Searching For Consumer’s Unclaimed Property

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Escheated or unclaimed property is more common than one might think, see States Are Becoming Aggressive In Seizing Unclaimed Property. Approximately six years ago we were contacted by one of our Pennsylvania providers about a resident that had a savings account escheated from Fulton Bank.  The provider hadn’t realized the bank had sent the money […]

Performing An Unclaimed Property Search For Yourself

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Whether you agree with the effort of states to escheat–seize and hold unclaimed private property–the statehouses make it easy to search and make a claim. In fact, they make it so easy one of the best pieces of advice we can give is to NOT use a third-party or a search firm to do this […]

States Are Becoming Aggressive In Seizing Unclaimed Property

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From time to time, Arlington Heritage Group has assisted our trust account holders with claims on escheated property by the State of Pennsylvania. Escheat refers to the right of a government to take ownership of estate assets or unclaimed property. We began to research the subject of unclaimed property in depth after receiving a December […]