Most people are surprised to learn that the state might have their missing money or unclaimed property \u2013 and they don\u2019t even know it.<\/p>\n
How much money? More than $3.5 billion. You can see if your name is among the thousands who have missing money by clicking\u00a0here.<\/a><\/strong> Search your name, a relative\u2019s name, the name of a business or the name of a\u00a0non-profit.<\/p>\n Why might the treasurer have your money? Sometimes, a letter or check is mailed to the wrong address. Examples of unclaimed property include unpaid life insurance benefits, forgotten bank accounts and unused\u00a0rebate cards. The State Treasurer is legally required to return the property to the rightful owner no matter how long it takes.<\/p>\n An estimated one-in-four people in Illinois have unclaimed property. Because unclaimed property is surrendered to the treasurer\u2019s office twice each year, you should check the database twice each year; for example, on\u00a0your birthday and six months later. Go to\u00a0illinoistreasurer.gov<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most people are surprised to learn that the state might have their missing money or unclaimed property \u2013 and they don\u2019t even know it. How much money? More than $3.5 billion. You can see if your name is among the thousands who have missing money by clicking\u00a0here. Search your name, a relative\u2019s name, the name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}