Property type · NAUPA 79
Unclaimed refunds
- 3,513
- records of this type
- $20.4M
- total being held
- $3,819
- median record
- $287,596
- 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: common questions
What is unclaimed refunds?
Money a company owed you back — an overpayment, a cancelled policy, a returned deposit. 3,513 such records are in our database, worth $20,433,733 in total, with a median of $3,819.
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 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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Search your name — freeOther kinds of unclaimed property
- Checking Accounts56,311
- Cashier's Checks41,888
- Underlying Shares/Outstand Cer41,193
- Proceeds Due Beneficiaries38,834
- Savings Accounts23,346
- Securities21,093
- Individual Policy Benefit/Clm20,326
- Accounts Payable18,684
- Misc Intangible Prop14,266
- Misc Outstanding Checks13,694
- Checking Accounts, Dmnd Depsit13,472
- Savings Accts/Crdt Union Shrs13,150
- Refunds Due12,565
- Mutual Fund Shares12,328
- Shares of Stock (rtrned by Po)12,193
- Proceeds-Policy Endow, Annuity11,684
- Outstanding Official Checks10,891
- Credit Bal - Accts Receivable10,862
- Escrow Accounts10,687
- Other9,961
- Dividends9,759
- Vendor Checks9,291
- Group Policy Benefit/Clm Pmts8,921
- Credit Balances8,792
Counted from the California public unclaimed property file, refreshed weekly, covering records of $2,500 and above with no claim activity recorded. Category code 79 follows the NAUPA standard property type list used by state administrators.
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