C. Baird Brown
The year 2024 has seen a number of legislative developments impacting state gift card compliance issues, including in the unclaimed property and consumer spaces. In particular, states have been actively adopting and changing rules around the escheatment of unused gift card balances, as well as requ...
This week, state Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced more than $349 million in unclaimed property was returned to Floridians during the 2020-21 fiscal year, which is $21 million more than the 2019-20 fiscal year. Since Patronis took office in 2017, mor...
is, right now the state of Florida is holding onto more than a billion dollars in lost or unclaimed money and the state’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property can not possibly contact the hundreds of thousands of people who are listed in the unclaimed money registry in Florida let alone nationwide....
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Some states now have laws on the books which state owners have 10 years from the date the property was reported to make your claim. Only 10 years, and then the state will take away money which is rightfully yours! Idaho and Indiana are championing this effort! Is this fair? Heck no!
Florida Regulator Fires Salvo In Unclaimed Property ControversyC. Baird Brown
And we’re not just talking $1 here or there. Some items in the auctions sell for thousands of dollars. State Treasury Offices can have as much as a $Billion+ in unclaimed property that people have lost and never claimed. It can be physical property or something like an Insurance Refund...
Find Funds In Florida July 1st, 2013 Floridians across the state are searching for unclaimed funds and treasurers are rejoicing because the missing money problem may actually be solved in our lifetime. Florida funds have long been growing out of control. The state’s treasury estimates that the...
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