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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.

16 exact, and 3 close matches worth a look

Worth $7,427 in total. 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 237 records under the surname Howes, worth $133,010. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Airtouch Communications

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $408.64 Vodafone Airtouch Plcspdadr
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    State ID 12496198

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Crown Zellerbach Miscellaneous Cash

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $389.51 Crown Vantage Inc
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    State ID 13289767

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth Howes

    Unpaid dividends · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Aim Global Government Income Fund - Class A

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $334.48
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    State ID 13729317

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkely, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $283.47 Sbc Communications Inc
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    State ID 14571211

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkely, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $274.20 Sbc Communications Inc
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    State ID 12491271

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkely, CA

    Reported by At&t Teleholdings Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $274.20 Sbc Communications Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 12491272

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth B Howes

    Stocks or securities · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Bellsouth Corportion

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $242.25 Bellsouth Corporation
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    State ID 18106932

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth Howes

    Credit balance · Corte Madera, CA

    Reported by Marin Sanitary Service

    $109.86
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022041790

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth A Hawes

    Deposit held · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Southern California Edison Co

    $120.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 957075591

  • Worth checking

    Everett E Howes

    Stocks or securities · Laguna Hills, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,708.82 Metlife Inc
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    State ID 16296630

  • Worth checking

    Estella E Howes

    Savings account · Pomona, CA

    Reported by Great Western Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,246.64
    Start this claim

    State ID 10315618

  • Worth checking

    Elma S Howes

    Stocks or securities · La Selva Beach, CA

    Reported by Pacific Gas And Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $775.80 Pacific Gas & Electric Co$5par
    Start this claim

    State ID 1468144

  • Worth checking

    Est Clarajean Howes

    Cash held by the State · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $398.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004390558

  • Worth checking

    E Nadine Hewus

    Uncashed check · San Dimas, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $246.29
    Start this claim

    State ID 955225380

  • Worth checking

    Edward J Howes

    Stocks or securities · Alpine, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $170.85 General Electric Co
    Start this claim

    State ID 17403096

  • Worth checking

    Ed Howes

    Credit balance · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Citibank N A

    $127.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 961413947

  • Worth checking

    Edward Howes

    Unclaimed refund · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Wilshire Credit Corporation

    $107.61
    Start this claim

    State ID 18456915

  • Worth checking

    Estella E Howes

    Savings account · Pomona, CA

    Reported by Great Western Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $106.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 10315617

  • Worth checking

    E Hawes

    Unclaimed refund · Altadena, CA

    Reported by Ge Mortgage Services, Llc

    $100.46
    Start this claim

    State ID 15108409

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.

  • Hawes Elizabeth A

    Probate estate · Stanislaus County · 1976

    Matched on Hawes Elizabeth A (decedent)

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956826588
    Case 106087-35

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.

Find out in About Thirty Seconds

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.