Indiana has over $800 million in unclaimed funds!
There are over 8 million accounts.
Each year, millions of dollars in assets are turned over to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as unclaimed property. It’s their job to help return these assets to their rightful owners.
Any financial asset with no activity by its owner for an extended period of time is considered unclaimed property.
Unclaimed property consists of certain financial assets-as defined by Indiana state statute IC 32-34-that have been abandoned by their owners for an extended period of time. Examples of unclaimed property include:
- Dormant bank accounts
- Lost or forgotten uncashed checks
- Stocks or bonds, dividends and bond interest
- Insurance proceeds
- Utility refunds
- Safe deposit box contents
Individuals or businesses may lose track of assets if:
- A change of residence or business relocation occurs, and an updated address is not provided, or an account or deposit is simply left behind.
- A check is received and accidentally discarded, lost or forgotten.
- A rightful owner dies and relatives are unaware of a bank account, safe deposit box or stock owned by the deceased.
- Notification of a divorce or marriage is not provided.
- A clerical error at a company alters a former employee’s name or address, resulting in returned mail.
In accordance with Indiana law, property is considered “unclaimed” when the holder of the asset, after a legally specified period, is unable to find or contact the owner.
The law requires business entities and others to review their records each year to determine whether they are in possession of any abandoned funds, securities, or other property that is reportable, and to prepare an annual report of abandoned property.
Before it is turned over to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General, unclaimed property is in the possession of holders who are responsible for reporting on behalf of their branches, divisions, and other affiliated entities.
A holder is a bank, insurance company or other business or organization in possession of property that has remained unclaimed for a given length of time. The holder most turn over the property to the Indiana attorney general’s Unclaimed Property Division after attempts at contacting the rightful owner have been unsuccessful.
Common holders include:
- Financial institutions, including any bank, trust company, savings bank, safe-deposit company, private banker, savings and loan association, credit union and cooperative bank. Both state and federally chartered institutions are required to report holdings.
- All business associations of two or more individuals, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including corporations, joint stock companies, business trusts, partnerships, cooperatives and other associations.
- Utilities owned or operated for public use.
- Other legal entities, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including governments, political subdivisions, public authorities, public corporations, estates, trusts, or any other legal or commercial entities.
The Office of the Indiana Attorney General publishes the names of all unclaimed property owners (as reported by the holder) in newspapers across the state, broken up by county. According to state law, properties turned over in a given calendar year must appear in the newspaper by Nov. 30 of the following year.
Go to the Indiana unclaimed money website to begin your search for unclaimed property.
You can contact the Indiana Unclaimed Property Division at:
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Unclaimed Property Division
PO Box 2504
Greenwood, IN 46142
Claims/Property: 1-866-462-5246
Reporting: 1-317-234-9768
Claims/Property: updmail@atg.in.gov
Business/Holder: updholder@atg.in.gov
Did you know there is a little known business regarding unclaimed money?
Unclaimed money finders help locate individuals and businesses that have money being held for them and help return that money to them. In exchange for helping recover the money, finders get paid commission, which is a percentage of the amount that was returned.
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Hello, I like to get in contact with someone and understand if this is legit! Do I have any unclaimed funds in the State of Indiana?
I told someone to help me to file my tax and the person stole my tax money how do i claim my money from irs back
I would think you would need to get law enforcement involved.
How can I get my stimulus money??
from INDIANA ref: unclaimed property
my sons Eric Paul Edson & David Alan Edson
husband Dale Eugene Edson
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Checking to see if I have un claimed money
My name is Charles Sanders and now I’m trying to find out if I have any unclaimed money is Charles Edward Sanders my email Charles 6943@ hotmail.com
PLEASE LOOK FOR THE 4 NAMES BELOW FOR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.
