Millions available in unclaimed property, says Missouri state treasurerDonna Walter
The reason for this is that these entities are required to give any unclaimed property to the Treasurer’s Office if the owners have not been in contact with them for five years. Many of these deposit boxes contain family heirlooms or keepsakes, but military medals and insignia are so...
Tracers are professionals who make a living finding the owners of unclaimed property. They then contact the owners, and offer to help them locate their unclaimed property for a fee. The fees range from 10% of the value of the property to as much as 60%. All you get for the fee is th...
Did you know that items you lose/leave behind may be turned in to the State Treasury? In fact, a lot of lost property is required to be turned in. And the Treasury office might keep it for quite a while, waiting for you to claim it. On the other hand, th
“Treasury receives hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed property every year, often because of something as simple as a misspelled name or an out-of-date address,” according to a statement from Stacy Garrity, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “But let’s be clear: t...
Missouri stands to get $5.4 million in unclaimed property in the next 10 years as the result of a proposed settlement of a suit.Richard Stensrud, general counsel for state Treasurer Bob Holden, said Friday that Missouri had been actively promoting the settlement. "This is not a bad deal for...