Find UnKnown Secret Inheritance

Here is a truly astounding statistic: more than 25% of all life insurance policies go unpaid upon the death of the insured! This may be because the insurance company is unaware of the death, or because they cannot find the policy beneficiary. In any event, that amounts to a lot of unclaimed money. Although most insurance companies desire to do the right thing, it is obviously in their best interest not to find the beneficiary. Check the obituaries in your local newspaper. One of every four of them is a potential unclaimed money client. Now look at where you work, your church and civic groups, your neighborhood, your city... There are a lot of unknown beneficiaries out there...Are you one of them?

Are you among the 1000's of individuals designated as the recipient of funds or other property under a will, trust, insurance policy?

It is easy to discover if you are!

Visit the Unclaimed Property Division Office in your state for more information.

State Unclaimed Property Offices

A list of the state unclaimed property offices follows. If an unclaimed property office maintains a web site, the state web site link is listed.

• ALABAMA Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 302520 Montgomery, AL 36130-2520 (334) 242-9614 http://www.treasury.state.al.us/website/ucpd/ucpd_frameset.html
• ALASKA Department of Revenue Unclaimed Property Unit P.O. Box 110420 Juneau, AK 99811-0420 (907) 465-4653 http://www.tax.state.ak.us/tas/ucpsrch.htm
• ARIZONA Department of Revenue Unclaimed Property Unit P.O. box 29026, Site Code9026 Phoenix, AZ 85038-9026 (602) 542-4643 http://www.revenue.state.az.us/unclprop.htm
• ARKANSAS Auditor of State Unclaimed Property Division 1400 West 3rd, Suite 100 Little Rock, AR 72201-1811 (501) 682-6000 http://www.ark.org/auditor/unclprop/
• CALIFORNIA Division of Collections Bureau of Unclaimed Property P.O. Box 942850 Sacramento, CA 94250-5873 (916) 323-2850 1-800-992-4647 (w/i CA) https://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/scoucp/inquiry/
• COLORADO Unclaimed Property Division 1560 Broadway, Suite 1225 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 894-2443 http://www.treasurer.state.co.us/payback/second/index.html
• CONNECTICUT Unclaimed Property Unit Office of State Treasurer 55 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 702-3050 http://www.state.ct.us/ott/ucplisting.htm
• DELAWARE Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 8931 Wilmington, DE 19899-8931 (302) 577-8205 http://www.state.de.us/revenue/escheat/escheat.htm
• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Office of the Comptroller Unclaimed Property Unit 810 1st St. NE, Room 401 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 442-8181
• FLORIDA Department of Banking & Finance Bureau of Unclaimed Property 101 East Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0350 (850) 488-7777 http://up.dbf.state.fl.us/Isearch.cfm
• GEORGIA Department of Revenue 270 Washington Street, Room 404 Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-4244 http://www.state.ga.us/dor/ptd/ucp/
• HAWAII Unclaimed Property Section P.O. Box 150 Honolulu, HI 96810-0150 (808) 586-1589
• IDAHO Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 36 Boise, ID 83722-2240 (208) 334-7623 http://www.state.id.us/tax/unclaimed.htm
• ILLINOIS Unclaimed Property Division Department of Financial Institutions 500 Iles Park Place Springfield, IL 62718 (217) 782-6692 http://www.cashdash.net/
• INDIANA Attorney General's Office Unclaimed Property Division 402 West Washington, Suite C-531 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-6348 http://www.state.in.us/attorneygeneral/ucp/index.htm
• IOWA State Treasurer's Office Unclaimed Property Division State Capitol Building Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-5367 http://www.treasurer.state.ia.us/unclaimed/great.cfm
• KANSAS Unclaimed Property Division 900 Jackson, Suite 201 Topeka, KS 66612-1235 (913) 296-4165 http://www.unclaimed.state.ks.us/cgi-win/unclpage.kst/
• KENTUCKY Unclaimed Property Division Kentucky State Treasury Department Suite 183, Capitol Annex Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-4722 http://www.kytreasury.com/html/kyt_uprop.asp
• LOUISIANA Louisiana Dept of Revenue & Taxation Unclaimed Property Section P.O. Box 91010 Baton Rouge, LA 70823-9010 (504) 925-7407 Fax: (504) 925-3853 http://www.treasury.state.la.us/unclaimedproperty/unclaimedproperty_index.htm
• MAINE State Treasurer's Office Abandoned Property Division 39 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0039 (207) 287-6668 http://www.state.me.us/treasurer/property.htm
• MARYLAND Unclaimed Property Unit 301 West Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201-2385 (800) 782-7383 (410) 767-1700 https://interactive.marylandtaxes.com/unclaim/default.asp
• MASSACHUSETTS Abandoned Property Division 1 Ashburton Place 12th Floor Boston, MA 02108 (617) 367-0400 http://www.state.ma.us/treasury/abp.htm
