State Has Money for Cranberry Police, Ambulance, Jaycees and You

Each year, the Pennsylvania Treasury receives millions of dollars in unclaimed property, including abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks, uncashed checks, certificates of deposit, life insurance policies, safe deposit box contents and recovered stolen property. 

Most of this unclaimed property is owed to individual residents (read below to find out how to search for yourself or a relative). However, there are a number of municipalities, school districts, fire and police departments, civic groups and other organizations that also have money waiting for them.

The state website identifies the property as either "under $100" or "over $100" and the source of the property. A quick (and by no means complete) search of the state's website shows that:

• Cranberry Township Department (sic) is owed money/property from Progressive.
• Cranberry Area Jaycees is owed money/property from Pennsylvania Power Co.
• Cranberry Township Police Department is owed money/property from Nationwide Mutual Fire Co.
• Cranberry Volunteer Ambulance is owed money/property from Gateway Health Plan Inc.
• Cranberry Township is owed money/property from Sprint United Management Co.
• Seneca Valley Quarterback Club is owed money/property from Duquesne University.

There are a number of other businesses and other entities listed under a search for "Cranberry" that are owed money/property.

Just last week, state Treasurer Rob McCord let libraries in the state know about unclaimed money owed them. He said the more than $232,000 his department holds for these organizations represents just a fraction of the $1.9 billion in unclaimed property the Treasury currently seeks to reunite with businesses, organizations and citizens.

McCord encouraged everyone to search Treasury’s free unclaimed property database at www.patreasury.gov or call 1-800-222-2046, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A member of Treasury’s Return Team can assist with the search and claim process.

Some tips for searching for municipalities, institutions, businesses and individuals:

• Try the search several ways, for instance: "Cranberry," "Cranberry Township," "Township of Cranberry."
• Search the town name/Zip Code town. Some entries appear to be a business or group with the town name, but not necessarily the proper name of the business. (For example, Smith Auto Parts might be listed under Cranberry Auto Parts.)
• Search for dead relatives.
• Search for yourself under maiden name and/or former address.
• If you see your name with a Zip code that's a digit or two off from yours, check it out. Perhaps the reason you never got the check is that someone transposed the Zip code numbers.

Have you searched this state Treasury site for money? If you're successful, let us know in the comments box below!

Like Us on Facebook | Follow Us on Twitter

Check out some of today's other top stories here.