By reporting company
Companies holding unclaimed money
- 1,511
- companies in our database
- 475,972
- accounts they reported
- $4.47B
- total value reported
- $494,420,127
- largest reporter (Bank of America)
When a bank, insurer, employer or brokerage cannot reach you for a few years, the law stops it holding your money and requires it to hand the balance to the state. These are the companies that did so most often — not because they did anything wrong, but because they had the most customers and therefore the most chances to lose touch with one who moved.
If you recognise a company here that you once banked with, worked for, insured through or bought from, it is worth searching your name. The address they had on file is almost certainly the one you left.
The 300 largest reporters
1,211 more companies are in the database. Searching your name covers all of them.
Companies and unclaimed money: common questions
Why would a company give my money to the state?
Because the law requires it. Escheat statutes say that when a company holds money it cannot return to its owner — a dormant account, an uncashed cheque, an unclaimed refund or benefit — it must stop holding it after a dormancy period, usually around three years, and transfer it to the state. The company does not get to keep it, and neither does the state, which acts only as custodian.
Should I contact the company or the state?
The state, for the money — once the funds are escheated the company no longer has them. But the company is still worth contacting for evidence: they usually retain the underlying account records, and a written confirmation from them is often exactly the proof the state asks for and that you no longer have.
Does a big number here mean the company did something wrong?
No. A large figure mostly means a large customer base. Banks, insurers and payroll processors appear at the top of every state file because they have the most accounts and the most chances to lose touch with someone who moved. Reporting it is the legally required behaviour, not a failure of it.
My company is not listed. Does that mean there is nothing?
Not at all. This page lists companies with at least 40 records in our database. Smaller reporters, and companies that reported in states whose data we do not hold, will not appear. Search your own name instead — that covers every reporter.
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Search your name — freeCounted from the California public unclaimed property file, refreshed weekly, covering records of $2,500 and above with no claim activity recorded. Multiple internal reporting names for the same company are merged. Companies are named solely because they appear as the reporting holder in public state records; nothing here implies wrongdoing, and we are not affiliated with any of them.
Find My Unclaimed is a private company. We are not a government agency and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any state treasurer, controller, or unclaimed property office. You always have the right to file your own claim directly with the state for free.