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Enter a name exactly as it may have appeared on an old account. We search the State Controller’s published records under every reasonable variant of it, not just the spelling you typed.

270 records carry that name

The 100 shown below are worth $255,975 between them. A match is not proof — the State holds many people with the same name, and establishing which record is yours is the real work of a claim.

The State holds 4,164 records under the surname Duncan, worth $3,251,052. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Monterey, CA

    Reported by Bellsouth Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $53,250.56 Bellsouth Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 17291725

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Twentynine Palm, CA

    Reported by Verizon Communications Inc/gte Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $16,794.53 Bell Atlantic Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 12274277

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $16,559.72 Sbc Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15701573

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $12,848.93 Sbc Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 19052215

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Telefonos De Mexico Series A

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $8,385.99 Verizon Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17284188

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Monterey, CA

    Reported by Bellsouth Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,578.24
    Start this claim

    State ID 17291724

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Whittier, CA

    Reported by Protective Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,201.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 988756984

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Procter & Gamble Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,966.94
    Start this claim

    State ID 970918344

  • Strong match

    Barbara Christian Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Teradata Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,213.95 Teradata Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 968019128

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,042.56
    Start this claim

    State ID 15657172

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Bellsouth Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,020.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 13408304

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Lucent Technologies Inc Odd Lot Tender C

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,663.36 Lucent Technologies Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16516642

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Verizon Communications Inc/gte Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,521.62
    Start this claim

    State ID 16406296

  • Strong match

    Barbara J Duncan

    Credit balance · Folsom, CA

    Reported by Charles Schwab & Co.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,247.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 993692191

  • Strong match

    Barbara I Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by First Dominion Mutual Life Ins

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,238.98
    Start this claim

    State ID 963604209

  • Strong match

    Barbara J Duncan

    Retirement account · Folsom, CA

    Reported by Charles Schwab & Co.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,219.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 1024398724

  • Strong match

    Barbara Christian Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Ncr Atleos Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $922.96 Ncr Atleos Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044642075

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    $921.93
    Start this claim

    State ID 16370058

  • Strong match

    Barbara I Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by First Dominion Mutual Life Ins

    $890.23
    Start this claim

    State ID 963604210

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by At & T Corporation

    $808.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 12839297

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Verizon Communications Inc/gte Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $793.16 Verizon Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17138598

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Uncashed check

    Reported by West Coast Escrow

    $780.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 18261040

  • Strong match

    Barbara I Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by First Dominion Mutual Life Ins

    $764.13
    Start this claim

    State ID 963604211

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Culver City, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $675.65 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16281363

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Lucent Technologies Inc Odd Lot Tender C

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $597.18 Avaya Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16516128

  • Strong match

    Barbara Christian Duncan

    Uncashed check · Monterey, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $527.04
    Start this claim

    State ID 957024387

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Monterey, CA

    Reported by At&t Corp

    $462.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 13671687

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Carmichael, CA

    Reported by Hsbc Finance Corp

    $461.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 18039255

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Avaya Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $400.34 Avaya Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 18200843

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Unknown, CA

    Reported by American General Finance Inc & All Subs

    $367.55
    Start this claim

    State ID 14855351

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside,

    Reported by At&t Corp

    $346.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 13560415

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Uncashed check · Sonora, CA

    Reported by Oak Valley Community Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $341.06
    Start this claim

    State ID 1036569936

  • Strong match

    Barbara C Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Agere Systems Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $326.06 Agere Systems Inc Cl B
    Start this claim

    State ID 15032488

  • Strong match

    Barbara Christian Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Ncr Voyix Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $301.80 Ncr Voyix Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044674251

  • Strong match

    Barbara Je Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Monica, CA

    Reported by Bank United

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $299.08
    Start this claim

    State ID 12905111

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Procter & Gamble Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $266.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 970918340

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Uncashed check · Riverside, CA

    Reported by Halart Escrow Co Inc

    Held jointly with 3 other people

    $260.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 10866321

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Twentynine Palm, CA

    Reported by Dreyfus Liquid Assets Class 1

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $208.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 12597774

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Twentynine Palm, CA

    Reported by Exhibitgroup/giltspur

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $148.74 Viad Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 12810143

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Unclaimed refund

    Reported by Allstate Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $145.87
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017369792

  • Strong match

    Barbara S Duncan

    Deposit held · Clovis, CA

    Reported by Farmers Group Inc.

