Florida Unclaimed Funds

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The State of Florida is currently holding more than $2 billion in unclaimed money!

This comes from a variety of dormant accounts from financial institutions, utility companies, insurance companies, and just about any other type of company you can think of.

Funds can go unclaimed for a variety of reasons including

  • never claiming a final paycheck
  • moving before getting your utility deposit back
  • not having an over payment on an item returned
  • or not knowing about an insurance payment.

There are many reasons for funds going unclaimed.

In Florida, unclaimed money is deposited into the state school fund where it is used for public educations.  That does not mean that you can’t claim it.  There is no statute of limitations and you can claim your funds at any time.

You can search the Florida unclaimed money website  and see if you have money being held for you or someone you know.  IMPORTANT: IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLORIDA SITE TO SEARCH IS ONLY WORKING IN CHROME.  


If you find money being held for you, you will need to submit a claim form.  The unclaimed money department in Florida is allotted up to 90 days to process your claim.  If they need more documentation, it may take longer.

Even if they don’t need documentation, it may take longer, not much you can do there but wait.

Proper documentation will definitely include a proper form of identification and will probably require proof that the unclaimed money does indeed belong to you.   Depending on whether you have moved or a person is deceased will effect what type of proof you need.

Chapter 717 of the Florida Statutes does not allow for interest to be paid on your money.

You  can contact the Florida unclaimed funds department here:

Florida Department of Financial Services
200 East Gaines St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Phone: (888) 258-2253 or (850) 413-5555

Email: FloridaUnclaimedProperty@myfloridaCFO.com

Did you know you can make money finding unclaimed money for other people?

There is a little known business that lets you do that. Unclaimed money finders locate people that don’t know they money being held for them and help them to recover it.

In return, they charge a commission after the money is recovered.

Please click here if you would like to learn more about this business.

Comments

  1. Do I have any money or property under the names of Larry Ann Torrente or George Joseph Torrente of Melbourne, Fla?

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  3. 11/24/2020, if you live in florida just go to http://www.fltreasurehunt.gov, it’s definitely a legitimate website. Don’t use a third party company, offering assistance with a FEE, filing your claim is free, it’s straight forward and simple. I filed my claim on 11/08/2020 and received a approval response within 24hrs. On 11/24/2020, I received my check……. Just do your research, it won’t hurt. I have an extra $4800 in my savings account, that I didn’t even know about.

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  4. I may have unclaimed Money n i would like to find out if i do .. !!n i have only commented once on this… n THANK U !!

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    • Well, it was working in Chrome so hopefully after this maintenance they’re doing it will be straightened out.

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      • I have been trying with Chrome for the last 30 minutes and cannot seem to get through the first search page without the site dropping connection.

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    • I learned my lesson and found a loop hole that works when they are “down for maintenance” which is bullsh*t. They where just down for maintenance the week before and every since Wednesday till even now they are down. But again it no longer affects me. They are currently processing day 10/09/2019

      https://fltreasurehunt.gov/ is a real government site, but the government it self is a scam! The state of Florida holds your money even longer than necessary after claiming. Florida makes money off your money (like other states) and the longer they have your money the more they make. 11/10/2019 they state they have over 40,700 claims (not including the ones they are supposedly working on) being over 60 days behind yet they cut hours, take every damn excuse of a holiday off and have not hired more staff to get people their money in a reasonable time.

      Texas, Goriga and a few other small states are much more sufficient in getting people their money, but Texas sometimes request stupid sh*t they know people may not have like very old account/ policy numbers even if SSN and other information match.

      My times for 3 states:
      Florida ( $17,999.04) : 10/10/2019 – Current

      Texas: ($16,047.00) 4 Month (In 2018)
      California: ($6.00) 7 Months (In early 2018)

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  9. I tried claiming funds from an insurance claim that was sent to the state of Florida. Since the check was also written to my old mortgage company, they would only release half the find. The mortgage company is no longer in business. And I had made all repairs to the property so it’s really money owed to me. What can I do to get the rest?

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      • Any idea when this will be resolved? I have been trying to search for months and i get an error each time.

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        • I have no idea. I can’t believe they would let it go for this long. I guess you can call them and ask them directly.

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        • Had the same problem…..I switched to chrome….just for this process.
          So try that…..any other questions, ask and i will see if I can help.

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          • Hey, that worked, thank you! I wish I had thought of that, will have to remember for the future. I am going to put a note for people in the body of the site in case they do not see this.

    • I agree….I have been at this for 8 months……….frustrating not only for this state government…..but for the N.Y. tri-state area too.

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  12. I recently received letters from 3 agencies telling me I have unclaimed money in the state of florida…. all three letters show a different amount, before their fees are deducted. How do I claim the funds if any by myself, I too tried to visit your listed website and got a error message

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      • That is correct, if you know about unclaimed funds and think you might have some, or, are just curious enough to check. Unclaimed money finders know in advance if someone is owed money and only charge a small percentage to help get it back. Many people out there would not know about money being held for them if they were not contacted by an unclaimed money finder.

