(Part 1 of 2)

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

Sadly beyond just IL, state treasury departments across the United States keep on taking in more unclaimed money annually than they return to the rightful owners. Due to the fact that everyone believes in the old "if it's too good to be true" saying, the majority of people refuse to believe that there are truly tens of billions of dollars that can be claimed across the country. Even for the handful who have learned the truth about unclaimed cash, the best way to find these monies eludes them most of the time.

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'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 database.

(to be continued)

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Comptroller releases unclaimed property list (Kerrville Daily Times)
Money in a forgotten bank account. Old insurance policies. A safety-deposit box that sat untouched for years. These are just some things Texas residents have, waiting to be claimed.

Are you owed any unclaimed funds? (The Facts)
If you’ve cleaned up in the stock market recently, you probably aren’t interested in free money, so you can just turn the page. On the other hand, if, like me, you’ve lost your 401(k), the kids’ college money and that stash you’d been hiding in the freezer to take to Coushatta, then read on.

State Treasurer Surprises Residents with Unclaimed Money – Action 3 News

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Texans urged to claim forgotten money (Port Arthur News)
The annual Unclaimed Property List in coming out in Sunday’s newspapers will bring good news to about 130,000 Texans — they have money waiting to be claimed.