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We keep our own copy of every unclaimed property record California publishes, cleaned up so it can actually be analysed. Every so often we publish what we find in it. No sign-up, no form — quote it freely, just credit us.
August 14, 2026The businesses that don't know they're owed moneyOne unclaimed record in every 10.3 belongs to a business rather than a person — 1.39 billion dollars across 898,971 California companies. Which kinds of business, how much each typically has, and why so few ever look.
August 14, 2026California's Rules for Unclaimed CryptoThree years of inactivity and a custodial exchange must hand your crypto to California — which is then required to sell it. A section-by-section reading of SB 822, what actually stops the clock, and the December deadline nobody has flagged.
August 13, 2026The Bay Area's Lost Money$1.85 billion is owed to Bay Area addresses. Mapped by county, city and ZIP code, with the companies that reported it, the stock nobody collected, and a per-resident ranking of San Mateo County's cities.
August 11, 2026Who holds California's unclaimed money?13.1 million records worth $9.22 billion, sorted by the company that handed the money over — and the mess in the data that explains why so many people never find money that is theirs.