Find My Unclaimed

Property type · NAUPA CK05

Unclaimed drafts

1,058
records of this type
$7.5M
total being held
$4,484
median record
$203,419
largest record

Money a company held for someone, could not deliver, and was required by law to hand to the state.

Almost always a change of address. The company wrote, the mail came back, and after the dormancy period the balance was reported as abandoned.

What you will need to claim it

Anything tying you to the account and to the address it was reported under.

Every claim also needs government photo identification and proof of your Social Security number, plus a document linking you to the address the property was reported under. That last item is the one that stops most people.

Who reported the most of it

Unclaimed drafts: common questions

What is unclaimed drafts?

Money a company held for someone, could not deliver, and was required by law to hand to the state. 1,058 such records are in our database, worth $7,496,626 in total, with a median of $4,484.

Why did this end up with the state?

Almost always a change of address. The company wrote, the mail came back, and after the dormancy period the balance was reported as abandoned.

What proof will I need?

Anything tying you to the account and to the address it was reported under. On top of that, every claim needs government photo ID and proof of your Social Security number.

Is unclaimed drafts still claimable after many years?

Yes. States hold unclaimed property indefinitely as custodian. There is no deadline and no point at which the state takes ownership — records from the 1980s are claimed regularly.

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Other kinds of unclaimed property

Counted from the California public unclaimed property file, refreshed weekly, covering records of $2,500 and above with no claim activity recorded. Category code CK05 follows the NAUPA standard property type list used by state administrators.

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.