You may have $$ you didn’t know about

Posted 3/11/21

$700 million in unclaimed money may be waiting for you.

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis wants to find you if any of it is yours.

Loftis said that more than 600,000 new properties have been …

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You may have $$ you didn’t know about

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$700 million in unclaimed money may be waiting for you.

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis wants to find you if any of it is yours.

Loftis said that more than 600,000 new properties have been reported to the State’s Unclaimed Property Program.

This includes more than 3,500 $50 rebate checks issued to South Carolinians in 2019, as part of the Mega Millions lottery windfall.

“Companies holding unclaimed property for South Carolinians must remit it to the state’s Unclaimed Property Program,” Loftis said. “Now we begin identifying the rightful owners so we can return these funds to them.”

More than $700 million in unclaimed property was found across the state.

Examples of unclaimed property include dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, unclaimed insurance proceeds and forgotten utility deposits.

The State Treasurer’s Office acts as custodian of these funds until the rightful owners make a claim.

Since 2011, more than $220 million has been returned to South Carolinians.

Visit the State Treasurer’s Office website at www.treasurer.sc.gov to see if there is new money waiting for you.

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