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In May 2007, Illinois State Treasurer State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias stated that the state's "Cash Dash" program currently holds roughly $1.4 Billion in Illinois unclaimed money. The only thing standing between the cash and its true owners is the knowledge that it is out there and the ability to track it down.

Sadly beyond just Illinois, state treasury departments across the nation continue to take in more unclaimed money annually than they give back to the people. Because everyone believes in the old "if it's too good to be true" saying, the majority of people do not believe that there are truly tens of billions of dollars waiting to be claimed nationwide. Even for those few who have learned the truth about unclaimed cash, the best way to track these monies down eludes them in most cases.

The Prairie is State is one of only a few states that holds over a billion dollars on its own, and that means that if you are a resident of Illinois then you have even better odds of locating a claim in your name, especially after you factor in that the state has less than 13 million people and there are more than 10 million names on the state's Illinois list.

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How to Find Unclaimed Money Held by Local Governments
If you have ever done business with your local government or applied for a permit or license, or that sort of thing, chances are higher that you have unclaimed money held by your city waiting for you to claim it. Check out these tips and tricks to search for unclaimed cash being held by your city or town.

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Because money is constantly added to the fund, it is important to check regularly, not just one time. Money owed to you might be added tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or depending on the type of asset in 5 years if that's the proper dormancy period. Each kind of property has its own dormancy period in each state, after which state laws require the holder to hand it over to the state who will then hold it until the rightful owner steps forward to claim it.

Further, residents of IL may be owed unclaimed funds in other states even if they've never lived in or even been to them. Items like insurance overpayments when an employer utilizes an out of state insurance company can result in found money located in other states. Also, issues often arise when corporations are incorporated in another state.

The bottom line is that the state of IL is currently holding a large amount of money that belongs to its residents who just need to learn the right ways to search, how often to search, and where to search. Learning these search methods from experienced funds locators in this field can give you a boost in your abilities to find your money.

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Unclaimed Stock: Find Lost Shares
This week, I'm answering questions from readers, because there's an unclaimed money question that keeps coming up again and again. That tells me there's a need, so here goes. Here are two samples of the questions I've gotten:

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In May of 2007, IL State Treasurer State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias stated that the state's "Cash Dash" program currently holds nearly 1.4 Billion dollars in Illinois unclaimed money. The only thing getting between the cash and its rightful owners is the knowledge that it's out there and the knowledge to locate it.

Sadly beyond just IL, state treasury departments across the country keep on taking in more unclaimed funds every year than they give back to the people. Because everyone believes in the old "if it's too good to be true" saying, most people refuse to believe that there are truly tens of billions of dollars waiting to be claimed across the country. Even for those few who have learned the truth about unclaimed cash, the best way to locate these monies eludes them more often than not.

The Prairie is State is one of those rare states that is holding over 1 billion dollars on its own, which means if you're a resident of IL then you have even better odds of locating a claim in your name, especially after you factor in that the state has less than 13 million people and there are over 10 million names on the state's IL list.

Even though there are quite a few more, IL names the following as the most common sources of missing money: unpaid wages or commissions, abandoned savings and checking accounts, bonds, stock, un-cashed dividends, mutual funds, credit balances, customer deposits or overpayments, safe deposit box contents, money orders, refunds, paid-up life insurance policies, travelers checks. People who have had or know someone who may have had one of these accounts at one time or another is encouraged to search often.

The IL State Treasury has handed back more than $432 million since it took over the unclaimed funds program in 1999, 84 million dollars of which was returned in 2006 alone, but with 1.4 Billion dollars waiting to be claimed and more coming in all the time, the heap of cash will continue to grow.

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