State Of Indiana Unclaimed Money Property

Indiana has over $800 million in unclaimed funds!

There are over 8 million accounts.

Each year, millions of dollars in assets are turned over to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as unclaimed property. It's their job to help return these assets to their rightful owners.

Any financial asset with no activity by its owner for an extended period of time is considered unclaimed property.

Unclaimed property consists of certain financial assets-as defined by Indiana state statute IC 32-34-that have been abandoned by their owners for an extended period of time. Examples of unclaimed property include:

Dormant bank accounts
Lost or forgotten uncashed checks
Stocks or bonds, dividends and bond interest
Insurance proceeds
Utility refunds
Safe deposit box contents

Individuals or businesses may lose track of assets if:

A change of residence or business relocation occurs, and an updated address is not provided, or an account or deposit is simply left behind.
A check is received and accidentally discarded, lost or forgotten.
A rightful owner dies and relatives are unaware of a bank account, safe deposit box or stock owned by the deceased.
Notification of a divorce or marriage is not provided.
A clerical error at a company alters a former employee's name or address, resulting in returned mail.

In accordance with Indiana law, property is considered "unclaimed" when the holder of the asset, after a legally specified period, is unable to find or contact the owner.

The law requires business entities and others to review their records each year to determine whether they are in possession of any abandoned funds, securities, or other property that is reportable, and to prepare an annual report of abandoned property.

Before it is turned over to the Office of the Indiana Attorney General, unclaimed property is in the possession of holders who are responsible for reporting on behalf of their branches, divisions, and other affiliated entities.

A holder is a bank, insurance company or other business or organization in possession of property that has remained unclaimed for a given length of time. The holder most turn over the property to the Indiana attorney general's Unclaimed Property Division after attempts at contacting the rightful owner have been unsuccessful.

Common holders include:

Financial institutions, including any bank, trust company, savings bank, safe-deposit company, private banker, savings and loan association, credit union and cooperative bank. Both state and federally chartered institutions are required to report holdings.
All business associations of two or more individuals, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including corporations, joint stock companies, business trusts, partnerships, cooperatives and other associations.
Utilities owned or operated for public use.
Other legal entities, both for-profit and not-for-profit, including governments, political subdivisions, public authorities, public corporations, estates, trusts, or any other legal or commercial entities.

The Office of the Indiana Attorney General publishes the names of all unclaimed property owners (as reported by the holder) in newspapers across the state, broken up by county. According to state law, properties turned over in a given calendar year must appear in the newspaper by Nov. 30 of the following year.

Go to the Indiana unclaimed money website to begin your search for unclaimed property.

You can contact the Indiana Unclaimed Property Division at:

Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Unclaimed Property Division
PO Box 2504
Greenwood, IN 46142

Claims/Property: 1-866-462-5246
Reporting: 1-317-234-9768

Claims/Property: updmail@atg.in.gov
Business/Holder: updholder@atg.in.gov

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