Just a reminder: check your state's unclaimed property website.

Notaries should be pretty easy to find. Check your public library for example: ours has notaries on staff. Or even just ask around wherever you work. I work with a few notaries. They didn’t become notaries as part of their current job, but for whatever reason they first became notaries, they maintain the certification or registration or whatever it is.

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PrincessSarahHippo@reddit

Well shit. I searched because I was bored. Found a 30 year old paycheck. I'll take it.

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lifeat24fps@reddit

I got a $25 copay that I was double billed for back last year.

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bgva@reddit

I've looked before...at most it was like $5 (sigh).

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carlitospig@reddit

Oh yah, I forgot about that. I’ve only ever had one check waiting for me but it was still cool. :)

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SpotTheCat1980@reddit

Just found $40k of unclaimed property for my deceased father in law a few weeks ago. And $300 under my name. Always check regularly and remind your family too!

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

Cash, cars... What kind of property is the state holding on to for us?

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bug1402@reddit

Cash....have you ever gotten a check from a company abd it says "valid for 90 days" on it? Well if you don't cash the check, at some point they turning over to the state and say "this money belongs to MrX and here is the info (address, send, whatever) that we have for them."

You go to your states site and search your name, and if you find it, you fill out a form. Sometimes they want you to prove you did business with whoever or you have to sign an affidavit that you are entitled to it. But some times it's a decent chunk of change and is worth it.

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persimmon9847@reddit

Yep, two checks from 15+ years ago ... total of $42! But hey it was my money and I could buy, like, 4 bananas.

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scmillshin@reddit

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

I just finished a nationwide search and someone in Wichita owes me less than $100. Imma let them keep it

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wrldruler21@reddit

My wife's deceased father and grandfather have funds in there. My state website won't tell me how much.

But dealing with their funds would require dealing with Probate courts and/or family that we haven't spoke to in 10 years.

It would take a ton, ton of money to make it worth opening that can of worms.

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SpotTheCat1980@reddit

My mother in law already filed a claim for the $40k and it wasn’t that big of an ordeal. She already had the documentation they wanted. Now we’re just waiting to hear back.

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bug1402@reddit

So...not neccesarily. At least, not in my state. There are some extra steps for deceased people but my sister did it with my mom and then told me they only gave her half and I have to go file separately for my half. I would have had no clue she did it if she didn't tell me.

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ElleAnn42@reddit

Check for your parents and grandparent, too, even if they are deceased. It’s really common for funds to be owed to estates.

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Blackbird136@reddit

Question about this. I’ve looked before and just looked again.

I’ve got a pretty common name. I found 3 things that could possibly be mine. Others under my name listed cities I’ve never lived in, but these 3 say “city unreported.” There’s also no info about what company the money is from.

I went ahead and made the claim because it’s very possible they are mine. With very limited info, it’s impossible to tell. But if they aren’t, am I in some kind of trouble? 😂

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graveybrains@reddit (OP)

As long as you don't lie about anything in the forms

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Blackbird136@reddit

I received a form in my email after selecting my potential claims. All it asks for is my name and address, my signature, and copies of my ID and social security card. (Yes it’s going to a legit state agency so it’s not a scam haha. I used to work for the state.)

So I’m not sure what someone could even lie about? It doesn’t ask about former dealings with whatever companies the claims are with. Doesn’t even name them.

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noonesaidityet@reddit

Never thought that was a real thing, just found like half my family have listings.

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prosequare@reddit

Dang, I had four claims in there- three under $250, one over $250. Probably the result of being too tired or depressed to drive an hour to the bank with a small check. Thanks for the heads up.

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Glittering-Show-5521@reddit

Thanks for this. Some of it was stuff I didn't even know was there. I always just assumed that once things went to the state, there was no reclaiming.

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garden__gate@reddit

I got $3,000 last year! I was unemployed at the time so it made a big difference.