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  13. Thanks for sharing. I am search for account. With Carroll wood banking. May have missed spell. Location dalemarby. Unfortunately under age and victim of car accident in the year 1976. Trust fund. Please help me. I am trying to get a roof repair for my mother home, which I have put my income to keep out of foreclosure. I am working hard. She is 75. I am lucky that to be here for each other.

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  14. looking for money for restitution for bad check in the business dev food mart store in wildwood fl 34785

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  16. I have been unable to access the website for the fltreasurehunt.org for like a week. I don’t understand. It says to check my internet connection. My connection is fine.

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  17. Hi – My Father passed in 2012 and had a mutual fund with Charles Schwab, we were unaware of the account and because it was inactive for a few years, it was escheated to the state of Florida in February 2016, Charles Schwab directed us to check the website unclaimed.org, through the state of Florida. After Checking under both my mother and fathers names, both listed on the account, we are unable to find it! Any suggestions on where the funds may have gone?! or where we should contact next? Thanks in advance!!!!

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    • Mary,
      I’m not understanding “check the website unclaimed.org, through the state of Florida”. Did you check with the state of Florida directly? If not, I would start with that.

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  19. My husband (Kenneth) passed away in 1998 and He just recently received a notice from a lawyer saying he has unclaimed funds. I went online myself and looked and he does have about $2000 unclaimed. How would I claim this? What documentation would I need to send in? I started to file for it but it only lets you file online as if you are the one the money is allocated to, but I’m not, I’m his surviving wife. Thank you for any help.

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    • Teresa,
      On the Florida unclaimed funds site, when you click on a file that you would like to claim, there is a question “Is this person deceased”. Did you click on that? If so, it should take you where you need to go. If you are not able to figure it out online, the best thing to do would be to call the State directly at (888) 258-2253 or (850) 413-5555.

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    • I did the search and it is not a scam my Husband had 3 claims i sent a copy of his i.d to the address & he recieved a large real check.follow the instructions to claim yours. Good Luck.

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  21. I am trying to find a paper trail to my Roth IRA account. I have proof of my account, but no one can find where my money is. I need HELP I have been working on this for several weeks.

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  22. Channel 8 posted a web site for unclaimed money.
    I have an acct PATJFKDQ. I never received anything after filing a claim

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  24. I received a refund notice from something called Estate Trust Asset Recovery stating I am entitled to funds from Comcast Cable Comm Mgmt LLC. Naturally I don’t want to pay somebody else for something
    I might be able to do myself online. Any suggestions how I can find out about these funds without using their service?

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    • Rick,

      You can start here, http://unclaimed-funds.org/free-search/ . You can also give Comcast a call if you either used their service or if you were a shareholder and see who they may have turned the funds over to. If you were a Comcast subscriber, was it in another state? You could look there as well.

      Good luck!

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  25. I am looking for a friend at his request. When his father died, he was underaged and the money was put in a trust fund. He is currently incarcerated in F S P, and he asked me, thru my brother to look up something for a trail of the money. His father died in 1974. There is a guardianship case #. I have it in my paper file..but not in front of me at the moment. I will try again, tomorrow around 11 a.m., Indianapolis time, EST. for any help that you can start me off with. Thank you.

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  27. How do I claim the money that I’m owed if it was from an old insurance company that is longer open and I have nothing with the claims address on it?

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  28. My sister Maria Manoti had a financial account with Raymond James in Florida, she lives in Italy and received a letter from Broadridge Disney Shareholder Services stating that she has Disney Stocks held in Street name. However, when I called the company was told that the stocks were dormant and were given to the State…. Meanwhile my sister never received any of the dividends, nor any previous communication from Disney Shareholder Services prior to this letter….
    Could you kindly help her? She does not speak English so I have to do the research for her.
    Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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    • Yes she may have shares like me,and not know. Try FLTresures.com or google unclaimed property in the state of Florida. Enter first and last name then the 5 letter/numbers or combo of both. If they have anything with her name it will be listed along with a florida address or po box.if it was her or his address tap claim number to the far left to get started.

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      • I removed the link from that site. I clicked on it and received a message “deceptive site”. I realize treasures was spelled incorrectly so typed in the correct spelling but it still didn’t take me right to a site; it started taking through various security steps so I backed out.

        To be safe just go to https://www.fltreasurehunt.org/

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    • Deceased.father I was not aware. At. The.time has been. Some time. Ago . Told. He left inheritance in .stateof…Georgia
      He. Also lived.in. Florida. The. Name is. Edwar d James. Fair

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  30. Good morning, I was shown a letter when I was around 15 years old by my mother, it stated that when I turned 18 I would have an inheritance from my deceased father. I never heard any more about it, my mom passed away and we (my sister and I) just don’t know where to look? My sister is still in Florida while I now live in Virginia. His name was Maxwell Ray Wommack
    Mine: Derik Wommack
    Sister: Cheryl Wommack
    Please advise, Derik Wommack

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    • Derik, I would start by calling the office of Probate with the circuit court or superior court in the state where your father lived when he passed away (sorry for your loss). They can tell you if anyone qualified for his estate and what assets he had at the time of his death. You may want to check and confirm that you were listed as an heir.

