You've heard of searching for unclaimed property? Well it pays to look

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<p>About once a year one of our local TV stations runs a piece about unclaimed cash. I remember going online once and taking a look. Never found anything in my name or that of my immediate family.</p>

<p>Recently my dad called to say that, while he and his sister were waiting for their brother to come out of open heart surgery, they had fun on auntie’s laptop at one of those unclaimed cash sites that lists the official state unclaimed property links. Low and behold, my dad saw my name listed in the state of Florida where I have resided most of my life. I do not have a common first name, and I have a very unusual last name. No chance it was anyone else but me. I never “lost” an account that I knew of. I didn’t really believe it. But I went to the site and learned that a local hospital had a refund check returned that went unclaimed. Funny, I am in the phone book and have been for 21 years at the same address. Even more strange is the fact I am on the attending staff at said hospital–also for the last 21 years. So I asked for an official claim. filled it out, and today I received a check from the State of Florida Dept of Financial Services for $53.06!!! Sure, would have been nice to have been more. But hey–enough for a casual dinner for two.</p>

<p>So, next time you have time on your hands, take a look. In Florida the official site is <a href=“http://www.fltreasurehunt.org%5B/url%5D”>www.fltreasurehunt.org</a>. </p>

<p>You just never know.</p>

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<p>Good advice, SunnyFlorida, and I hope you are able to find time for a leisurely meal. </p>

<p>Here’s the website for Texas unclaimed funds/property:
<a href=“Texas' Official Unclaimed Property Site - Texas Comptroller - Texas.gov”>Texas' Official Unclaimed Property Site - Texas Comptroller - Texas.gov;

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<p>There are consultants that actually do this for a living. They sign people to contracts, and collect a percentage of whatever they find for you…</p>

<p>And it’s not just unclaimed property. There’s a company in the beltway area that signs companies to contracts for their telephone bills. They go to the phone companies, make them audit a subscriber’s telephone bills for a period of years, uncover all the overcharges, and they collect a percentage of what gets refunded to the business from the telephone service provider. </p>

<p>It’s win win for businesses because it costs them nothing to let the company try, and they’re not reading their phone bills anyway…</p>

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<p>My mom did this for PA and found that my one uncle was owed a hundred dollars and a cousin was owed about 21. It doesn’t hurt to check.</p>

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<p>Haha, sunnyflorida! I just used the link and found one of my sons on there! Possibly also my H and other S. Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>See :). It’s fun, isn’t it!</p>