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graveybrains@reddit (OP)

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dead_investigator@reddit

I won $600 of my own money a few months ago.

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Lil_Brown_Bat@reddit

Not just the state you live in now, but every state you've ever lived in.

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jazzminarino@reddit

Legit. I haven't lived in Pennsylvania for fifteen years and on a lark, thought I'd check. Turns out it was an itty bitty check that I didn't cash right out of college circa 2006.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

I just got like $90 earlier this year that Missouri had in my name. I was there in KC from 2004-2007 for grad school, so I assume it was related to that time, but not sure what it might have been

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jazzminarino@reddit

That is part of the problem. Mine have come from the state with just a dollar amount. I want to know where and why!!

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CunnyMaggots@reddit

My grandmother who had been dead for a decade had $1.26 in there from her bank... lol.

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kid_entropy@reddit

They showed I had 8 dollars coming to me that was WAY more trouble than it was worth to get.

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withbellson@reddit

My dad had a settlement from a car insurance company sitting there for years. He thought he didn’t deserve the money (???) so he left the check uncashed.

I looked into getting ahold of it after he died but I think I needed a death certificate and a notarization so that $150 is probably still sitting in the state coffers.

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kathatter75@reddit

There’s some money sitting out there in my grandfather’s name. Same kind of situation where my dad and his brothers don’t have the paperwork for all of the hoops they want to make them jump through to get such a small amount of money.

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withbellson@reddit

I just checked the CA unclaimed property website and my dad's money isn't there anymore (maybe my mom claimed it) but I see my great-uncle has some unclaimed property from a safe deposit box in Michigan. Well, that's gonna sit there for a long time...

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kathatter75@reddit

I just checked the CA site, and I’m getting a whole $2.46!

There’s some stuff with my name that’s actually from my ex-FIL. I wouldn’t have any of the paperwork for it, so that’s for my ex to claim.

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Lazy_Mood_4080@reddit

Found my dad, and my (deceased) grandfather. Huh. Kinda cool. I'll let my dad know.

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justpassingby_thanks@reddit

My ex wife has something under $100..... Someone should really tell her......

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ErnieBochII@reddit

Looks like my state is holding a well Fargo cashier check for “over $100” for me.

Gimme gimme

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GasStationChicken-@reddit

I have a couple hundred bucks from an old bank account I used to have about 15 years and many moves ago. I can’t claim it beacuse they want proof of residency for the address on file and I have absolutely nothing left with that information.

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Proud_Midnight7096@reddit

I have gotten back money before. Thanks for the reminder

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unlovelyladybartleby@reddit

Canadian Xennials, check that "uncashed cheques" tab on your CRA account

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igotcrabsinthebucket@reddit

Bank of Canada also has an unclaimed bank account search tool on their site for unclaimed cash

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ailish@reddit

I check once in a while and have never found anything in my name.

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dunnkw@reddit

Somebody posted a link to my State’s unclaimed property website on my town’s subreddit. I thought the link looked like a scam so I googled it myself. Took me to the same place and found two separate unclaimed amounts. I filed the claim, took me 5 minutes and had two checks in the mail from the state in less than a week.

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ethnicvegetable@reddit

I got a whole ass mortgage payment it was glorious

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limelight022@reddit

$95 coming my way! Thanks!

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bounceswoosh@reddit

I found something like $100 (I suspect some of the found money is duplicates, ie my late husband + me showing up twice, but still.

There was $4.95 more that would require even more paperwork, and hounding his mother for proof of relationship or something. Hard pass on harassing her for that.

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TheLakeWitch@reddit

Especially if you’ve moved. I relocated from my home state to New England 3 years ago and checked unclaimed property on a whim just a few months ago. Turns out I had a $400 renter’s insurance refund I wasn’t aware of.

Because of this I decided to check all of the states I’ve lived in (we moved around a lot as a kid) and had $19 in another state from a savings account I had as a child that apparently my mother never closed out when we left.

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