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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.

11 exact, and 8 close matches worth a look

Worth $39,674 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 Ponder, worth $191,521. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth Ponder

    Escrow balance · Crestline, CA

    Reported by Hacienda Escrow Corp

    $330.38
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    State ID 1044875215

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth Marie Ponder

    Unclaimed refund · Apple Valley, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $173.30
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    State ID 1034120106

  • Strong match

    Elizabeth Ponder

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobile Club

    $165.00
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    State ID 1020959438

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth L Painter

    Savings account · Long Beach, CA

    Reported by Fidelity Federal Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $31,332.85
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    State ID 12896921

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth Pender

    Credit balance · Westlake Vlg, CA

    Reported by Rbc Capital Markets Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,040.46
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    State ID 991198588

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth C Pender

    Uncashed check · West Hollywood, CA

    Reported by Amica Mutual Insurance Company

    $141.00
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    State ID 972724906

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth Pinter

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Paypal

    $136.65
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    State ID 1036833775

  • Likely match

    Elizabeth Pender

    Insurance proceeds · Westlake Villag, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobil

    $100.00
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    State ID 18070426

  • Worth checking

    Environmental Ponder

    Uncashed check · Mcclellan, CA

    Reported by Cintas Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,448.00
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    State ID 1046780654

  • Worth checking

    Ethelyn L Ponder

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $476.65 Metlife Inc
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    State ID 16324186

  • Worth checking

    Eunice C Ponder

    Unclaimed refund · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $429.65
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    State ID 17230512

  • Worth checking

    E M Painter

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Ii Acquisition Corp/imo Industries Inc

    $359.55
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    State ID 955755434

  • Worth checking

    Estella Ponder

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Safe Credit Union

    $350.00
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    State ID 1011299951

  • Worth checking

    Edith P Ponder

    Mineral or royalty payments · San Clemente, CA

    Reported by Kerr-mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore Lp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $313.95
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    State ID 1021335672

  • Worth checking

    Emily Ponder

    Credit balance · Laguna Niguel, CA

    Reported by Capital One Bank Usa Na

    $288.25
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    State ID 1024103424

  • Worth checking

    E R Painter

    Cash held by the State · Palm Desert, CA

    Reported by Columbia Savings And Loan Association

    $198.12
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    State ID 4108402

  • Worth checking

    E M Painter

    Unpaid dividends · Citrus Heights, CA

    Reported by Cingular Wireless Llc

    $150.00
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    State ID 960494920

  • Worth checking

    Evelyn Ponder

    Unclaimed refund · Riverside, CA

    Reported by Allstate Indemnity Company

    $125.68
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    State ID 978975761

  • Worth checking

    Edgar Ponder

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Allianceone Receivables Management Inc

    $115.00
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    State ID 979369189

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

2 probate estates carry 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.

2 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.

  • Ponder Ellis Ray

    Probate estate · Placer County · 2002

    Matched on Ponder Ellis Ray (decedent)

    2 heirs named on the State’s record

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

    $11,458.14 closed

    State ID 956809733
    Case PO154

  • Ponder Ethel M

    Probate estate · Mendocino County · 2007

    Matched on Ponder Ethel M (decedent)

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

    $55.88 closed

    State ID 956812017
    Case 22350

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.