He needs to submit a few pieces of documentation and we’ll be getting a check in the mail.įifty dollars might not be a huge windfall, but it’s nice to have some extra money we weren’t expecting! The claim form tells us that John has $27.35 from one previous employer and $25.00 from another. We clicked a few boxes and filled out some information on the website and received a claim form a few days later. I checked the I-Cash site and didn’t find any unclaimed assets in my name, but I did find some for my husband! He has two paychecks from old jobs that the site told us are each worth between $10 and $100. Most people with money to claim will receive a check within three weeks of submitting proof of ownership, and the average claim paid is $1,000! There are over 13 million (yes, million) names on the Illinois Treasurer’s I-Cash database, which means that one in four Illinois adults discovers property to claim when they search at. The Illinois Treasurer is currently safeguarding more than 2 billion dollars in cash and 20 million shares of stock and mutual funds and through the I-Cash program they’re looking to reunite Illinois residents with their old bank accounts, uncashed paychecks, unclaimed insurance benefits, and other recovered property. You might even have money waiting for you right now. Good news: You don’t have to wait around for a sweepstakes. We all wish unexpected money would just show up at our door someday in fact, you probably already know what you’d do with it – I know I have some ideas!

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