Unclaimed Property Statutes Teaxs

Nearly a decade ago, the Comptroller’s unclaimed property listings went online, in a database allowing anyone to search for their names and file a claim to have their funds returned. Search for yourself, your family and your friends today. See what may be owed to you. Our database is updated regularly with new property received by the Comptroller’s office. You can also find unclaimed property by looking for your name in the following sources and at Claim It Events. * The Comptroller’s office will publish regional unclaimed property inserts in more than 30 Texas newspapers, listing people and businesses that have $250 or more in unclaimed property as reported this year. * Notices may be mailed to owners reported with complete last known addresses. * An annual exhibit at the Texas State Fair provides walk-up searches of the database of owners.

You — yes, you — may own part of more than $2.2 billion in unlcaimed property held by the Texas Comptroller’s office. One if four Texans has money and items from old bank accounts, royalty and payroll checks, insurance policies, safe-deposit boxes and other sources. Banks and companies make every effort to unite these assets with their owners, but if they cannot after a one to five year period, state law requires the assets to be turned over to the Comptroller’s office. Then, the Comptroller’s Unclaimed Property Division works diligently to give Texas citizens back what is rightfully theirs. “Many folks could use some extra cash right now, and we want to give Texans back their property, whether it is personal property or money that could save taxpayer dollars by going back to city and county treasuries,” says Comptroller Susan Combs. In fiscal 2010, the Comptroller’s office returned more than $163 million, about $16 million more than in 2009. We want that figure to continue to rise, and we're working harder than ever to reunite Texans with their unclaimed property.