Illinois
Illinois State Treasurer reminds residents getting missing money from unclaimed property to cash their checks
ILLINOIS (KFVS) – Some Illinois residents may be receiving money and not even know it.
State Treasurer Michael Frerichs says 140,000 checks covering unclaimed property in Illinois are in the mail.
The checks, which total around $13.2 million, are the latest round of payments from the Enhanced Money Match program round, which allows the Treasurer’s Office to automatically return missing money to people without needing to file a claim.
In recent weeks, the Treasurer’s Office sent letters to unclaimed property owners that described the amount and source of the money that’s on the way.
Since 2018, the program has returned more than $102 million to nearly 422,000 people in Illinois. The nearly 140,000 letters sent in this round make it the largest Money Match ever performed in the nation.
To see if you have unclaimed property, you can check the online database.
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