Do you have missing money out there? If you’re in a military family, you probably move a lot. And people who move a lot sometimes have random money that gets misplaced: utility deposit refunds, last paychecks that never got deposited, old bank accounts. It’s crazy.
That’s why you need to take a little time to check the various missing money databases every year or two. Or today.
I was reminded of this today, so I searched for myself. And found two items. Then I searched for my husband, and also found two items. I’ve now searched for our extended family and found a mind-boggling 17 things! It gets a little addictive to think of new people LOL.
There is one website, MissingMoney.com, that aggregates data from 39 states plus the District of Columbia, into one database. And every state maintains its own database. You can find them here:
State Unclaimed Money Lists
Alabama: Alabama Unclaimed Property – Official State Website (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Alaska: AK Unclaimed Property (alaska.gov)
Arizona: Unclaimed Property | Arizona Department of Revenue (azdor.gov)
Arkansas: Arkansas State Auditor | Andrea Lea
California: https://sco.ca.gov/upd_msg.html
Colorado: Colorado: Great Colorado Payback – Colorado.gov (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Connecticut: https://ctbiglist.com/
Delaware: https://unclaimedproperty.delaware.gov/
District of Columbia: Washington DC Unclaimed Property – Official State Site (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Florida: Florida’s Unclaimed Property (fltreasurehunt.gov)
Georgia: https://dor.georgia.gov/unclaimed-property-program
Hawaii: https://budget.hawaii.gov/finance/unclaimedproperty/
Idaho: Idaho Unclaimed Property – Official State Site
Illinois: Illinois Unclaimed Property – Official State Site (illinoistreasurer.gov)
Indiana: Indiana Unclaimed Property Official Website
Iowa: Great Iowa Treasure Hunt – Iowa Unclaimed Property Official Website
Kansas: https://kansascash.ks.gov/up_search.php
Kentucky: Unclaimed Property – Allison Ball (ky.gov)
Louisiana: Louisiana Unclaimed Property – Official State Website (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Maine: Maine Unclaimed Property Official Website
Maryland: Maryland Online Unclaimed Property Search (marylandtaxes.gov)
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Unclaimed Property (findmassmoney.com)
Michigan: Michigan Unclaimed Property – Official State Site
Minnesota: Unclaimed Property / Minnesota.gov (mn.gov)
Mississippi: Unclaimed Money | State Treasury of Mississippi (ms.gov)
Missouri: Missouri State Treasurer (mo.gov)
Montana: https://montana.servicenowservices.com/citizen/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0013697
Nebraska: NE Unclaimed Property (nebraska.gov)
Nevada: Unclaimed Property Home (nevadatreasurer.gov)
New Hampshire: NH Unclaimed Property (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
New Jersey: https://www.unclaimedproperty.nj.gov/
New Mexico: Uses MissingMoney.com
New York: Unclaimed Funds | Office of the New York State Comptroller
North Carolina: North Carolina Unclaimed Property – Official State Website (nccash.com)
North Dakota: North Dakota Unclaimed Property – Official State Site (nd.gov)
Ohio: Unclaimed Funds | Ohio Department of Commerce
Oklahoma: OK Treasure
Oregon: https://unclaimed.oregon.gov/
Pennsylvania: https://www.patreasury.gov/unclaimed-property/
Puerto Rico: Tenedores – Propiedad No Reclamada
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Unclaimed Property – Official State Site (findrimoney.com)
South Carolina: Unclaimed Property – SC Office of the State Treasurer
South Dakota: South Dakota Unclaimed Property – Official State Site (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Tennessee: Find Your Missing Money! Tennessee’s Unclaimed Property Program (tn.gov)
Texas: Texas’ Official Unclaimed Property Site – Texas Comptroller – Texas.gov (claimittexas.org)
Utah: Utah Unclaimed Property – Official State Site
Vermont: Unclaimed Property | Office of the State Treasurer (vermonttreasurer.gov)
Virginia: Unclaimed Property (vamoneysearch.org)
Washington: https://ucp.dor.wa.gov/
West Virginia: WV Unclaimed Property (findyourunclaimedproperty.com)
Wisconsin: DOR Unclaimed Property (wi.gov)
Wyoming: https://statetreasurer.wyo.gov/unclaimed-property/
The only way to know if you have missing money is to search for it. So go check out those databases now.
And let me know if you find money. It would make me happy!
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