarck, ND 58506-5523

Before sending in the claim form, it will need to be notarized.  The department handling claims needs to see the original notarized signature so you cannot email or fax it in.

You will also need to provide proof of identity, most likely with your social security card as well as proof that you lived at the address listed on the claim.

If you have any questions, you can contact the unclaimed funds division at:
Telephone: (701) 328-2800
unclaimed@nd.gov

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