Sunday, March 15, 2009

Undelivered Billions: Is Some Yours?

From The Wall Street Journal:
[N]early $33 billion in unclaimed property [sits] in state governments' coffers.

These are sums that businesses were required to turn over to the states after no activity or contact with the owner after a period of a year or more.

Items can include dividend or payroll checks that haven't been cashed, refunds, trust distributions, unredeemed money orders, insurance payments or refunds, annuities, certificates of deposit, customer overpayments and the contents of safe-deposit boxes.

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