I stumbled on to this situation at the Big E fair a number of years ago. The Massachusetts building had a booth where you could look up your name and see if there was any unclaimed $ in your name. Turns out I had $50 in some abandoned bank account from when I was a teenager and after I filled out the forms it took a couple weeks for a check to show up. I don't know if they still do that at the fair.

Since then I have helped both my parents and my brother get varying amounts back.

The only time it was ever a trouble was when my mom tried to claim $ in her parents' names. That ended up being more trouble than it was worth due to the extra steps required for heirs.

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Thank you