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Believe it or not, the mainland states are not the only ones getting a piece of the multi-billion dollar unclaimed funds bonanza. Hawaii unclaimed money has now reached the huge amount of 130 million dollars! The best thing is, this money isn’t a gamble, citizens are either due a claim or they are not, and if they are, the only obstacle standing between them and their lost cash is the knowledge of how to locate the money.

Of the dozens of potential sources of HI unclaimed funds, the Department of Budget and Finance lists the most common varieties as contents of safe deposit boxes, stock certificates, uncashed checks, and dormant (no activity for 5 years) checking and savings accounts.

HI continues to have a huge amount of money remaining unclaimed due to the fact that people simply have not accepted the reality of unclaimed funds. Too often people assume missing money is a scam, based on the old “there’s no such thing as free money” so many times. Among those few who are aware of these forgotten funds, most are not informed about the right way to perform a complete search for them.

Even for those few who have been able to track down their funds, the state of HI has them jumping through so many hoops to prove they are who they say they are, that they are very often left not reunited with their money, despite the fact that they know that it’s there. HI insists that owners of unclaimed funds to have a number of identifying documents as evidence that they are the rightful owners of the cash, and to prove that they in fact lived at the last known addresses listed in the records they have on file. The moral of the story is that if you are attempting to take back lost money in HI, keep records as diligently as possible, or the process of taking your money back might be more of a headache than it’s worth.

Aside from having a hard time proving their identities to the state, citizens of HI have a number of problems that can inhibit their unclaimed asset searches. For example, most Hawaiian’s who have previously resided in any other state usually do not realize that the state of HI would have absolutely no record of any lost funds from any other state. So if someone living in HI once resided in Ohio, they would need to search Ohio’s records, or the records of any other state they’d resided in.

Beyond just reaching outside of the Hawaiian Islands to track down money owed to them, a lot of people still have trouble finding their money because they simply do not know how to go about their search within the state. One of the largest problems is that people often search only one time and then never revisit the matter again. The issue with doing this, is the fact that any monies that have notbeen handed over to the state, because their dormancy periods have not expired, will not show up in any state records, because the state does not have any idea that they exist. Many times even after the assets have been handed over, the state hasn’t added the listing to their unclaimed funds list, so once again, a state record search would be fruitless. In both of these cases, a searcher could try to search the next day, week or month, and find their record, but the majority of people just quit after a single search.

For more tips on overcoming issues that often prevent searchers from claiming their unclaimed funds, Hawaiian citizens would benefit greatly from seeking help from an unclaimed funds expert to aid them traveling through the maze of taking back what already belongs to them.

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Could the state of Missouri have your money or property? – KSDK
KSDK — It is being called “Missouri’s Largest Lost and Found.” Tuesday morning, Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel is set to open up a number of recently acquired safe deposit boxes in Jefferson City. This is to let Missourians know they may …

Mo. Seeks Unclaimed Property Owners – KCTV 5
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From cash to collectibles, if someone has left it behind in a safety deposit box, the state of Missouri has got it. “We found a safety deposit box, and the only thing in it was a ski mask, a gun and a change of clothes …

Palmetto Payback: Millions still unclaimed – WIS-TV
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Who couldn’t use some extra money these days? If you think you’re owed cash, then now is the time to find out. The state Treasurer’s office has put together the “Palmetto Payback” program to help find the owners of millions of …

States Have Millions in Unclaimed Property (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
The Missouri State Treasurer says much of it is cash and other valuables in old safe deposit boxes. Find out if it could be yours.

Top 25 properties in Cass County part of Great Iowa Treasure Hunt – Atlantic News-Telegraph
It’s not that time of year to see who’s naughty or nice, but State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald has made a list and has checked it twice to see who has the top 25 unclaimed properties in Cass county. The spring publication of the Great Iowa …

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Believe it or not, the mainland states are not the only ones getting a piece of the multi-billion dollar unclaimed funds bonanza. Hawaii unclaimed money has now reached the huge amount of 130 million dollars! The best thing is, this money isn’t a gamble, citizens are either due a claim or they are not, and if they are, the only obstacle standing between them and their lost cash is the knowledge of how to locate the money.

Of the dozens of potential sources of HI unclaimed funds, the Department of Budget and Finance lists the most common varieties as contents of safe deposit boxes, stock certificates, uncashed checks, and dormant (no activity for 5 years) checking and savings accounts.

