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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.

3 exact, and 20 close matches worth a look

Worth $12,252 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 135 records under the surname Downes, worth $85,100. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Fred H Downes

    Cash held by the State · Unknown, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,060.63
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    State ID 1039587723

  • Strong match

    Fred H Est Downes

    Cash held by the State · Unknown, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,060.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 1039587723

  • Strong match

    Fred H Downes

    Stocks or securities · Altadena, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $675.65 Metlife Inc
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    State ID 16280825

  • Likely match

    Fred Duenas

    Cash held by the State · Manhattan Bch, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    $791.25
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040826940

  • Worth checking

    Freddie L Dennis

    Cash held by the State · Brea, CA

    Reported by Universal Guaranty Life

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
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    State ID 979546785

  • Worth checking

    Frida Dancy

    Cash held by the State · Seaside, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    $587.21
    Start this claim

    State ID 979494676

  • Worth checking

    Variety Store Deanza

    Uncashed check · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank

    $307.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 1008310

  • Worth checking

    Friday Dennis

    Unclaimed refund · Aheim, CA

    Reported by Cng Holdings Inc.

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 976550851

  • Worth checking

    Friday Dennis

    Unclaimed refund · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by Cng Holdings Inc.

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 986050004

  • Worth checking

    F Donahue Dennis

    Cash held by the State · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    $725.56
    Start this claim

    State ID 1085144296

  • Worth checking

    F Arriola Denise

    Uncashed check · Santa Ana, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $501.65
    Start this claim

    State ID 1062971158

  • Worth checking

    F Duenas

    Unclaimed refund · N Hollywood, CA

    Reported by Fire Insurance Exchange

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $467.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 961641975

  • Worth checking

    F And Or Dennis

    Insurance proceeds · San Jose, CA

    Reported by State Of North Carolina

    $461.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 17455505

  • Worth checking

    F L Dennis

    Savings account

    Reported by Smw 104 Federal Credit Union

    $391.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 4206971

  • Worth checking

    F Nelson Dennis

    Cash held by the State · Redding, CA

    Reported by Service Corporation Intl.

    $273.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 1071969496

  • Worth checking

    F Keen Denis

    Uncashed check · Hemet, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Oregon Na (342)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $225.12
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025004035

  • Worth checking

    F Dennis

    Cash held by the State · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $192.53
    Start this claim

    State ID 14388543

  • Worth checking

    F Denise

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Chicago Title Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $187.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 963586410

  • Worth checking

    F Bell Dennis

    Cash held by the State · Burbank, CA

    Reported by Springleaf Finance Corp

    $160.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 1019368901

  • Worth checking

    F Downs

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Todd Shhipyards Corps

    $152.26
    Start this claim

    State ID 1386840

  • Worth checking

    F Mullen Denis

    Cash held by the State · Elk Grove, CA

    Reported by Niewinski V State Farm Insuran

    $150.14
    Start this claim

    State ID 1069874448

  • Worth checking

    F Elauria Denise

    Unpaid wages

    Reported by Phoenix Settlement Admn. (evans V. Walmart 2023)

    $141.71
    Start this claim

    State ID 1071867221

  • Worth checking

    F Ng Denise

    Uncashed check · Stockton, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Unauthorized Account Qsf

    $138.88
    Start this claim

    State ID 1057908472

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.

  • Downes Fred Phillip

    Probate estate · Plumas County · 2011

    Matched on Downes Fred Phillip (decedent)

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

    $9,417.42 closed

    State ID 966468041
    Case None

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.