- posted: Mar. 17, 2020
- Legal News & Articles,  Probate
The State of Florida wants you to find your unclaimed property. They've set up a web site to make it easy.
The states website explains:
Why Search?
It only takes 30 seconds.
$323 Million
paid out to Floridians last year!
One in Five
chance you have unclaimed property
It's FREE!
No cost to reclaim your funds
In most cases, you don't have to hire anyone to help with the paperwork.
Visit fltreasurehunt.gov and enter your name.
Other states have free searches as well, so you should check each state where you lived, established a bank account, or owned property. Here's the link to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. They have a map of the 50 states with links to each state.
Visit unclaimed.org to get started.
You can also checked for deceased family members. Often people never learn about their unclaimed property, but the heirs can follow the procedures to prove they are entitled to claim the funds. Sometimes that requires probate work, but it's at least worth checking.
I hope you find buried treasure!