HI continues to have a huge amount of money remaining unclaimed due to the fact that people simply have not accepted the reality of unclaimed funds. Too often people assume missing money is a scam, based on the old “there’s no such thing as free money” so many times. Among those few who are aware of these forgotten funds, most are not informed about the right way to perform a complete search for them.

Even for those few who have been able to track down their funds, the state of HI has them jumping through so many hoops to prove they are who they say they are, that they are very often left not reunited with their money, despite the fact that they know that it’s there. HI insists that owners of unclaimed funds to have a number of identifying documents as evidence that they are the rightful owners of the cash, and to prove that they in fact lived at the last known addresses listed in the records they have on file. The moral of the story is that if you are attempting to take back lost money in HI, keep records as diligently as possible, or the process of taking your money back might be more of a headache than it’s worth.

Aside from having a hard time proving their identities to the state, citizens of HI have a number of problems that can inhibit their unclaimed asset searches. For example, most Hawaiian’s who have previously resided in any other state usually do not realize that the state of HI would have absolutely no record of any lost funds from any other state. So if someone living in HI once resided in Ohio, they would need to search Ohio’s records, or the records of any other state they’d resided in.

Beyond just reaching outside of the Hawaiian Islands to track down money owed to them, a lot of people still have trouble finding their money because they simply do not know how to go about their search within the state. One of the largest problems is that people often search only one time and then never revisit the matter again. The issue with doing this, is the fact that any monies that have notbeen handed over to the state, because their dormancy periods have not expired, will not show up in any state records, because the state does not have any idea that they exist. Many times even after the assets have been handed over, the state hasn’t added the listing to their unclaimed funds list, so once again, a state record search would be fruitless. In both of these cases, a searcher could try to search the next day, week or month, and find their record, but the majority of people just quit after a single search.

For more tips on overcoming issues that often prevent searchers from claiming their unclaimed funds, Hawaiian citizens would benefit greatly from seeking help from an unclaimed funds expert to aid them traveling through the maze of taking back what already belongs to them.

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Police auction earns money for Cobham basketballers – Surrey Comet
Unclaimed lost property has been auctioned off by Surrey Police and put towards improving a basketball area for children in Cobham. Ken Purssey, from Cobham and Downside Residents’ Association, was delighted with the £1,500 donation, which will be …

Benton Co. Considers Problem Of Unclaimed Dead (KHBS – KHOG Fort Smith – Fayetteville)
Benton County officials are considering regulations for the infrequent occasion when no one claims the body of a dead person.

IRS has $31 million for Arizonans who have not filed a 2005 tax return (Eastern Arizona Courier)
Contributed Article Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $31 million are awaiting 36,900 Arizonans who did not file a federal income tax return for 2005, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced.

Free check to see if Government owes you money (Armidale Express)
NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal warned people to be wary of ‘money recovery’ companies charging fees for a service the NSW Government provides for free.

Federation of American Consumers and Travelers Helps Consumers Re … – 24-7PressRelease.com
According to the Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT), state governments across the nation are holding more than $30 billion in unclaimed consumer property. EDWARDSVILLE, IL, March 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — According to the …

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Unclaimed Money isn’t just for those living in the contiguous 48! That’s right, Hawaii’s Department of Budget and Finance is currently seeking the rightful owners of HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars in unclaimed property, but according to the Honolulu Advertiser, taking back your Hawaii unclaimed money is often easier said than done:

Hawai’i's unclaimed property program says it wants to return $130 million of forgotten bank accounts, checks, stocks and other assets to their rightful owners.

But some people who’ve applied for the funds say they’ve been denied payment because they couldn’t prove they lived somewhere two decades ago or couldn’t prove they were the intended recipient of a check the state possesses.

The article reports on a number of personal HI unclaimed money stories, detailing the difficulties folks have had in taking back money that belongs to them.

Many people are having trouble proving their identity, while others are running in to verification problems upon learning that the companies that turned the unclaimed funds over to the state, no longer exist.

The main lesson learned from the article, is that we should all keep records. This sounds like common sense to a lot of people, but you’d be surprised how many people keep virtually no records.

There are other things you can do that will give you an edge in your unclaimed money search. Aside from having proper ID and diligently keeping records, you should learn how to search both online and off-line, as well as learn how to search for pre-escheat missing money. Pre-escheat cash is money that has yet to be turned over to the state (so they have no record of it) but it’s still out there in unclaimed property limbo.

As you can see from the chart below, most unclaimed money remains in the hands of the Hawaiian government because these stumbling blocks have kept a lot of missing money from turning in to found money:
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Click here to learn how to perform a thorough search for unclaimed money in Hawaii.

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