    $138.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 990082109

  • Strong match

    Barbara A Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Procter & Gamble Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $133.19
    Start this claim

    State ID 970918342

  • Strong match

    Barbara Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Danville, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    $127.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040801857

  • Likely match

    Barbra Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $112.82
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046522385

  • Likely match

    B A Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Unknown, CA

    Reported by Calif Casualty Management Co.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,801.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 11154840

  • Likely match

    B Dr Duncan

    Uncashed check · Modesto, CA

    Reported by Delta Dental Of California

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,002.31
    Start this claim

    State ID 4080568

  • Likely match

    B M Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Manulife Financial Corp/john Hancock Fin

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $835.65 Nisource Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15110462

  • Likely match

    B Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Rancho Cordova, CA

    Reported by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

    $387.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 9528334

  • Likely match

    B C Duncan

    Uncashed check · Ontario,

    Reported by Bank United

    $112.38
    Start this claim

    State ID 4402609

  • Worth checking

    Betty P Duncan

    Savings account · Laguna Beach, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Na (california Foreign)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $28,444.18
    Start this claim

    State ID 1047274818

  • Worth checking

    Bengamin R Duncan

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Bank Of America - California North

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $20,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 954387201

  • Worth checking

    B Dunigan

    Pension or retirement funds

    Reported by Good Shepherd Lutheran Home

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $13,675.49
    Start this claim

    State ID 12699950

  • Worth checking

    Bill Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Daly City, CA

    Reported by The Bancorp Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,220.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017353051

  • Worth checking

    Bill J Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Life Ins Co (usa)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,373.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 998809016

  • Worth checking

    Bill J Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Life Ins Co (usa)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,373.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004417409

  • Worth checking

    Bennie Duncan

    Unpaid wages · Roseville, CA

    Reported by Sees Candies Qsf

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,087.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033540373

  • Worth checking

    Bronson James Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Temecula, CA

    Reported by Pennymac Loan Services Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,044.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040977048

  • Worth checking

    Bonnie Jt Duncan

    Savings account · Stockton, CA

    Reported by Bank Of The West

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,035.59
    Start this claim

    State ID 965443513

  • Worth checking

    Bill J Duncan

    Escrow balance · Riverside, CA

    Reported by Chardonnay Escrow Inc.

    Held jointly with 3 other people

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 956224448

  • Worth checking

    Betty P Duncan

    Uncashed check · Laguna Beach, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Na (california Foreign)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,901.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 1047282960

  • Worth checking

    Bertha E Duncan

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Mony Life Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,529.19
    Start this claim

    State ID 14890221

  • Worth checking

    Bonner K M Duncan

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Logix Federal Credit Union

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,495.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1006779101

  • Worth checking

    Billie R Duncan

    Uncashed check · La Verne, CA

    Reported by Pff Bank & Trust

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,416.16
    Start this claim

    State ID 16649517

  • Worth checking

    Basil D Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Sempra Energy Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,266.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025853854

  • Worth checking

    Brian Duncan

    Unpaid wages · Ladera Ranch, CA

    Reported by The Bank Of New York Mellon

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,153.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043465605

  • Worth checking

    Betty L Duncan

    Credit balance · El Cajon, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 966751770

  • Worth checking

    Blanche S Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles,

    Reported by Putnam Investor Services

    $948.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 4290978

  • Worth checking

    Blanche S Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles,

    Reported by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company

    $798.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 4449270

  • Worth checking

    Betty M Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Granada Hills, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $754.85 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16281365

  • Worth checking

    B E Donegan

    Cash held by the State · Santee, CA

    Reported by Bank Of New York (delaware)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $721.58
    Start this claim

    State ID 16215587

  • Worth checking

    Blanche S Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles,

    Reported by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company

    $654.34
    Start this claim

    State ID 4449248

  • Worth checking

    Bob Duncan

    Uncashed check · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Montecito Bank & Trust

    $617.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 994333739

  • Worth checking

    Bertha Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Bell, CA

    Reported by Dreyfus Corporation Audit

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $574.40 Dreyfus Fund Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 5640897

  • Worth checking

    Brian R Duncan

    Unpaid wages · Ladera Ranch, CA

    Reported by The Bank Of New York Mellon

    $537.90
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026390212

  • Worth checking

    Billy Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Ana, CA

    Reported by Green Dot Bank

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026791190

  • Worth checking

    Duncan

    Stocks or securities · Pasadena, CA

    Reported by Bozzuto & Associates Inc

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040273067

  • Worth checking

    Brandon S Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Extra Space Management Inc.

    $476.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 1021914453

  • Worth checking

    Beatyrie Duncan

    Stocks or securities · North Highlands, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $458.63 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15467238

  • Worth checking

    Brittany Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Pasadena, CA

    Reported by Metabank Na

    $449.79
    Start this claim

    State ID 1013248249

  • Worth checking

    Bryan Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Chino, CA

    Reported by American Modern Property & Casualty Insu

    $443.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044835621

  • Worth checking

    Bob Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Los Alamitos, CA

    Reported by Alliancebernstein Ins Acct - Per

    $432.17
    Start this claim

    State ID 13564405

  • Worth checking

    Bernice I Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobil

    $412.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12652408

  • Worth checking

    Beverly M Duncan

    Unpaid wages · Ukiah, CA

    Reported by Wal-mart Stores Inc. And Subsidiaries

    $407.45
    Start this claim

    State ID 955372584

  • Worth checking

    Belen Duncan

    Uncashed check · Hanford, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Bank

    $406.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026856070

  • Worth checking

    Bart Duncan

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp

    $400.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12796741

  • Worth checking

    Betty Duncan

    Uncashed check · Stockton, CA

    Reported by Aaa Ncnu Insurance Exchange

    $397.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 958234015

  • Worth checking

    Benjamin Duncan

    Uncashed check · Redding, CA

    Reported by Pnc Bank National Association

    $390.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005213418

  • Worth checking

    Bessie Duncan

    Cash held by the State · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Woman's Life Insurance Society

