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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.

21 exact, and 3 close matches worth a look

Worth $32,393 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 217 records under the surname Smythe, worth $156,342. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    European Merc Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by 21st Century North America Ins Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
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    State ID 1005163895

  • Strong match

    European Smythe

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Keypoint Credit Union

    $878.59
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    State ID 988465918

  • Strong match

    European Smythe

    Insurance proceeds · Santa Clara, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $811.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 15817258

  • Strong match

    European Smythe

    Cash held by the State · Santa Clara, CA

    Reported by Root Inc

    $800.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1059128887

  • Strong match

    European Smythe

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Keypoint Credit Union

    $719.54
    Start this claim

    State ID 991758667

  • Strong match

    European Smythe

    Unclaimed refund · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Joe Mac Pherson Infiniti

    $470.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 980550097

  • Strong match

    European Mercedez Benz Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Westrock Cp Llc

    $460.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 990760918

  • Strong match

    European Merc Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by 21st Century North America Ins Co

    $385.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005163894

  • Strong match

    European Mercedes Benz Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Protective Life Insurance Company

    $258.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 1031685470

  • Worth checking

    E F Smith

    Uncashed check · Visalia, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Illinois

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $7,118.08
    Start this claim

    State ID 18334954

  • Worth checking

    Elizabeth Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,996.56
    Start this claim

    State ID 998710000

  • Worth checking

    E Joyce Smith

    Cash held by the State · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,677.62
    Start this claim

    State ID 970665356

  • Worth checking

    Elizabeth Smythe

    Stocks or securities · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,329.72 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16336191

  • Worth checking

    Smythe

    Money order

    Reported by Wells Fargo & Company

    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.

    $2,200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 989558785

  • Worth checking

    Everett E Smythe

    Stocks or securities · Hawthorne, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,785.28 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16336193

  • Worth checking

    Everett Smythe

    Stocks or securities · Hawthorne, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,192.26 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16336194

  • Worth checking

    Everett Smythe

    Stocks or securities · Hawthorne, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,152.51 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16336192

  • Worth checking

    Elsie B Smythe

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by New York Life Insurance Co

    $705.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 10251908

  • Worth checking

    Elliot K Smythe

    Credit balance · Rcho Santa Fe, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Clearing Services Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $677.31
    Start this claim

    State ID 999775091

  • Worth checking

    Employees Smythe

    Cash held by the State · Campbell, CA

    Reported by Europacific Growth Fund-a

    Held jointly with 3 other people

    $243.99
    Start this claim

    State ID 13617979

  • Worth checking

    Everett Smythe

    Insurance proceeds · Hawthorne, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    $166.62
    Start this claim

    State ID 16751061

  • Worth checking

    Ean Smythe

    Cash held by the State · San Luis Obispo, CA

    Reported by Sunrise Banks

    $140.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 977505980

  • Worth checking

    Edwin Smythe

    Uncashed check · Redding, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Pre-paid Card

    $115.36
    Start this claim

    State ID 1019533885

  • Worth checking

    Elem Pta Smythe

    Uncashed check · San Ysidro, CA

    Reported by World's Finest Chocolate

    $108.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022157951

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.

  • Smythe Edith Winifred

    Probate estate · Sacramento County · 1998

    Matched on Smythe Edith Winifred (decedent)

    7 heirs named on the State’s record

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

    $6,999.98 closed

    State ID 956825866
    Case 95PR1699

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.