Escheatment of Unclaimed Money

Government Code section 50050-50057 provides that unclaimed monies which remain in the treasury or in the official custody of the officers of a local agency for a period of over three (3) years, become the property of the agency. Individual items $15.00 or more in value must be published as notification that the money will become the property of the County on the designated date (April 28, 2009) if it is left unclaimed.

A claim may be filed in writing with the Treasurer-Tax Collector's office. The claim must include the claimant's name, address, telephone number where the claimant may be reached, amount of the claim, Agency listed in the publication, and grounds on which the claim is founded. A claim form may be downloaded from this site, printed, completed and mailed to:

Orange County Treasurer
Attention: Escheatment Claims
P.O. Box 4515
Santa Ana, CA 92702

or faxed to (714) 834-2912, and must be received no later than April 27, 2009.

The claim form is available in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click on the "Get Acrobat Reader" button below.

2008 Escheatment List

To search a name on the list, from the top-left menu of your browser, select Edit. Click on Find and key in the name you're looking for.