State unclaimed property guides
Find your money, state by state.
Every U.S. state holds unclaimed property. Start with the states where CollectRefund actively recovers claims today, or browse the figures for all 50 states and DC.
- Recovered for clients
- $7.5M+
- Clients helped
- 1,000+
- Records monitored
- 250M+
- Managed-recovery states
- 50
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Where CollectRefund recovers today
Active recovery states
All 50 states covered.
CA
California
Over $12 billion held · tens of millions of properties
Dormancy: 3 years for most property types (1 year for payroll)
CO
Colorado
Over $700 million held · over a million properties
Dormancy: 5 years for most property types, 1-year for unclaimed wages
GA
Georgia
Over $1.5 billion held · millions of properties
Dormancy: 5 years for most property types (1 year for unpaid wages)
HI
Hawaii
Over $400 million held · hundreds of thousands of properties
Dormancy: 5 years for most property types
MN
Minnesota
Over $1 billion held · millions of properties
Dormancy: 3 years for most property types (1 year for payroll)
NE
Nebraska
Over $250 million held · hundreds of thousands of properties
Dormancy: 5 years for most property types, 1-year for unclaimed wages
NY
New York
Over $17 billion held · tens of millions of accounts
Dormancy: 3 years for most property (1 year for utility deposits and wages)
All 50 states & DC
Unclaimed property held in every state.
- AlabamaOver $1 billion
- AlaskaAbout $200 million
- ArizonaOver $1.7 billion
- ArkansasOver $300 million
- CaliforniaOver $12 billionWe handle it
- ColoradoOver $700 millionWe handle it
- ConnecticutOver $1 billion
- DelawareOver $400 million
- District of ColumbiaOver $300 million
- FloridaOver $2 billion
- GeorgiaOver $1.5 billionWe handle it
- HawaiiOver $400 millionWe handle it
- IdahoAbout $200 million
- IllinoisOver $4 billion
- IndianaOver $700 million
- IowaOver $400 million
- KansasOver $400 million
- KentuckyOver $700 million
- LouisianaOver $1 billion
- MaineOver $250 million
- MarylandOver $1.6 billion
- MassachusettsOver $3 billion
- MichiganOver $1.5 billion
- MinnesotaOver $1 billionWe handle it
- MississippiAbout $200 million
- MissouriOver $1 billion
- MontanaAbout $130 million
- NebraskaOver $250 millionWe handle it
- NevadaOver $1 billion
- New HampshireOver $200 million
- New JerseyOver $7 billion
- New MexicoAbout $200 million
- New YorkOver $17 billionWe handle it
- North CarolinaOver $1.4 billion
- North DakotaAbout $100 million
- OhioOver $3 billion
- OklahomaOver $700 million
- OregonOver $700 million
- PennsylvaniaOver $4 billion
- Rhode IslandOver $200 million
- South CarolinaOver $900 million
- South DakotaAbout $200 million
- TennesseeOver $1.2 billion
- TexasOver $8 billion
- UtahOver $400 million
- VermontOver $90 million
- VirginiaOver $2 billion
- WashingtonOver $2.3 billion
- West VirginiaOver $200 million
- WisconsinOver $700 million
- WyomingAbout $80 million
Amounts are approximate totals held by each state program. Full guides are published for the Managed recovery states.
Why CollectRefund
Serious recovery help, not a search engine.
State databases are public, but the claim process, documentation, securities valuation, estate paperwork, multi-state coordination, notarization, is where most people get stuck. CollectRefund handles the entire process. We have recovered $7.5M+ for more than 1,000 clients, and there is no upfront cost to search or begin the process.
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