Did you know there is very possibly unclaimed money just out there waiting for you claim?
Uncashed checks from former employers, security deposits from apartments, interest from bank accounts… if you moved and the check wasn’t forwarded to you, then that money is given over to the state. To hold. For YOU!!
All you have to do is search for it and claim it!
Just head over to this Unclaimed Money map and click on your state. All of the links on the map are the official government websites for unclaimed money.
Then fill in your info into their form and you can check to see how much unclaimed money you have just floating around out there. Then you can download a form (one for EACH amount of money) and send the forms in to claim the amounts.
The last time I posted about this, one reader (see the comments below) found $6,000 that she didn’t know about!
Be sure to check all previous last names and all of the states that you have ever lived in.
So… did you guys find some money that you needed to claim? I can’t wait to hear about it!!
Click to go to the Unclaimed Money Map!
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Just Me Again says
I found I had $100 I didn’t know anything about!
Amy says
Just have to say again, “I love you!!!” Thank you for making my Friday!
Christi Canter Branson says
Both my husband and I had unclaimed $$!!!! Thanks for the link!
Bijal Sheth says
Thanks for sharing. I had a some money owed from a former employer.
Lindsey Wolfe says
I just went over there and it appears I have unclaimed money from a house I almost bought but it didn’t say how much? Goodness that was years ago! How did you find out the amount owed to you?
Amanda Mikell Knox says
I had like $250 unclaimed & it arrived while I was out with NO pay on maternity leave def a blessing!! 🙂
Amy Thomas Miller says
SHUT UP!!!!! We just found over $200!!! I LOVE you!!!
Andrea Jones Cain says
how do i figure this out i click onmy state it just shows unclaimed property
Monica M Vaughn says
nothing for me but i found sum $$ for my sis : ) thanks
Elissa Elledge Mobley says
Thanks so much for this!! I found just over $100!!!! 🙂
Rachel @ Surviving The Stores says
Andrea – Once you click on your state, there should be a button that you click on that says “Search Unclaimed Property”. Once I clicked that I could put in our names into the search box and do a search.
Andrea Jones Cain says
the one for georgia just shows property like real estate that is it
Joanne Ludos says
We just found about $1400 from an old Escrow account! WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Amy Thomas Miller says
We had some from a utility deposit and some from overpaid insurance premiums!!! Can’t wait to get some checks in the mail!!!
Laura Letz says
only pulls up unclaimed property!
Surviving The Stores says
Joanne – OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Surviving The Stores says
Laura – What state are you in?
Joanne Ludos says
I know!!!! And just after my boss told me that I’ll be getting a cut in pay for a while. God is good!
Laura Letz says
georgia
Andrea Jones Cain says
yeah taht is the problem i was havin it was just pullin up property in georgia
Surviving The Stores says
It looks like Georgia is a little different than the rest of the states for this. I’ll look around and see what I can find!
Marcia Diagostino says
Thank you SO much! I found unclaimed money from an insurance company, a bank, and Verizon. No idea how much though, how did you find out the amount? Again, THANKS! Without you i never would have known about this….gonna tell all my friends 🙂
Laura Letz says
thanks, youre so sweet to do so! really…you are 🙂
Emily Kay Johnson says
LOL, nothing here….guess that means we did a good job keeping track of everything? 🙂
Nancy Reynolds says
I had $1.84. ha ha ha. But i refuse to give out my social security number for less than $2.00. Thanks though.
Sarah says
Yay!! I had $58 and my hubby had $122!!! Thank you!
Nancy Reynolds says
Also it says my son is owed money from a Dentist that we’ve never been to. Hmmmm….
April Greenlees says
I cant find it. I’m in wv and its asking for the name of my business???
Kristen Ferguson says
I found some money unclaimed for my husband, but it doesn’t say the amount. I hope it’s more than a couple of bucks
Shelly Wilson says
I guess you just have to submit the paperwork to really find out if it’s your money, right? Gosh I hope so, cause we could use the $600 or so it says we have….
Angel Ezad says
i found some for my hubby, hopefully its alot. We need it.
Kathye Carter Shuman says
My late grandparents have about $1000 listed. Can my mom claim it as part of their estate (even though my grandfather died almost 17 years ago?)
msamy33 says
I may have found something… Georgia doesn’t give details so I sent away for the claim form. I’ll keep you posted.
Laura Letz says
ever find any leads on how to get the info for those in GA? just curious:)
Rebecca Colbath Carlino says
@ Laura Letz.. Here: https://etax.dor.ga.gov/unclaimedproperty/main.aspx
Laura Letz says
yes, thank you. thanks for unclaimed property. we were trying last week to figure out how to find the link to unclaimed monies, like the other states were showing.
Rachel @ Surviving The Stores says
Laura – I think Georgia just words it a little differently and that “unclaimed property” from the Georgia Revenue Dept. includes unclaimed money.
Angelica Sanchez says
Yes the money is also found under unclaimed property.
I saw I had something from an old employer but didn’t say how much. We’ll see!
Cathleen Conner Kuryluk says
We have $100 waiting for us!
mahargrave says
I just found a little over $6,000 for my husband. I really hope it works out because we could sure use that much money right now. Wow thanks for the post……what a huge blessing this would be.
Kristen Watkins says
I did this a couple of months ago and finally sent in for my 17 bucks. Hey better then nothing. 🙂
Rachel @ Surviving The Stores says
Oh my goodness you guys… I just had to share this over here too! A reader just left a comment on the post saying that she found $6,000 in money for her husband that was just floating around out there! Woohoo!!!
Melissa says
Thanks, yes, I found $50 and my husband found $25 from overpayments/deposits with utility companies from over 10 years ago. Every little bit helps!
Amy says
I just received our two checks for total of $250!!! Thanks again!
Monica Lutz Allison says
How do you claim the $?
Julie Lynn says
Ron Raye
Jessica Hardy Nye says
Long story, but I found $3000 owed to us this way as well!
Marina Rork says
I just found 2 claims for my hubby :). Doesn´t specify the amounts though
Lauren Johnson says
I did a search one year… didn´t find anything for me but found something for a family member and then went through my whole friend list. Found a lot of people a lot of money. It finally occurred to me the other day to check Colorado since I lived there for 3 years and I finally found some for me! 35$ 🙂
Holly Dupree- McClain says
Janelle Vanbeber here you go!!
Christina Myers says
I found money!! Not much but it´s mine
Judith Vega Krick says
I found $3.50 hehe…
Sandy Macmillan says
Haven´ t looked lately, but the last time I looked, there was a $50 gift card for a restaurant that went bankrupt. Needless to say, I didn´t send in the claim.
Crystal Harris says
i found $60 for me one day.
Suzann says
My husband had $40 to claim. Thanks for this info!
Kristina Hartley Webb says
Cool I have some $ from a previous job. Say amount is undisclosed. Filed a claim so we will see what happens. 🙂
Deb Dobray says
I did this last time and got $131.00 back from the Gas Company!
Rachee' says
I didn’t have any luck but my hubby found $100, thanks for sharing!
Bethany says
None for my hubby, but I had a small check from my serving job in college! Woo Hoo