It says I have money in Virginia, but I have to have proof of my address from 22y ago. I can't figure out how to get that.

DC was easy. Search for your name, fill in an online form, confirm your email, get a check in the mail! Most efficient thing I have ever done involving DC - laugh cry emoji.

Yes, North Carolina Got a couple of thousand dollars.

Worth it to work through the website.

I got several thousand each from grandparents. Both grandparents had savings accounts that had been missed during probate. The only time consuming paperwork was filing for the out if state death certificates of both grands, my deceased parent & deceased brother - establishing line of descent. I learned later that if I had checked the box saying I would file taxes in that state I would have got a substantial amount of interest on it dating back from 1972. I had a lawyer at that point who never mentioned that important info

I did, from New York State.

I had forgotten to cash in some old fashioned bearer bond coupons. Those are pieces of paper, payable on submission to a bank. I had them in my possession but the funds were given to NY State because I hadn't cashed them in about 4 years. Because the redemption process is a pain in the ass. And it was about $270 total.

I filled out a form. I think I needed it notarized. I included a photocopy of the coupons and mailed it off. I got my money eventually without further fuss.

There are a lot of people whose families bought insurance policies in their names a long time ago. And the insurance companies changed corporate format to become traded corporations. That's called demutualization. As a result, policy owners became entitled to stock or cash value of the stock. And not all of them could be located. So a distant divorced cousin-in-law of mine was in the New York system where I found my name. I called her and she was able to get her owed money as well.

Make sure you are dealing with actual state governments...not finders who take a cut...and you should be fine.

Yes! We had about $1200 from a house sale in 2003 that they never sent to our new address.

Yes, super easy.

Yes. It’s easy and it is legitimate

Yes. It was a paperwork pain, but I got just over $150 from Massachusetts

I got a few hundred dollars a few years ago, mostly from a Pepco account that I apparently had overpaid before closing when I moved. Was pretty easy, but I also have notaries available at my office, which made that part of it extremely simple.

If you have any deceased family members, you should really run their information through the NAIC Life Insurance Policy Locator system to determine whether they have any open Life Insurance Policies. We found one for my grandfather.

https://eapps.naic.org/life-policy-locator/#/welcome

Not OP

https://missingmoney.com/
I used this site to check the states I used to reside in. Was very easy to get a small amount I did not know about from Missouri.

https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money
Links to other sites you can search.

Can you provide a link to the website?

I did this recently in Virginia. It was a painless process, fill out a form, scan it, and send it back in.

Got $37 that some medical provider apparently owed me.

Apparently a former employer from over 20 years ago issued funds in my name to the state I used to live in. Around $300. Is the claim process simple or not worth the time and energy?