There's this thing in MA run buy the MA Treasurer's office. They hold any unclaimed property.
"Unclaimed property consists of unclaimed financial assets such as checking and savings accounts, unpaid wages, securities, uncashed dividends, life insurance policies, uncashed checks, safe deposit boxes, etc that are without activity for a certain period of time. It does not include real estate or vehicles. Typically assets become unclaimed when the owner cannot be contacted for a three-year period by the holder of the asset, or for fifteen years in the case of traveler's checks."
Saw a commercial on it. I don't think anyone owes me money but I thought, why not give it a look? Turns out a bank that I use to use has $55.71 (plus any appropriate interest) sitting there in my name and they turned it over to the Unclaimed property division of the MA Treasure's office. When I closed the account years ago to move to another bank I probably left a little money behind to cover uncleared checks or something.
Obviously not much money but I'd rather have the $55 in my pocket than the pocket of a bank that I no longer use or the pocket of the Treasurer's slush fund.
With $55 I could probably buy a Gurkha or two at retail prices. WHOOP, WHOOP!
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