Have you ever come across something in the house you completely forgot about until you seen it again? Sure you have, we all have. Well what about money you forgot about? Yeah, that happens too every once in a blue moon. I remember grabbing a winter jacket the following season to find a fiver inside, sweet!
Well, believe it or not people forget about money. Lots of money. In Illinois alone it amounts to $1.7 billion in cash plus contents from safety deposit boxes. That’s crazy! Well, what you may not know is this information and money is turned over to the state after 5 years of inactivity. Awful nice of them, eh? What’s even better is Illinois gives you an easy way to check through a website they’ve established just for unclaimed property. ICash gives you an easy way to check to see if you have anything. It’s a simple search by last name. And don’t forget to check on a loved one who has passed. I found a relative who passed on by searching.
https://icash.illinois.gov/index.asp – Illinois unclaimed site
https://www.unclaimed.org/ – way to search by state
If you do find something on the site, the state makes it easy to claim with an online form. And of course proving you’re entitled to it.
