Find Unclaimed Money in Georgia
The state of Georgia is currently seeking the rightful owners of MILLIONS of dollars in missing money, and I think that's just peachy. Okay, bad joke... But there really are millions of dollars in unclaimed money, owed to average Georgians just like you!
From Atlanta to Savannah, and all across the state, folks are waking up to the fact that Georgia unclaimed money isn't a myth or a scam, and that this is all REAL money that has been abandoned or forgotten for one reason or another, and the state is just waiting for people to come take it back!
Georgia Unclaimed Money Search
Getting started with your search for unclaimed funds in GA
The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act protects the rights of owners of abandoned property and relieves those holding the property of the continuing responsibility to account for the property.
Under the Act, when someone holds property (holder) that belongs to someone else (owner), but has lost contact with the owner for a specified period (holding period), that holder must turn over (remit) the property to the State. The State serves as the custodian for any property remitted under the Act allowing the owners or their heirs an opportunity to claim their property in the future.
According the the Dept., Georgia unclaimed money comes in many forms, including:
- banking and financial organizations,
- insurance companies,
- utilities,
- dissolution of a business association or person,
- a fiduciary, and
- a court, public corporation, public authority, public officer, or political
subdivision. - property issued or owed in the ordinary course of the holder's business,
- sums owing on traveler's checks and money orders, unclaimed court ordered
refunds from business associations, gift certificates or credit memos, - unpaid wages
- employee benefit trust distributions and income,
- safe deposit boxes,
- bequeathed property, and
- intangible personal property (stocks, bonds, etc.) held or owing in this
State.
Each state has its own laws that dictate when property must be turned over to the state. Below are the types of GA unclaimed money, with the corresponding time frame, after which the funds are turned over to the state.
Wages
1 year from payday
Company Liquidation Proceeds
1 year from sell date
Safe Deposit Boxes
2 years from drilling date
Money Orders
7 years from issue date
Travelers Checks
15 years from issue date
All Other Property
5 years from last contact
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It's clear that most residents are oblivious about the growing unclaimed money pile in the State Treasury, because if they weren't, certainly more than just $12 million out of the $684 millionlost money collected last fiscal year (07) would be claimed.
Click here to get started, searching for your unclaimed money in Georgia
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If after you still feel like you want to read up about unclaimed money in Georgia (and across the nation for that matter), before you get going on your search, the Unclaimed Funds blog will keep you up to date on all the latest unclaimed property news.
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Any site claiming to grant you access to a "national unclaimed money database", is not telling you the truth, because no such thing exists. That said, some sites do offer a database.. but it's usually full of bogus information, intended to return records no matter what name you put in.
Other unclaimed asset sites will allow you to search, and if you don't find your name, leave you with the impression that you're simply not due a claim. NOT SO FAST! Did you know that each state has "dormancy periods" (usually a number of years) before funds are turned over to the state. Because of this, online searches won't turn up anything if your money is still in limbo.
UnclaimedMoney.net will show you how to locate this pre-escheat cash.
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Georgia Unclaimed Money and Property
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- The Bureau of Unclaimed Money in each state annually takes in millions of dollars from financial asset that citizens have lost track of over the years. Lost traveler's checks, gift certificates, unclaimed tax rebates, old bank and checking accounts, etc. These are turned-over by businesses and institutions and added to growing accounts in the US Treasury Unclaimed Money Division.
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