Nevada Unclaimed Money

 

Homeowners in the Sunbelt region of the U.S. have been hit by the sub-prime mortgage crisis more than those of other states. Home prices have fallen drastically and things are really glum on Nevada’s real estate front with the State having had the worst loan foreclosure rate in the nation. According to a recent KVBC report however,  thousands of NV residents have a bit of consolation coming to them in the form of Nevada unclaimed money.

 

The State’s Unclaimed Property Office owes citizens almost $300 million from Nevada unclaimed property and all these people have to do is to step-up and file a claim. State Treasurer Kate Marshall recently had 2,500 Western Nevadans on the State Unclaimed Property list who had at least $50 coming to them. Unclaimed property can come from abandoned bank accounts, uncollected rebate checks, payroll, etc. “It can be dozens of things,” said the Treasurer. “And people always say, ‘Oh, I know where my money is.’ But they don’t.” The odds of finding Nevada unclaimed property money are actually better than winning in Sin City’s casinos.  Problem is, people there aren’t aware that the State has their missing money.

 

NV resident Tang Lewis hadn’t even heard about State unclaimed property until she got a call from the Treasurer’s office. “They call me and say my husband left me some money… $90,000.” Although most NV unclaimed money claims aren’t this big, it shows how much cash people may be missing-out on.

 

In the face of another recession and rising cost of living, everyone needs extra cash. Doing an unclaimed money search on-line is one of the easiest ways of doing that. No driving and no waiting in line in some government building like some may think. According to the Deputy Treasurer of Unclaimed Property, Mary McElhone in the news report: “you just need the internet, along with your name or business, and in a few seconds you’ll know whether you are owed money.”

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