COLOMBIA, SC (WCSC) – The South Carolina Treasurer claims that more than 600,000 new entries have been reported to the state’s Unclaimed Property Program.
The properties include more than 3,500 $ 50 discount checks issued in 2019 as part of the Mega Millions lottery windfall.
Click here to search for unclaimed property on the state treasurer’s website.
“The State Treasurer’s Office has completed what we call the Holder Season, the time of year when companies that hold unclaimed properties for Southern Carolinians must submit them to the state’s Unclaimed Property Program,” said the Treasurer of the State Curtis Loftis. “Our team finished reconciling the reports sent last fall and now we have started the process of identifying the rightful owners so that we can return these funds to them.”
The state currently has more than $ 700 million in unclaimed properties across the state.
Examples of unclaimed assets include inactive bank accounts, unpaid checks, unclaimed insurance proceeds and forgotten utility deposits.
The State Treasury acts as custodian of these funds until the legitimate owners come forward and make a complaint.
“Now is the perfect time to search our website,” said Loftis. “I encourage individuals, business owners, churches, schools and other organizations to visit the State Treasurer’s Office website at treasurer.sc.gov to see if new money is waiting for you.”
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