      Your father may have dissolved the trust before his death, and before you turned 18.

      If you have already tried my suggestion, you may want to check public record in the court where he lived to see if a copy of the trust was ever recorded for any reason. You would start that search using his name.

      When I searched his name online, IF I found the right person, he passed in 1976 in Volusia County, Florida. I am guessing records from that time frame are NOT electronic and a person may actually have to go the courthouse and do some research.

      I wish you and your sister the best. Obviously, if your father wanted to you receive these funds I sure hope you find it and his wishes are honored!!

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  31. I keep getting emails saying I have a unclaimed stimulas check and that i need to claim it. And emails saying i was part of a classaction lawsuit and i need toclaim it. But when i use the link it gives i can never find what they are talking about.

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    • Cynthia,
      Those items usually come in the normal (snail) mail. If you’re getting them in email they are probably spam or a phishing try, so don’t take the bait.

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  34. Elaine cooper and I are looking for our money that we was supost to receive from our law suit against fl hospital for medical malpratist if you do call me at 407/358/xxxx or text don’t email me

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  35. I was told I had unclaim funds I Idianaplolis Indiana an Melbourne fl how or who do I contact to recover this money myself people want to charge me to tell me were its at doesn’t seem fair

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  36. How does someone go about depositing funds to the unclaimed division for funds belonging to someone who cannot be located?

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  37. My wife, Juana Monge Herring, died of cancer while she was visiting Peru on January 24, 2016. Before she got too ill to speak I had last spoke to her on December 16, 2015. She had claimed that she never spent the $5,000 she had in one of her bank accounts here in Florida. I’ve gone through the banks and found little to go on. They give me little information and keep parroting me to look into unclaimed funds.

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    • Wiliam,
      First off I’m sorry for your loss. I suggest you call the Florida unclaimed funds department at Claimant Services Phone Number: (888) 258-2253 or (850)413-5555

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  38. I live in the state of Florida but have unclaimed funds from Sears in the state of Georgia, left by my cousin, but she got the funds from my uncle. She was not entitled to these funds because she was supposed to split it between the rest of the family which is roughly about 15 souls. A lawyer in Georgia is now holding the rest of the checks (from Sears). He wrote a letter to all the heirs to come to an agree but none could agree on a executor for the family. So now the checks are piling up on his desk in the state of Georgia for quite some time now, rumor is he does get a commission for holding the checks. Trying to make it short how do you deal with this if the lump sum is so much. How come they just give me my cut and forget about it?

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  40. My brother, Jonathan Craig Holmes, who died April 9, 2015, had a Florida bank account at First Union Bank in Edgewater, Florida. The bank was bought by SouthTrust, and then sold to Wells-Fargo. My brother did not close the account when he went to Texas. The bank account was set up for him by me in the early 1990s. He was getting VA disability checks deposited there. I’m wondering if the deposits continued, even though Mr. Holmes left the area. He was a Vietnam vet and had problems with alcohol. He was homeless on the streets of Houston for some time. In 2001 he collapsed on the street due to the heat. He was taken to the VA hospital and from there was moved to a VA care facility. I am wondering if any money was left in Florida. Can you tell me?

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  41. I have been married 3 times. I may have some money unclaimed from a tax return, or insurance policy or
    401K money.

    Please check under these names:
    Katherine Ann Bell
    Katherine Ann Kolodner
    Katherine Ann Diaz
    Katherine Ann Bermudez

    Thank you,

    I look forward to hearing back from you.

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  42. To whom it may concern,

    I did a short-sale of my Townhome, back in January of 2012. I did everything I was instructed to do and was promised a government refund that was being offered at that time.

    I used Century 21 Company, and was told by the realtor & title company that I was entitled to around $4,000, or more dollars.

    Can you please investigate into what happened to my money,

    My sister was in forclosure for 2 years & received $8,000 dollars back.

    I appreciate anything you can find out.

    With Kindest Regards,

    Mrs. Katherine Ann Bermudez

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  43. I am trying to help a friend in finding an insurance policy left by her mother. Her mothers name is Catherine Moriarty kalinowski. I’m not sure what year she passed away,but the policy she was told about is suppose to be for $5000 as inheritance money. Catherine lived in Shalimar,FL. Thank you.

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  44. Marge,

    There could be a lot of places and it would be tough to figure out without any information other than the state is trying to contact you.

    I would just contact the state and get the details from them. You can go to https://www.fltreasurehunt.org/ for information.

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  45. How do I find out about mutual funds of a deceased? State of Florida trying to contact me as next of Kin?

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