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Join Florida's Treasure Hunt One in five Floridians has unclaimed funds from a forgotten financial account SEARCH FOR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY CLICK HERE
You should also consider searching all of your names, such as maiden, married, etc., and for your current and any past Florida cities in which you have resided. Florida Department of Financial Services
As a state agency, the department is the only organization in Florida that can legally collect, store and return unclaimed property. Additionally, the department does not give any personal data you provide to other businesses or individuals.
Chapter 717, Florida Statutes, requires the unclaimed property assets be held by business or government entities (holders) for a set period of time, usually five years.
There is no statute of limitations on unclaimed property in Florida. Account owners, or their heirs, can claim their funds indefinitely, free of charge. Search for Unclaimed Property
Annual reports from holders generally come to Florida in late spring. A "holder" is a business or government entity that is "holding" unclaimed, inactive, lost funds that belong to a citizen or another business.
Click here to search Florida's unclaimed property database. Click here for links to other states' unclaimed property programs. Florida Department of Financial Services
Florida law allows Florida licensed private investigators, CPAs and attorneys to register with our office as claimant's representatives. These firms have access to our records and frequently contact account owners, or their heirs, soliciting them to assist in the recovery for a fee.
The Department acts as custodian for the State of Florida, but never takes legal ownership of the property. The State uses various methods, including database searches, in an effort to notify owners of their property.
Florida Assigned Unclaimed Property Identification Numbers (UPID). You must have a UPID number for each report to be submitted. If you do not know the number, or if you need one, click the link above for instructions.