There are many reasons you might have unclaimed funds (abandoned accounts, uncashed checks, misspelled names, incorrect addresses, etc), and your state is required to hold your property until you claim it.
They will not seek you out, and most people are completely unaware they may have lost funds or property being held by the state.
Every state has an official (.gov) website where you can check whether you have unclaimed property and submit a claim. Just search ‘[my state] unclaimed property’.
e: make sure you go to the official state website; I just noticed some state search top results aren’t the official website.
e2: also, check every state you’ve lived in. Moving state is one of the major reasons this happens, and your unclaimed funds will not move to a new state with you.
e3: if you find unclaimed funds, please comment! I’m fascinated to know, no matter how large or small.
The US government also holds a secret bank account in your name, and you can access it by writing diagonally and not paying your child support. See !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world for more.
What OP is talking about is actually a real thing. Sovcit stuff, not so much.
Gold fringe!
e: seriously, though, this isn’t weird sovcit bullshit. It’s an actual thing.
Im guessing you never watched cable tv in the US between 1993-2005. There was a guy who ran a whole business connecting people with this.
I can still see that question mark suit
You’d best not be disparaging JG Wentworth (877-CASH-NOW!)! (Also he’s a structured settlement guy, not unclaimed funds.)
Actually, the guy I was thinking of was the free money from the government guy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lesko
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