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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.

279 records carry that name

The 100 shown below are worth $505,924 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 2,228 records under the surname Roy, worth $2,346,213. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Savings account · Redding, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $98,397.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 984931788

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Uncashed check · Redding, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $34,716.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 984896150

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $12,211.71 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454060

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $12,163.44 Ge Aerospace New
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018943169

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Chevron Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $7,465.33 Chevron Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 985210113

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Time Warner Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,563.78 Time Warner Inc New
    Start this claim

    State ID 986177831

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Time Warner Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,159.14 Time Warner Inc New
    Start this claim

    State ID 986177855

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Charter Communications Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,216.93 Charter Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 994153432

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Charter Communications Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,847.44 Charter Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 994153434

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,740.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 994880113

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,652.42 Comcast Corp New
    Start this claim

    State ID 985502511

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by Charter Communications Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,395.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 994153435

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by Charter Communications Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,380.53
    Start this claim

    State ID 994153433

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    $836.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018943168

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    $714.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 1010889087

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    $699.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004863577

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    $684.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 999317902

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Aol Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $214.06 Aol Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 975495646

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Exxon Mobil Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $174.05 Exxon Mobil Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 986176375

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Stocks or securities · Redding, CA

    Reported by Aol Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $171.25 Aol Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 975495648

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $153.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454081

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $153.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454080

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $150.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454077

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $150.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454076

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $150.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454079

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $150.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454078

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $147.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454075

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $147.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454074

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $147.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454073

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $147.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454072

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $144.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454071

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $144.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454070

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $144.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454069

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $144.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454068

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by Exxonmobil Corp

    $141.36
    Start this claim

    State ID 19053324

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $140.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454067

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $140.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454066

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $140.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454065

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $140.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454064

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $134.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454063

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $134.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454062

  • Strong match

    Betty L Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Redding, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    $134.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 985454061

  • Likely match

    B Padilla Roy

    Deposit held · Moreno Valley, CA

    Reported by Mcleod V Boa

    $943.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004354818

  • Likely match

    B Redmon Roy

    Unpaid wages · Carlsbad, CA

    Reported by Us Foods Inc.

    $921.99
    Start this claim

    State ID 1069887895

  • Likely match

    B Mugar Roy

    Cash held by the State · Carson, CA

    Reported by State Of Montana

    $871.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025153121

  • Likely match

    B Beid Roy

    Cash held by the State · Rancho Cordova, CA

    Reported by Office Depot Inc

    $172.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 16177251

  • Likely match

    B Wyland Roy

    Cash held by the State · Big River, CA

    Reported by Niewinski V State Farm Insuran

    $159.87
    Start this claim

    State ID 1069881147

  • Likely match

    B Rubin Md Roy

    Cash held by the State · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Omni Healthcare, Inc.

    $150.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 14693592

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $54,250.21 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318207

  • Worth checking

    Brooke X Roy

    Savings account · San Jacinto, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $49,452.31
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043520546

  • Worth checking

    Blodgett Roy

    Cash held by the State · Irvington, AL

    Reported by American Maturity Life

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $20,033.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 1069846286

  • Worth checking

    Binayak Roy

    Stocks or securities · Fremont, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $18,302.23 Ge Aerospace New
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026104415

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $18,083.40 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318206

  • Worth checking

    Bilwadal Roy

    Uncashed check · Rohnert Park, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $14,209.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 989591147

  • Worth checking

    Blodgett Roy

    Cash held by the State · Irvington, AL

    Reported by American Maturity Life

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $13,320.06
    Start this claim

    State ID 1069846244

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $12,658.38 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318198

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Millville, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo & Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $7,255.18 Wells Fargo & Co
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046334247

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $7,233.36 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318205

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi Roy

    Uncashed check · Sunnyvaly, CA

    Reported by Usc Credit Union

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,496.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004598868

  • Worth checking

    Binayak Roy

    Uncashed check · Sunnyvaly, CA

    Reported by Usc Credit Union

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,496.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004598868

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Millville, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,407.39 Comcast Corp New
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041397196

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,407.39 Comcast Corp New
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041397195

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,903.09 Blackrock Low Duration Bondsvc Cl
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839912

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,341.50 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318203

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,262.88 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318201

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,142.98 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018547450

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,066.32 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318204

  • Worth checking

    Brooke X Roy

    Uncashed check · San Jacinto, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,009.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043513669

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,909.07 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318202

  • Worth checking

    Barun Roy

    Unclaimed refund

    Reported by Stanford University

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,769.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 11152454

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,712.51 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318200

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,407.66 Wells Fargo & Co
    Start this claim

    State ID 13624751

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,391.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034855384

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,371.93 Invesco Vk Comstock Fd Cl Y
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839910

  • Worth checking

    Bidhan C Roy

    Pension or retirement funds · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by State Of California Savings Plus

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,338.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 977509433

  • Worth checking

    Bhaskar Roy

    Credit balance · Redwood City, CA

    Reported by American Express Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,265.95
    Start this claim

    State ID 1002588011

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,239.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045931621

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,147.04
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026439436

  • Worth checking

    Brooke Roy

    Uncashed check · Costa Mesa, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank, Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,869.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 1011104417

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,771.79 Western Asset Fds Inc Core Plus Bd Port Cl Fi Cl
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839909

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,766.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318234

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,698.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 1020177313

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Millville, CA

    Reported by Bristol Myers Squibb Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,604.09 Bristol-myers Squibb Co
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041055528

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Bristol Myers Squibb Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,604.09 Bristol-myers Squibb Co
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041055527

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,577.14 Morgan Stanley Instl Cap Gwth Port I
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839914

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Millville, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,559.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041397194

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,477.82 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018547448

  • Worth checking

    Beatrice B Roy

    Stocks or securities · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,446.11 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15520002

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,420.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1011053814

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,219.51 Morgan Stanley Us Govt Sec Trust I
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839908

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,212.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005803644

  • Worth checking

    Bruce Roy

    Cash held by the State · Fremont, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040809791

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi K Roy

    Stocks or securities · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley & Co Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,140.44 Msif International Equity
    Start this claim

    State ID 986839915

  • Worth checking

    Bettye M Roy

    Unpaid dividends · Poway, CA

    Reported by Illinois Tool Works Inc Common Stock

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,065.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 999245850

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Trico Bancshares

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $982.79 Trico Bancshares
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018318199

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Stocks or securities · Millville, CA

    Reported by Vodafone Group Plc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $970.38 Vodafone Group Plc New Adr
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041418605

  • Worth checking

    Bruce F Roy

    Uncashed check · Millville, CA

    Reported by At & T Inc

    $966.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 952376285

  • Worth checking

    Brenda Roy

    Cash held by the State · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Comerica Bank

    $933.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 987589465

  • Worth checking

    Birinchi Roy

    Savings account · Sunnyvaly, CA

    Reported by Usc Credit Union

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $874.61
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004600186

  • Worth checking

    Binayak Roy

    Savings account · Sunnyvaly, CA

    Reported by Usc Credit Union

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $874.61
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004600186

Showing the 100 most valuable of 279. 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 is still open, holding $1,003.

  • Dunn Gorman

    Probate estate · Shasta County · 2023

    Matched on Ray Betty (heir)

    27 heirs named on the State’s record

    $1,003.31
    Ask about this estate

    State ID 1024717990
    Case 2019Dunn

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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Give us a name and we will check the State Controller’s records under every reasonable variant of it. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.