Unclaimed Funds- Claim Yours Cash Now!

According to experts, 9 out of 10 Americans are entitled to unclaimed funds in the form of IRS refunds, insurance funds, inheritances and other financial assets. These are just sitting with the different branches of the government's Treasury Department without their owner's even knowing!

There are huge piles of lost cash waiting to be claimed by residents of the individual states. Think about it- $5 billion in unclaimedfunds has piled-up in California alone and an estimated $600 million are collected by the California state unclaimed funds division every year! In a recent report by an NBC news affilitate in San Diego, a North Park woman was able to claim $200,000 of California unclaimed money. "It was shares of stock," said Deborah Brueggeman happily. She had apparently inherited them from an uncle who had passed-away.

A host on NBC Today reported that there are over $35 billion in total unclaimed assets nationally which includes $62 million worth of uncashed refund checks held by the IRS. On one of her shows, Oprah Winfrey was even able to reunite members of the audience with around $70,000 worth of property.

Unclaimed funds can come from sources like abandoned bank accounts, languishing stocks, unclaimed insurance policies, even contents of safe deposit boxes and gift certificates. The latter is kind of tricky to claim and should be used right away as state rules for gift cards differ. Maine's Unclaimed Property Law for example lets the state take away 60% of gift cards' value if they're not used after a certain period.

Some people even take their last breaths thinking they're broke without knowing they're actually entitled to thousands of unclaimed funds. Don't let this happen to you or to your relatives- act now and claim what's yours. Do an unclaimed money search now and have some extra cash to start-out '08 right.