• MICHIGAN Department of Treasury Unclaimed Property Division Lansing, MI 48922 (517) 335-4327 http://www.michigan.gov/treasury
• MINNESOTA Department of Commerce Unclaimed Property Division 133 East 7th Street St. Paul, MN 55101 (612) 296-2568 http://www.commerce.state.mn.us/pages/UnclaimedProp/OwnerList.htm
• MISSISSIPPI Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 138 Jackson, MS 39205-0138 (601) 359-3600 http://www.treasury.state.ms.us/site/property/main.htm
• MISSOURI Unclaimed Property Section P.O. Box 1272 Jefferson City, MO 65102-1272 (573) 751-0840 http://www.sto.state.mo.us/ucp/database/search.htm
• MONTANA Unclaimed Property Division Department of Revenue Mitchell Building Helena, MT 59620 (406) 444-2425 http://www.state.mt.us/revenue/css/2forindividuals/08unclaimedproperty.asp
• NEBRASKA Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 94788 Lincoln, NE 68509 (402) 471-2455 http://www.treasurer.state.ne.us/ie/uphome.asp
• NEVADA Unclaimed Property Division 2501 East Sahara Avenue, Suite 304 Las Vegas, NV 89104 (702) 486-4140 http://nevadatreasurer.com/unclaimed/search.asp
• NEW HAMPSHIRE Unclaimed Property Division Treasury Department 25 Capitol Street - Room 205 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-2649 http://www.state.nh.us/treasury/Divisions/AP/APsearch.htm
• NEW JERSEY Department of the Treasury Unclaimed Property P.O. Box 214 Trenton, NJ 08646-0214 (609) 292-9200 http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/upsearches.htm
• NEW MEXICO Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 25123 Santa Fe, NM 87504-5123 (505) 827-0767 https://ec3.state.nm.us/ucp/SearchUCP.htm
• NEW YORK Office of Unclaimed Funds Alfred E. Smith Building, 9th Floor Albany, NY 12236 (518) 474-4038 http://www.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/
• NORTH CAROLINA Escheat & Unclaimed Property 325 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27603-1385 (919) 508-5929 https://www.treasurer.state.nc.us/DSTMcmsWeb/Escheats/Pages/Forms/Search.asp
• NORTH DAKOTA Unclaimed Property Division State Land Department P.O. Box 5523 Bismarck, ND 58506-5523 (701) 328-2805 http://www.land.state.nd.us/abp/abphome.htm
• OHIO Division of Unclaimed Funds 77 South High Street Columbus, OH 43266-0545 (614) 466-4433 http://www4.state.oh.us/com/unfd/qry1.asp
• OKLAHOMA Unclaimed Property Division 2501 Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73194-0010 (405) 521-4275 http://www.state.ok.us/~sto/unclaimed.html
• OREGON Division of State Lands Unclaimed Property Division 775 Summer Street, NE Salem, OR 97310 (503) 378-3805 http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/upintro.htm
• PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania State Treasury Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 1837 Harrisburg, PA 17105-1837 (800) 222-2046 Claims inquiries http://www.treasury.state.pa.us/search.html
• RHODE ISLAND Unclaimed Property Division P.O. Box 1435 Providence, RI 02901-1435 (401) 222-6505 http://www.state.ri.us/treas/unclaimed.htm
• SOUTH CAROLINA State Treasurers Office Palmetto Payback Program P.O. Box 11778 Columbia, SC 29211-1778 (803) 737-4771 http://www.state.sc.us/treas/unclaimedproperty/index.htm
• SOUTH DAKOTA State Treasurer's Office State Capitol, Suite 212 Pierre, SD 57501-5070 (605) 773-3379 http://www.sdtreasurer.com/ucp/search.asp
• TENNESSEE Unclaimed Property Division Andrew Jackson Building, 9th Floor Nashville, TN 37243-0242 (615) 741-6499 http://www.treasury.state.tn.us/unclaim/unclaim-s.htm
• TEXAS Comptroller of Public Accounts Unclaimed Property Section P.O. Box 12019 Austin, TX 78711-2019 (800) 654-3463 (owner inquiries) (800) 321-2274 (holders) http://www.window.state.tx.us/up/
• UTAH State Treasurer's Office Unclaimed Property Division 341 South Main Street, 5th Floor Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 320-5360 (888) 217-1203 http://www.up.state.ut.us/
• VERMONT Unclaimed Property Division State Treasurer's Office 133 State Street Montepelier, VT 05633-6200 (802) 828-2301 http://www.tre.state.vt.us/AbanProp/index.htm
• VIRGINIA Division of Unclaimed Property Department of Treasury P.O. Box 2478 Richmond, VA 23218-2478 (804) 225-2393 http://www.trs.state.va.us/UCP/ucp.html
• WASHINGTON Unclaimed Property Section Department of Revenue P.O. Box 448 Olympia, WA 98507-0448 (360) 586-2736 http://ucp.dor.wa.gov/default.asp?link=FIF
• WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia State Treasurer 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East State Capitol Building 1, Room E-145 Charleston, WV 25305 (304) 558-5000 http://www.wvtreasury.com/sites/unclaimed/
• WISCONSIN Unclaimed Property Division State Treasurer's Office P.O. Box 2114 Madison, WI 53701-2114 (608) 267-7977 http://www.ost.state.wi.us/home/html/unclaim.html
• WYOMING Unclaimed Property Division State Treasurer's Office 1st Floor West, Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-5590 http://treasurer.state.wy.us/unclaimed.asp

