# I just found $2,014.48 for my husband. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830 "2008-04-11T01:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/41 "2008-04-12T04:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] [Here’s the site for California residents](http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/). [/QUOTE] Woo hoo! Mercy owes me $60, apparently. I’ll actually be in Sac in June, so I’m gonna see if I can get that picked up. Will be good drinking money while I’m there… ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/42 "2008-04-12T04:43:08Z")
[This](http://www.oregon.gov/DSL/UP/) is Oregon’s version. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/43 "2008-04-12T06:30:11Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] If I understand this right, you’re waiting for your account to be moved to unclaimed balances so you can claim it. Is that right? Why can’t you just call the bank and tell them you had an account long ago and you don’t remember the account number? I’m sure they can look it up for you, if you can prove who you are. ETA: Or am I misunderstanding something? [/QUOTE] No. You just haven’t yet realised the depth of my laziness. Plus, I hate making phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/44 "2008-04-12T07:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] No. You just haven’t yet realised the depth of my laziness. Plus, I hate making phone calls. [/QUOTE] Send a letter? Won’t you have to do that when it gets moved to unclaimed, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/45 "2008-04-12T07:40:57Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] Yep, however, it looks like I have to file an Affidavit of Heirship… and, you know, tons of ID. The annoying thing is that I don’t really know that much about him, and I certainly don’t have any of his info- like DL#, SSN, or his death certificate. [/QUOTE] Would the Social Security Administration help you out? You can find the [Death Index](http://http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) in a bunch of different places online - that ought to get you started. Do you at least know where he died? Most places will release a copy of the death certificate to you, especially if you can document that you are a close relative. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/46 "2008-04-12T08:37:14Z")
ok so I was bored, plugged in every contact in my phone and about 1/4 of my customer list. HOLY CRAP a small group of my customers have about $4K coming emailed a few friends of mine who have about $1K between them. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/47 "2008-04-12T15:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] I used [missingmoney.com](http://missingmoney.com) and then search on my state. [/QUOTE] Everybody should click on this and see if there’s something out there for them. You never know. Several years ago, I got $1200 from an old, dead retirement fund at a former campus workplace. Nice! One note: ignore anything in your snail mail that offers to claim the money for you for a fee. You can claim it on your own. The only fee would go to a notary public because of the documents that are required when you send in the claim. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/48 "2008-04-12T15:58:44Z")
Just be sure to check if [missingmoney.com](http://missingmoney.com) covers your state - it doesn’t cover the ones that apply to me. I posted the Illinois link which is only “coming soon” on that site. Check your state’s treasurer’s office to see if they have anything on this. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/49 "2008-04-13T06:24:28Z")
My Ex and I have a joint account somewhere in Kansas that has $14.31 in it, but no interest accured. He and I haven’t spoken since our son died in 2000. I don’t think it’s worth stirring up his current wife. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/50 "2008-04-13T09:57:29Z")
Australians can search [here](http://www.edge.asic.gov.au/unclaimed/simplequery.html). Nothing owing to me, though! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/51 "2008-04-14T01:00:06Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] Everybody should click on this and see if there’s something out there for them. You never know. [/QUOTE] I just clicked again and found another claim for almost $200! (This is in addition to the $575 claim I found last year.) I have no idea how I lost track of this money. It all dates from 18 years ago when I was in college. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/52 "2008-04-14T01:42:09Z")
_Originally Posted by Savannah No. You just haven’t yet realised the depth of my laziness. Plus, I hate making phone calls._ [QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Send a letter? Won’t you have to do that when it gets moved to unclaimed, anyway? [/QUOTE] That’s different. I like writing letters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/53 "2008-04-14T02:14:32Z")
Looks like two of my stepkids, my exhubby#2’s ex-wife, four cousins, and an uncle have some missing money. I’ve emailed them all. There are good things about having an uncommon surname – like easy missing money searches for the whole famdamily. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/54 "2008-04-14T02:53:24Z")
Sucks to have a very very common last name, but whoo! $175 from the co-ops I lived in back in school. The college itself owes me another $16, which is kind of funny since I know I was in debt to the college over $800 until quite recently. I wonder if I can just go to the co-op office and ask them to fork over. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830/55 "2008-04-28T03:30:28Z")
Sorry to bump this thread, but I have a predicament. I found another website that would like to scam you out of your money by selling you the information on how to get your unclaimed funds. You never have to pay to get this money- you contact the state, prove who you are, and get it for free. So I didn’t actually use the site I found, but it does say the supposed amount you have coming, whereas the state-run website keeps it confidential. As I said before, I didn’t find any money for myself, but I did find that my best friend has something in his name, with an address that he lived at 15 years ago. When I found his name on the state-run site (through [missingmoney.com](http://missingmoney.com)) he said that if I did all the work to get it, he’d split it with me half and half. Then, the scam site I found says that the amount is $8,000. Best friend says that he is still willing to give me half whatever the amount, if I do the legwork involved. I have the claim form, and now all I need is a copy of his driver’s license, easily done, and proof that he lived at that address in the past. That’s where my predicament comes in- he only lived there for a year, and it was a somewhat-shady time in his life, and he doesn’t even think he filed taxes that year. The were no marriages, divorces, births, or deaths during that year, he has no paperwork at all from that time, and may not have even changed his address with the DMV. I planned today to get his credit report online and use that- I presume your addresses stay on there forever and maybe that address is on there. Not sure what’s up with that, but I haven’t been able to get his credit report, due to one “error” or another. He’s sticking by his rule that I do all the work, as he’s not entirely sure that the site’s not either a scam or the state looking for him to arrest him and using this as a ruse (never mind that he doesn’t have a warrant and his current DL shows his current address and they could just come get him if they wanted to), even though I’ve assured him that I know all about it and it’s legit. He’s perfectly willing to take steps to get this money, as long as I do all the paperwork and step it out for him, and it’s not too hard. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get proof that he lived at that address? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-2-014-48-for-my-husband/444830.md?page=2)