    $375.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 993547844

  • Worth checking

    Billy L Duncan

    Escrow balance · Oroville, CA

    Reported by First American Title Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $370.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1021839206

  • Worth checking

    Bette B Duncan

    Unpaid dividends · Redlands, CA

    Reported by Putnam Investor Services

    $366.45
    Start this claim

    State ID 14219366

  • Worth checking

    Burke Duncan

    Uncashed check · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by North American Van Lines Inc

    $351.25
    Start this claim

    State ID 968177938

  • Worth checking

    Brainard Duncan

    Uncashed check · Sonora, CA

    Reported by Oak Valley Community Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $341.06
    Start this claim

    State ID 1036569936

  • Worth checking

    Billy L Duncan

    Uncashed check · Lincoln, CA

    Reported by Citibank N A

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $325.91
    Start this claim

    State ID 1016315791

  • Worth checking

    Bertha M Duncan

    Cash held by the State · Bell, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Kba

    $312.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 17166084

  • Worth checking

    Bill Duncan

    Credit balance · Del Mar, CA

    Reported by Ferguson Enterprises Llc

    $311.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 992574157

  • Worth checking

    Brandon Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · Concord, CA

    Reported by Csaa Insurance Exchange

    $309.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 1037304159

  • Worth checking

    Brainard Duncan

    Uncashed check · Lincoln, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033017520

  • Worth checking

    Bobby Lee Duncan

    Uncashed check · Martinez, CA

    Reported by Fund 1 Independent Foreclosure Review Pa

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984687046

  • Worth checking

    Benjamin Duncan

    Unclaimed refund · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Ford Motor Credit Company

    $298.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 17557271

  • Worth checking

    Bryan Duncan

    Unpaid wages · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Cph Monarch Hotel L.l.c.

    $295.34
    Start this claim

    State ID 18749454

Showing the 100 most valuable of 270. That is a common name — add a first name or a city to narrow it, and try any former spelling.

Tell us if this name comes up again

Banks and insurers hand accounts to the State Controller roughly twice a year, and the file grows every time. We will keep checking this name against each new file and write to you if it appears.

Only about this name, and you can stop it from any email. We do not sell or share the address.

How You Are Protected

Our fee is capped at ten per cent of what is recovered by Code of Civil Procedure §1582, and nothing is owed until the State Controller has paid you. If we recover nothing, you owe nothing.

There is no deadline. The State holds unclaimed property indefinitely, so nothing here is urgent.

A Second State File

1 probate estate carries that name

Separately from unclaimed accounts, the State Controller publishes the estates of deceased people that reached it through county probate. This file names the decedent and the heirs on record, which the main file does not.

1 more under that name that can no longer be claimed

When an estate goes unclaimed long enough, the State takes permanent title to it and no claim will be paid afterwards. These are shown because knowing what happened to a relative’s estate is worth something even when the money is gone. Nobody can recover these — if a firm offers to, that alone tells you what they are.

  • Duncan Beatrice M

    Probate estate · Los Angeles County · 1995

    Matched on Duncan Beatrice M (decedent)

    2 heirs named on the State’s record

    Permanently escheated — the State now owns this and it cannot be claimed.

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956813712
    Case P740853

Fees on probated estates are not capped by the ten per cent rule that governs ordinary unclaimed property. How estate claims work, including what we would charge and why the difference exists.

Commissioned California Notary Public $15,000 surety bond Fee capped at 10% by state law Nothing owed until you are paid
10%
Maximum fee, by statute
Code of Civil Procedure §1582 caps any recovery fee at ten percent of the property returned.
$1,000
Notarization threshold
Cash claims at or above this must be notarized. So must all securities and safe deposit boxes.
7 days
Data refresh cycle
The State Controller republishes the full record set every Thursday, and we rebuild our copy from it.
None
Deadline to claim
California places no time limit. The State holds unclaimed property indefinitely.

How This Search Differs from the Official One

The State Controller’s own search matches what you type, and nothing else. Ours also finds maiden names, married names, initials, common misspellings, hyphen variants, and business names with and without their suffixes — because the record was created by whoever held the account, not by you.

Every result comes from the Controller’s own published file, which we rebuild weekly. Each one carries the State’s own property ID, so the record you are looking at is traceable to the source rather than to us.

What We Search Under

  • Your name as typed, plus initials and middle-name variants
  • Maiden and former married names, if you tell us them
  • Common misspellings and transposed letters
  • Former addresses in California
  • Business names with and without Inc., LLC, Co. and DBAs

How You Are Protected

Our fee is capped at ten per cent of what is recovered by Code of Civil Procedure §1582, and nothing is owed until the State Controller has paid you. If we recover nothing, you owe nothing.

California Unclaimed Property Services is a private asset recovery firm. We are not the California State Controller’s Office.

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