THANKS
I’m wondering if I have any unclaimed money from previous jobs,or anything else unaccounted for.
looking for unclaimed money
Trying to claim unclaimed money need to know how
I am trying to find a missing Mondy Market account from the Hendricks County Bank in Indiana opened in August of 2009 under the bane of Virignia H. Hodowal
Like to know if I got a refund coming
Robert,
There are a few listing for a Robert Welker in Indiana. You will need to go to https://indianaunclaimed.gov/ to see if any of them belong to you.
I found money on golookup is this site real
Hi my name is Lance Laberto James my ssn # is xxx-xx-xxxx and my address is 1712 North Layman Ave. Indianapolis Indiana, 46218. To make a long story short back in 2006 me and a group of friends started a production company named TRE1SEV ENT LLC, it was a tribute to a child hood friend I grew up with that went to jail for a while and is still to this day locked up. We hired a lawyer by the name of Mello Mix a real local famous type of guy, so we paid by saving up our work money and funds it wasn’t that much and our studio stuff was included. After 2-3 years of production we did not file taxes 2008 but we got the chance to talk to RCI MUSIC PROMOTIONS about a long term contract for 10,000 dollars and the chance for airplay and was in line to go gold with the hit single MY’S J’S, SWITCH POSTIONS AND ACT A DONKEY. Fast forward to today Edward Glen which is the President of TRE1SEV ENT LLC is no longer apart of the company but he still has all the paperwork and I’m so unable to reach out to him due to confusion. Fast forward to me I went with the title VICE PRESIDENT AND SECTARY OF STATE still unable to unlock the smallest things about the company such as id numbers and codes. Now it’s 2018 I’m fresh out of jail and the bank we was talking to is now called SALES FORCE AND KEEP AND MIND WE NEVER FILED TAXES. Before I got locked up I went into the bank to talk to a guy by the name of Michael Rush a branch manger and he showed ME THE SCARIEST SHIT I EVER SAW 61,000 DOLLARS IN WHAT? REVENUE . Keep in mind I’m just a high schooler with a whole lot of balls, so one day I was sitting on the couch at my mom’s and was listening to the radio but not just any regular radio station such as HOT 96.3 OR EVEN 102.9 IT WAS A NATINAL STATION, I really can’t talk about due to an old connection at N.P.S NATIONAL PROGRAMMING SERVICES out in Castleton and BOOM IT THE SAME THING MICHEAL WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS ON THE AIR. SO Back to the bank what happen to my money after it changed it’s name and you guy’s fell like you can help me in this GATEWAY Matter because if you can we can split the Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL HAHAHA
P.S. SOME OLD CONTACTS I CAN’T REACH TO HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND 615-599-5722, WHICH IS RCI MUSIC PROMOTIONS AND I DID COPYRIGHT THE SAME TRACKS VIA CONGRESS WITH MARY MCBETH PETERS ON JUNE AND APRIL 2007. JIMMY IVOINE COURSTESY OF INTERSCOPE RECORDS WHICH IS IN CALIFORNIA NAME MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SECTION BECAUSE MICHEAL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT THROUGH THE BANK THAT PROVIDES MANGERS. OLD ADDRESS 2619 BROUSE AVE INDIANAPOIS 46218, MY NEW!!!!!!!!! EMAIL ADDRESS LANCEJAMES731@YAHOO.COM AND KEEP IN MIND THAT EDWARD SAID HE DOES NOT WANT IN PART OF THIS COMPANY NO LONGER YOU SEEN THE MOVIE TEMPTIONS WITH DAIVD RUFFIN HAHAHA AND 4835 ROUND LAKE RD APT E , 46205 INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA PLUS ONE REAL BIGGIE PO. BOX 18611 WHICH IS NO LONGER BUT I HAD IT FOR A WHILE. THANKS AND MUCH LOVE PLEASE HELP, YOU HOW HARD IT IS FOR A BLACK MAN TO GET A LOAN LOL
THANKS LANCE LABERTO JAMES AKA NOTCH LABERTO YOUNG MOZART
Received post card stating I had “escheats” from State of Indiana….I assume from an old unemployment claim. I signed & sent back…..that was 2-3 months ago!! Have yet to receive funds!
