Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I opened a bank safe deposit box when I was getting divorced and used my dad's address (where I grew up), so any correspondence would come to his address.

Well, after a year or two, I forgot to make the yearly payment and the bank ended up sending the *contents* of the box to the state.

I found it on one of these sites. But to claim it, I need to show proof that I lived at that address. Dad sold the house before he died, and I don't know how to show my name is attached to that address.

But I still have the key! I don't think I left any cash in there, but I'd still like to get my personal documents back.

After I found this, I looked up every family member and over half had money listed.

You used his address so any correspondence would be sent to his address, so any chance you have an electronic record of something being sent there in email? Your cell phone bill maybe?

Anonymous wrote:I opened a bank safe deposit box when I was getting divorced and used my dad's address (where I grew up), so any correspondence would come to his address.

Well, after a year or two, I forgot to make the yearly payment and the bank ended up sending the *contents* of the box to the state.

I found it on one of these sites. But to claim it, I need to show proof that I lived at that address. Dad sold the house before he died, and I don't know how to show my name is attached to that address.

But I still have the key! I don't think I left any cash in there, but I'd still like to get my personal documents back.

After I found this, I looked up every family member and over half had money listed.

Anonymous wrote:If you find dead grandparents money on there how do you claim it?

Anonymous wrote:My name is common and there were several of them. I might have tried to claim one that isn't mine. Could I get in trouble for that? I assume they will match records.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My name is common and there were several of them. I might have tried to claim one that isn't mine. Could I get in trouble for that? I assume they will match records.

Fraud is a crime.

Anonymous wrote:My name is common and there were several of them. I might have tried to claim one that isn't mine. Could I get in trouble for that? I assume they will match records.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I found this for my mom, who had dementia and wasn't cashing checks. That led me to look around and discover that her own mother (died in 1972) has funds in NYC, but I dont have any documents to claim. Doesn't give the amount.

But her father, who died in TX in 1982, had like 4k in funds. That one we tried to do. I sent in his death certificate, my mom's birth certificate, a copy of his will and trust, letters testamentary naming my mother as the executor, you name it. They still wanted more, the actual probate records. Then my mom died while waiting. and now I've sent in all her documents. The thing they still want is a notarized affadavit of someone who can attest to knowing my grandfather and that he only had one child, my mother. He was born in 1899! Everyone he knew who knew him is DEAD. So, this money has been sitting there for almost 50 years, no interest in tx btw, and I've supplied a massive trove of documents (including a couple published sources on my grandfather which speak to his family, including his wife and only child) and I still can't get it.

Sigh.

Have you tried writing the head of the treasury and/or your congressperson. Or maybe some MAGA TX state legislator who doesn't believe the government should get people's money?

Anonymous wrote:So if it's our name, how do we find out more. My name isn't super common, but there are other people in Virginia with my name. I'm not sure if it's me they owe or a different person, no middle names are given. For instance, one is just from "capital one", which could potentially be me (I have capital one bank accounts and credit cards). Ones from electric companies in places I've never lived would obviously not be me.

Anonymous wrote:So I found this for my mom, who had dementia and wasn't cashing checks. That led me to look around and discover that her own mother (died in 1972) has funds in NYC, but I dont have any documents to claim. Doesn't give the amount.

But her father, who died in TX in 1982, had like 4k in funds. That one we tried to do. I sent in his death certificate, my mom's birth certificate, a copy of his will and trust, letters testamentary naming my mother as the executor, you name it. They still wanted more, the actual probate records. Then my mom died while waiting. and now I've sent in all her documents. The thing they still want is a notarized affadavit of someone who can attest to knowing my grandfather and that he only had one child, my mother. He was born in 1899! Everyone he knew who knew him is DEAD. So, this money has been sitting there for almost 50 years, no interest in tx btw, and I've supplied a massive trove of documents (including a couple published sources on my grandfather which speak to his family, including his wife and only child) and I still can't get it.

Sigh.