Tune into NewsChannel 20 this Thursday, and we'll have a group from the state treasurer's office ready to help you find your property. She had $614 that she didn't know she had coming to her," said Ervin. In fact, my mom just last week, she found out that she had property to claim. Money and assets that could belong to you. The Illinois treasurer is not only safeguarding millions of unclaimed items, but more than two billion dollars cash. I don't know what the story is but I would sure love to know," Baren said. Some items are unusual like Air Jordan tennis shoes from 1997, or a bar of soap. "These are gold necklaces, gold rings, a pile of silver.American eagles," Baren said. They're all bar-coded," said manager of safekeeping, Robert Baren. If they are unsuccessful, then they send those safety deposit boxes, or those items over to the state treasurer's office," Ervin said.įrom there, the items are sorted and put into bags. So banks will attempt to find owners of the safety deposit boxes for about five years. "A lot of times the items come from safety deposit boxes. You name it, we have it," said Paris Ervin, Communications Director for the Illinois State Treasurer. "Anywhere from jewelry to coins to collector baseball cards to shoes. Inside the Illinois State Capitol, behind a 16 ton door, four feet of concrete and two layers of stainless steel is a vault full of treasures. Hundreds of thousands of new properties are added to the I-cash program each year.Ĭash from unpaid wages, bill over-payments, paid-up life insurance policies and more.Īnd it's all waiting for its rightful owners. The Illinois State Treasurer works to connect residents with unclaimed property, after people lose track of their assets. There's a chance you have cash or valuables you don't even know exists.
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