I was sent an email that I had money coming from PNC Bank ,when I lived in Frankfort Indiana on 53 Augh st. in Frankfort and was ask for ID and my new address and that was a month ago ,so what is the hold up on getting my money?
If I have unclaimed money out there I could sure use it right now I’m behind on all my bills and I’m in need of some money.
I have over paid in child support and have paper work to support this from ssi need this money before I pass.
Child support/ are any money that was claimed under goodnight or under Kostrzewski
I live in indana for 59 years
How could I find a refund from 2013 that I never received?
Im looking for money my husband lent to the federal reserve, he passed away in 2011, but I do not live in Indiana any longer and don’t know have any idea how to go about finding the money
I just recently went to Indiana unclaimed website and saw that I have funds that I haven’t claimed. The funds are from an old employer and as my address they put my old employers old office address, that the company is no longer located at. I thought about trying to obtain an old check stub, but the check stub had the corporate address in a different state on it. I’m having the hardest time getting something in writing stating that I worked at the address and didn’t live at that address that is listed. I’m getting tossed around from HR person to HR person at the company and no one is able to help me. My question is…what other documentation can I provide in order to get my funds?
Have you contacted the State of Indiana and asked them what they would accept as proof of that, (800)447-5598? I would start there first and see what they say. You can try to get a credit report and see if it has that information. Also, Social Security might have information showing that you worked at that address, you can try with them, but if you talk to the state, they might be fine with just your social security information.
thank you so much. I’ll give them a call today.
Do you know how long it takes to process OR what’s the turn around time in receiving your money? (when everything is submitted properly and no hang ups)
I can’t speak specifically for Indiana, but I would say give them a minimum of 60 days.
Jean,
I cannot explain why one site is easier to use than others. Some states direct you to missingmoney.com The more states that do that, the more uniform the search is. Indiana is really not that difficult though. All you need to do is go to https://indianaunclaimed.gov/ and enter a name. You will then get the results right away. The good thing about Indiana as opposed to missingmoney.com is Indiana will give you the exact dollar amount owed. missingmoney.com will only tell you higher or lower than $100 or “amount unknown”.
I thought I was getting money back not having to pay. There were three amounts for my husband and two for me. How do I know if I have to pay or get money back? They asked for my social security number. I don’t like giving that out.
If this is through the state you do not have to pay. The state does need your social security number to make sure it is actually you. However, make sure it is the state before giving out your number. I receive a lot of emails from people sending their social security number thinking our website is the states website and I tell them not to blindly send their number out.
Shelly Meadows I money Unclaimed funds please help me out with this..
Look at Ohio’s Unclaimed forms posted. So easy to read and seek. In one hour I found 8 relatives I will contact. Look at Indiana’s site…3 at a time…separate boxes…Why make it so difficult AND timely. In 1/2 hour I have not yet gotten any information I am seeking. Put in the names and something is wrong….put them in again…and a new rule pops up..COPY OHIOS……..
Look at Ohio’s unclaimed funds system…in 1 hour I found 8 relatives I will notify..Then I tried Indiana and it is so time consuming and not search friendly at all. Why? In an hour I cannot get to where I want…..
The site (inidana unclaimed)has changed recently. You use to be able to search up to 3 different last names or spellings and 3 different spellings of first name in one advance search (so for same person if it was under maiden name or misspelling it would find it easily). Also it had business search or you could search by city or key word. Now there is NO advance search, no search by keyword, city, business or any different variety of what the name could be under.. just first and last name- that’s it. Very difficult to find anything that way or to narrow search down. Also names aren’t coming up on this search like they did on other. Needs to be changed back to what site was before!! Also the iPhone app crashes constantly..
Danielle,
I see what you are saying, the site did change. However, I was able to enter three letters “HAR” and 30,000 options came up. I was not able to get the more detailed information that I was able to in the past. They are requiring you to enter more information now. I tried entering information as a guest but there was an error with the site, I will have to try again another time. There may be around this if you can register. Otherwise, have you asked the state if they provide a list?