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:
| Property Type |
Abandonment period
|
| Accounts Payable |
3 years
|
| Accounts Receivable/Credit Balances |
3 years
|
| Certificates of Deposit |
3 years
|
| Checking Accounts |
2 years
|
| Debt (private/government bonds) |
3 years
|
| Dissolution/Liquidation |
2 years
|
| Dividends |
3 years
|
| Escrow Accounts |
3 year
|
| Fiduciaries |
3 year
|
| Funds held by State or Local Courts/Agencies |
2 years
|
| Gift Certificates |
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|
| Mineral Proceeds/Royalties |
3 years
|
| Money Orders |
7 years
|
| Lay-a-way Deposits |
3 years
|
| Life Insurance All |
3 years
|
| Demutualization |
2 years
|
| Official Bank Checks |
3 years
|
| Refunds/Rebates |
3 years
|
| Safe Deposit Bank Contents |
3 years
|
| Savings Accounts |
3 years
|
| Securities |
3 years
|
| Tangible Property |
3 years
|
| Travelers Checks |
15 years
|
| Utility Deposits |
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| Utility Refunds |
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| Vendor Payments |
3 years
|
| Wages/Commissions |
2 years
|
| All Other Property |
3 years
|
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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My grandmother who raised me died in1971. Did she have any unclaimed funds?
My husband passed away. I am looking to see if there is unclaimed money left behind.
Dear Sir. How do I correct info submitted on an Owner Claim Form? I had Power of Attorney and was the Executor of my In-laws Estate and I filed an Owner Claim Form in my name as heir (other) when we should have filed under my wife’s name as heir (child). Do we cancel the original claim and file a corrected claim? Need some direction. Thanx much. Cordially yours. Tom D.
Trying to locate the “Entitlement by Relationship to Decedent Owner Affidavit” that I need to have notarized for my deceased mother items. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
What documents can I provide as proof that I resided at the address listed on the claim form? I no longer live there and do not have any documents from 2006.
do I have any unclaimed property?
I was just informed that my claim was processed. How long should it be before I receive the payment in the mail? Already went through everything. Just wondering how long it takes after it’s been processed to get payment.
What do you do if the co owner is no longer around. We are divorced and I have no idea where she is.
I would contact the state directly and see what they can do.
Do I have any unclaimed funds?
How can I find out the total amount due to me? All it shows me is over $100. I live in Pennsylvania. I just need to know if it is worth my time and energy. Someone please help.
Would it list a forgotten 401k plan?
If it was turned over to the state it would.
The state would want you to start the claim process first and then they would possibly give you the information. Sometimes it takes a while.
Had a refund coming from the Meadows casino was informed if I didnt pick it up by April 1st I would have to get it from Pa.unclaimed funds.
I have ben waiting since jan you recived all MY pper work for dad’s moeny comng too me in the Jna and Feb 5 you reicived, and your company is giving nothing bu th run around Ishold have thec already it has been over 90 for 619.14. Henry Louis Lach, I am kimberly lach , and I an o know an REPLY back when my check will be here rvrthung was turneit NOTHING missing, I shuold had it o already
Claim id number is 100989184
Kimberly LAch BIOLOGIC DAUGHTER IN FRIDA CELL # CALL E ASAP AND KET ME NOW WHE THIS CHECK WAS mailed isnce all of your offics are closed i am getting thr runa round i am ready to call my aywer he said I shuold of had mail to kast month!
It’s been since may for me! $902.00 We have gone there and called three times. No luck. I wonder if they are scamming us because they have our SS# ??
Credit Sesame shows stocks purchased by my paternal grandmother in a joint accounts for she & I. She is deceased. I was able to pull up only one of four or five holdings but can not find the rest. What should I do?
Did you check in every state you and she lived in?
They would like proof that I resided somewhere I haven’t lived in 20 years & when I did live there, I was in high school. Does anybody know what counts as acceptable proof?
We had unclaimed money a long time ago and we had to show proof like income tax’s papers or old pay check, They wanted anything with that address on it to show proof you lived there.
Is there a time limit to claim funds?
No, that is why the amount of unclaimed funds being held keeps increasing!
Tried to get access to the list of unclaimed funds. could not get access please advise or send the list
If you go here, https://www.patreasury.gov/unclaimed-property . you should be able to submit your information.
looking for unclaimed money
couldn’t connect to the Pa site