Your money is waiting, claim it now.
Each year millions of dollars are transferred to the South Carolina State Treasurer’s Office by organizations who cannot locate their intended recipient; and the Beaufort County Treasurer’s Office is one of them. It is the responsibility of the South Carolina State Treasurer to hold them on behalf of taxpayers until the funds are claimed.
Before submitting unclaimed funds to the State, the Treasurer’s Office and other organizations must send a written notification to the address of record, giving the taxpayer the opportunity to claim their funds before they are submitted to the state. The Treasurer’s Office recently submitted unclaimed funds to the State Treasurer.
“we work with the state treasurer’s office throughout the year to return our taxpayers’ unclaimed money.”
“Many Beaufort County residents do not realize that they have money owed to them,” said Beaufort County Treasurer Maria Walls, CPA. “The State Treasurer is holding more than $500 million in unclaimed funds from across the State. Odds are that you or someone close to you has money to claim and just doesn’t know it.”
Unclaimed property are assets listed in your name that were not successfully transferred to you. Some common forms of unclaimed property include savings or checking accounts, stocks, uncashed dividends or payroll checks, insurance monies and refunds. Beaufort County’s most common forms of unclaimed funds are uncashed checks.
You can search for unclaimed property on the State Treasurer’s website. If you’ve lived in another state, you may also want to check MissingMoney.com for a list of property held from over 39 states.