How To Find Your Unclaimed Property In Georgia

If you’re looking for some new assets in your life, one relatively untapped resource is the state. Where you reside may have some unclaimed property waiting on you.

Let’s clear something up first: When we talk about unclaimed property in this article, we’re talking about money: Bank accounts held by financial institutions and other businesses who have lost contact with you.

Searching for your own money won’t cost you a thing and we’ll touch on that a bit more later.

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Some types of unclaimed property include:

Wages
Savings accounts
Customer refunds
Accounts payable
Insurance payments
Shares of stock
Escrow funds
Royalties and contents from safe deposit boxes.

In Georgia, the overwhelming majority of personal property is referred to the state after five years of inactivity — of course there may be exemptions.

To find out if you have some unclaimed property in Georgia, you can go to the Georgia Department of Revenue website. But before you do, there’s two things you need to know:

You will need to have the decedent’s name, Social Security Number and/or the estate’s Federal Employer Identification Number begin the search.
You will be required to submit a printed Claim Form.

To find out if you have some unclaimed property in Georgia, click the link below:

These funds may be in the form of cash, stocks, bonds, securities, insurance benefits etc.

To make sure that you don’t lose track of your funds or property, it’s good to maintain accurate records for important documents like contracts, insurance policies, bank account numbers, stock certificates and more.