Unclaimed property recovery

California is holding $5.4 billion that belongs to people who don't know it exists.

Old bank accounts. Insurance payouts. Uncashed paychecks and refunds. When a company loses track of you, the law makes it hand your money to the state — where it sits until someone claims it. Search your name and find out in about ten seconds.

Enter a first and last name to search state unclaimed property records.

Free to search. No account, no card, no Social Security number to look.

In our current database

597,013
individual people owed $2,500 or more
$5.4B
total being held for them
$5.4M
largest single unclaimed account

Sourced directly from the California State Controller's public records file, refreshed weekly. Records that already have a claim in progress are excluded.

Our fee

10% if you get paid. Nothing if you don't.

No retainer, no hourly billing, no “processing fee”. We only make money when the state cuts you a cheque. Most states cap what a recovery firm may charge — often at 10%, but as high as 30% in some. We charge 10% everywhere, including the states where we could legally charge triple.

See the fee rules for every state

Example: a $14,000 recovery

State is holding$14,000.00
Our fee (10%)−$1,400.00
You receive$12,600.00

You could also file this claim yourself, for free, directly with the state. Plenty of people do and we will tell you how. Most people who hire us do it because the claim needs documents they no longer have, involves a deceased relative, or has been sitting untouched for fifteen years because the paperwork is genuinely annoying.

How it works

Four steps, and we do three of them.

  1. 01

    Search your name

    Free and instant. We show you the amount, the company that lost track of you, and the city on the account so you can tell whether it is really yours.

  2. 02

    Confirm it is you

    Pick the records that match. We ask for the documents that specific state requires — usually photo ID and something tying you to the old address.

  3. 03

    We file the claim

    We prepare the state forms, chase the holder for missing proof, and handle the follow-up when the state asks for more. Filing windows run weeks to months.

  4. 04

    You get paid

    The state pays you. We invoice our 10% after the money lands. If the claim fails, you owe nothing.

Why this is not a scam

A fair question. Here is how to check us.

Unclaimed property is a real, boring area of state law, and it attracts a lot of bad actors. So we would rather you verify than trust.

It takes ten seconds to find out.

597,013 people in our database are owed at least $2,500 and have no idea. Checking costs nothing.

Enter a first and last name to search state unclaimed property records.

Currently searching California. Other states are handled manually — see coverage.

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.