How this works: An organization tries to contact a citizen to pick up a certain amount of money, and they don't within a certain time period, so since it's legally not their money they hand it over to "unclaimed property" departments in each state (could be a paycheck, stock dividends, money left over in an account, etc.)

How to possibly find monies or how I did it: find your state website on https://unclaimed.org/search/

My state allows free searches, I thought I heard some people say they had to pay or something?

Look up people by last name (can be your last name, can look up friends and family and tell them, etc.)

If you find someone you know, let them know

I don't know how they file, I guess just follow instructions on site, then I assume they'll mail you a check?

Good luck and let us know if you find anything