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Alabama State Treasury Unclaimed Property Division

A free state search for money owed to you and never delivered - dormant accounts, uncashed payroll and utility deposits, insurance proceeds and similar.

The catch: As with every unclaimed-property register, a name match is the start of a claim and not the end: identity, address history and, for an inherited claim, authority over the estate all have to be proved. The public search is a JavaScript application with no readable terms in front of it, so the documentation requirements are not visible until you are in the process. The state charges nothing.

about 10 minOne time

Alaska Department of Revenue Unclaimed Property Program

A free search of property held by the State of Alaska for owners who could not be found - dormant accounts, uncashed cheques, deposits, insurance proceeds and similar.

The catch: The public search is a JavaScript application with no readable terms behind it, so what a claim actually requires is not published where a reader can see it before starting. Expect to prove identity and, for anything inherited, authority over an estate. As everywhere else: the state charges nothing, so a finder asking for a percentage is charging you for a free search.

about 10 minOne time

British Columbia Unclaimed Property Society

A free search of unclaimed money held in British Columbia - dormant credit union accounts, court funds, unclaimed wages, insurance proceeds, estates and pension amounts - run by the British Columbia Unclaimed Property Society.

The catch: A name match is the beginning of a claim, not the end of one: proving you are the person named, or have authority over their estate, is the actual work. The register is not the Bank of Canada's, which holds federally regulated bank balances - a thorough search means both, and neither one tells you about the other. The Society charges nothing, so anybody asking for a fee to search on your behalf is selling you a free service.

One time

Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis

Verbatim: "Unvalidated slot or vlt tickets that are more than thirty (30) days old are expired." The machine will not pay it - but AGLC still will. Verbatim: "Following expiry, players can still make a request for payment from AGLC by submitting the following: Completed expired ticket form / Original ticket(s)," mailed to AGLC Gaming Revenue (Finance) in St. Albert. A sibling of the two unclaimed-property rows, with one advantage over both: nobody has to search a registry to find out they are owed, because they are holding the evidence in a drawer.

The catch: You mail the original ticket, not a copy, so the only evidence you hold leaves your hands in the post - photograph both sides first. AGLC states the claim "may take up to two weeks to process once received." The page gives the thirty-day validation expiry but says nothing about an outer deadline on the claim itself, and that silence is not the same as no limit: for an old ticket, settle it with Customer Care on 1-800-742-7818 before mailing anything. No wager is required to claim, and none is possible - the ticket is expired for play.

about 14 daysStanding

Bank of Canada

A federal register separate from Alberta's: dormant Canadian bank balances, certain Canada Savings Bonds and Government of Canada bonds, and unclaimed Bank of Canada cheques. Searching is free.

The catch: Searching Alberta's register does not search this one and vice versa - both have to be done. Search former legal names and, where you are authorized, the names of deceased relatives.

about 20 minStanding

Canada Revenue Agency

Government of Canada cheques never expire. CRA My Account lists refunds, credits and benefit cheques issued more than six months ago and never deposited, with a pre-filled replacement request for each one.

The catch: You can only see this from inside CRA My Account, which is itself gated behind having filed. An estate representative can check on behalf of someone who has died, with the authorization already in place.

about 10 minStanding

Government of Alberta

Around 344,808 items worth roughly $168M sit in Alberta's register - traveller's cheques, money orders, RRSP and RESP balances, property of dissolved corporations. Searching is free, by name including nicknames and former names.

The catch: Claims must be filed within 10 years of the Tax and Revenue Administration receiving the property. Alberta's own search hands off to MissingMoney.com for results, so search there too rather than assuming one covers the other.

about 30 minStanding

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