Washington State is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed funds!
Unclaimed funds refers to money being held by an organization that has not had contact with the owner for an extended period of time. Funds are usually considered unclaimed after three years, when it is turned over to the state of Washington.
Banks, retailers, credit unions, utilities, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental entities are some of the many sources of unclaimed property.
Washington’s Department of Revenue administers the States unclaimed property program as a free public service. Since 1955, more than $1 billion in unclaimed property has been turned over to the Department of Revenue. In fiscal year 2020, the department’s Unclaimed Property Section received property worth more than $185 million. The department returned $74 million of the unclaimed property received to its rightful owners.
Funds that can go unclaimed includes:
- Bank accounts
- Insurance proceeds
- Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
- Safe deposit box contents
- Utility and phone company deposits
- Uncashed checks such as payroll, insurance payments, or travelers checks
- Customer/patient credits
Unclaimed funds do not include real estate, vehicles, and most other physical property.
Funds can go unclaimed for a variety of reasons including:
- Leaving a job and not claiming a final check
- Not knowing about an insurance check
- Forgetting about a security
- Moving out of a house or apartment without getting back your utility deposit
The list of reasons goes on and on.
Fiscal year 2021 Washington State Unclaimed Property Annual Report
Click here to search for Washington unclaimed funds
Contact Washington States Unclaimed Funds Department
You can email the Washington unclaimed funds department here
Phone
Call the Unclaimed Property Section at:
1-800-435-2429 or
(360) 534-1502
Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Questions regarding claims:
Department of Revenue
Unclaimed Property Section
PO Box 47477
Olympia, WA 98504-7477
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My mom and dad have found some uncashed checks from 2003, 2015 & 2019 from insurance (mainly health insurance.) Is there any chance of them collecting this money?
Thanks.
I would like to check this out after so many years.
i know i had significant money from unocal shares back in the 80s and cant find them anywhere
Looking for funds in Washington state
I did not see your name in Washington State. You may want to look for yourself at https://ucp.dor.wa.gov/.
You can also search in other location here: http://unclaimed-funds.org/free-search/
Looking for funds in Arkansas and Washington state
Where do j find my unclaimed money
checking into some lost funds
Just checking
I know that im anheir to my moms unclaim estate/ also my husband had a money market account before he died 4 yrs ago which his brother was thee trustee at the time .I so recall that verbal abuse my husband had gone thru when he asked his brother for his moneys./ Im also a partner to my grandmas home real estate located in paia maui and Im pretty sure it was sold June of 2014 Pls help me to obtain direct info or pls call me at my cell no, mahalo Debra
Did you get everything worked out?
Prudential insurance?
Looking for funds from the estate of Verna Staples
How do find these unclaimed funds,I opened an online bank account I totally lair got my access and I know I had some money left, the bank is based in NY