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Property type · NAUPA MS11

Unclaimed refunds due

12,565
records of this type
$77.6M
total being held
$4,000
median record
$363,491
largest record

Money a company owed you back — an overpayment, a cancelled policy, a returned deposit.

Refund cheques are posted to whatever address is on file, which is frequently the one you had when you opened the account rather than when you closed it.

What you will need to claim it

Any record of the original account, contract or policy.

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 refunds due: common questions

What is unclaimed refunds due?

Money a company owed you back — an overpayment, a cancelled policy, a returned deposit. 12,565 such records are in our database, worth $77,577,021 in total, with a median of $4,000.

Why did this end up with the state?

Refund cheques are posted to whatever address is on file, which is frequently the one you had when you opened the account rather than when you closed it.

What proof will I need?

Any record of the original account, contract or policy. On top of that, every claim needs government photo ID and proof of your Social Security number.

Is unclaimed refunds due 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 MS11 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.