According to multple unclaimed money sources, within the United States alone, over $40 billion dollars of unclaimed property and money is collecting dust in state Abandoned Property offices.

Including the funds held world wide by similar organizations in other countries, the sum of unclaimed missing money could exceed $500 billion dollars. Hmmmm, that's almost enough to bail the economic community out of its current financial debacle.

By the amount of unclaimed and missing money on record, it appears these state offices are under staffed and not very successful in locating the owner's of the missing money. All 50 states have a Department of Revenue and Unclaimed Property or some similarly named division. This is responsible for maintaining the missing money and processing claims for it. Some states have limitations on how long they keep abandoned property before turning it over to state coffers; however they most keep it indefinitely. Some states even pay interest on the money if the property was originally an interest bearing instrument. You must check with your individual state and find out what their procedures are.

Basically, when a individual thinks about unclaimed money they think about their personal holdings. So they search only for their name.

Over 81% of the people who die do so without leaving a will. Many of them have lost and unclaimed property and money also. Because no executor has been assigned any blood relative to the deceased may become the rightful owner of this unclaimed money.

Through proper research and ability to establish the relationship to the deceased one can establish heirship and collect.

Knowledge of who to include in an heir search, what type of missing assets to look for, where to look, and how to make and verify the claim is very important.

Your deseased blood relatives may have left you unknown secret inheritance.

Blood relatives are the only ones in line to be heirs. For example, if your deceased cousin was from your mother's side of the family, then your father, who is not a blood relative, would not be an heir. This kind of consideration usually eliminates 50% of the people with whom you might have thought you would have to share the inheritance.

It is also important to note that the first blood relative to claim loss or unclaimed property of a deceased relative becomes the rightful owner of that property or asset.

A little known facts about unknown secret inheritances is to establish that you are the family member for whom unclaimed property you are searching for or are either the sole surviving next of kin or else that you are one of several persons with equal claim to the estate, you will need your own records to establish your identity and proof of your relationship.

It has been speculated that over 50% of the U.S. population is owned money from abandoned property and missing money coffers. The state departments do not have the resources to investigate every case; therefore much of it goes unclaimed. There are professional finders, or heir searchers who locate the owners of missing money and charge a fee or commission in exchange. Professional finder's of missing money generally limit their activity to large estate findings. Be careful if you enlist a professional service to locate your potential missing money. Do it yourself unclaimed money finding is easier than you think.

There are billions of dollars in unclaimed property and missing money sitting in your state coffers. The vast majority of it is unknown secret inheritances. There is a good chance that some of it belongs to you. You, your neighbors, relatives, co-workers, friend, and many many others have an interest in what happens to all of this missing money. Are you going to stake your claim or be a loser because you failed to take advantage of the services that your state offers? Are you going to claim your missing money?

See the list of state unclaimed property offices listed in this hub and see for yourself. 

• Pre-Escheat Accounts
• Death Benefits
• Tax Returns
• Uncashed Checks
• Safe Deposit Boxes
• Inheritances
• Uncashed Paychecks
• Bank Accounts
• HUD Refunds
• Life Insurance
• Unclaimed Property
• Credit Balances
• Stocks & Bonds
• Gift Certificates
• Insurance Benefits
• Utility Deposits
• Personal Items
• Money Orders
• Store Refunds
• Royalty Payments
• Court Payments
• Dividend Checks
• And More…

• Ohio Unclaimed Money Totals More Than $1 Billion
• The state of Missouri is currently holding $400 million of the citizens' money, and all each of them has to do is step forward to claim their share. There are literally tens of billions in unclaimed money across the country, and nearly half a billion in MO alone.
• The state of Michigan is currently seeking the rightful owners of hundreds of millions of dollars in MI unclaimed money. Unclaimed property is there for the taking, the owners need only find it and stake their claim, which can be easier said than done. With the help of unclaimed property experts you can feel confident in your searching abilities today
• Mayor Bloomberg found $75,000. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore also found money they didn't know was theirs. Estimates say 7 in 10 Americans are due money.
• Unclaimed-Money-In-Texas---Lost-Cash-And-Property-Up-For-Grabs-For-200,000-Texans

Don't miss out on yours check out the list of unclaimed property offices for each of the 50 states and find your unknown secret inheritance.