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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.

130 records carry that name

The 100 shown below are worth $187,093 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 3,190 records under the surname Sims, worth $2,344,796. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Venice, CA

    Reported by Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,601.67 Aberdeen Australia Eqty Fd Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 18843492

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Uncashed check · La Mirada, CA

    Reported by Evergreen At Fullerton Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,511.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 997356134

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Brookvue Convalescent Hospital

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,322.24
    Start this claim

    State ID 344898

  • Strong match

    George R Sims

    Cash held by the State · Alameda,,

    Reported by Dba Palace Hotel

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,221.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 4510942

  • Strong match

    George C Sims

    Cash held by the State · Sunland, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,186.36
    Start this claim

    State ID 979688659

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Venice, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,104.33 Prudential Financial Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 959947287

  • Strong match

    George M Sims

    Stocks or securities · Santa Monica, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $739.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 16154612

  • Strong match

    George T Sims

    Stocks or securities · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $705.37 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15525205

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Uncashed check · Hercules, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043532309

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Uncashed check · Hercules, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043532303

  • Strong match

    George W Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Rosamond, CA

    Reported by Old American County Mutual Fir

    $475.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 16893955

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Aberdeen Asia-pacific Income Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $469.35 Aberdeen Asia-pacific Incm Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 980473959

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Venice, CA

    Reported by The Latin America Equity Fund Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $377.13 Latin America Equity Fund Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 18306362

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Venice, CA

    Reported by Deutsche Emerging Markets Equity Fd-s

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $373.67 Dws Emerging Markets Equity Cl S
    Start this claim

    State ID 963536604

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Aberdeen Asia-pacific Income Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $333.76 Aberdeen Asia-pacific Incm Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 980473958

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Cash held by the State · Hercules, CA

    Reported by Paypal Inc

    $276.90
    Start this claim

    State ID 1023887094

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Trinity Universal Insurance Company

    $224.65
    Start this claim

    State ID 955516816

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Hemet, CA

    Reported by Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company

    $197.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034483838

  • Strong match

    George E Sims

    Uncashed check · Bellflower, CA

    Reported by Unionbancal Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $171.13
    Start this claim

    State ID 10278920

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Uncashed check · Venice, CA

    Reported by Scudder New Asia Fund

    $165.81
    Start this claim

    State ID 959882975

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Unpaid wages · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by United Parcel Service Inc

    $136.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 958703884

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Stocks or securities · Venice, CA

    Reported by Aberdeen Asia-pacific Income Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $133.23 Aberdeen Asia-pacific Incm Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 955336974

  • Strong match

    George E Sims

    Deposit held · Fountain Valley, CA

    Reported by Washington Mutual Bank (68-0172274)

    $126.77
    Start this claim

    State ID 12869478

  • Strong match

    George H Sims

    Cash held by the State · Suisun City, CA

    Reported by California Casualty Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $122.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 956673837

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Uncashed check · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Bmw Financial Services Na Llc

    $120.25
    Start this claim

    State ID 956553008

  • Strong match

    George Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Hercules, CA

    Reported by United Parcel Service Class B

    $110.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 954320663

  • Strong match

    George T Sims

    Cash held by the State · Palmdale, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $110.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980981889

  • Strong match

    George F Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Aberdeen Asia-pacific Income Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $104.30 Aberdeen Asia-pacific Incm Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 980473957

  • Strong match

    George H Sims

    Endowment proceeds · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    $102.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 10847923

  • Likely match

    Georgia Sims

    Unpaid wages · Torrance, CA

    Reported by West Coast University

    $712.42
    Start this claim

    State ID 977423103

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corporation

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $13,197.42 Comcast Corp New
    Start this claim

    State ID 968046863

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by At&t Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,075.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 963765851

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Teradata Corporation

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,873.91 Teradata Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 994620745

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Hewlett Packard Company

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980438777

  • Likely match

    G M Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Beverly Hills, CA

    Reported by Forvaltings Ab Ratos

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,350.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12092823

  • Likely match

    G M Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Beverly Hills, CA

    Reported by Forvaltings Ab Ratos

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,350.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12092822

  • Likely match

    G M Sims

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Washington Mutual Bank (68-0172274)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,306.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 16735533

  • Likely match

    G S Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Lucent Technologies Inc Odd Lot Tender C

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $856.74 Lucent Technologies Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17379855

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Avaya Inc (private)

    $717.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 967877854

  • Likely match

    G S Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Lucent Technologies Inc Odd Lot Tender C

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $428.36 Lucent Technologies Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17379856

  • Likely match

    G S Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Lucent Technologies Inc Odd Lot Tender C

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $428.36 Lucent Technologies Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17379854

  • Likely match

    G Sims

    Pension or retirement funds · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Union Bank Of California, N.a.

    $428.29
    Start this claim

    State ID 18155629

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Hewlett Packard Company

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $400.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980439178

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corporation

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $359.95
    Start this claim

    State ID 968046861

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Lsi Corporation Acquired For Cash

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $312.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 994788697

  • Likely match

    G R Sims

    Cash held by the State · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Texas State Of

    $178.98
    Start this claim

    State ID 3028185

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by At & T Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $121.54 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 952369806

  • Likely match

    G Milton Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Comcast Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $121.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 985502853

  • Likely match

    G Sims

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Verizon California

    $120.18
    Start this claim

    State ID 5121617

  • Likely match

    G M Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Electronic Data Systems Corp.

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $111.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 955536033

  • Likely match

    G M Sims

    Unpaid dividends · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Electronic Data Systems Corp.

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $111.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 955536033

  • Likely match

    George L Simms

    Stocks or securities · San Pablo, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $544.98 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 984802993

  • Likely match

    George E Simms

    Uncashed check · Corona, CA

    Reported by Freedom Mortgage Corporation

    $263.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044234545

  • Likely match

    George Sihms

    Cash held by the State · Beverly Hills, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029354800

  • Likely match

    George R Sams

    Savings account · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Bay View Bank

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $138.45
    Start this claim

    State ID 1808934

  • Likely match

    George Simms

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by The Pc Promo Litigation Fund

    $135.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 956079024

  • Likely match

    George Simms

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by The Pc Promo Litigation Fund

    $135.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 956079023

  • Worth checking

    Georgia K Saimis

    Endowment proceeds · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    $729.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 10847745

  • Worth checking

    Georgia G Simoes

    Unpaid wages · Cardiff By The, CA

    Reported by Merck & Co Inc.

    $291.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 14874283

  • Worth checking

    Gaybe D Sims

    Uncashed check · Lompoc, CA

    Reported by Usaa Federal Savings Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $95,018.79
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044734621

  • Worth checking

    Gary Sims

    Cash held by the State · Citrus Heights, CA

    Reported by Key Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $11,964.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046987711

  • Worth checking

    Gary Sims

    Cash held by the State · Compton, CA

    Reported by Metabank Na

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,123.86
    Start this claim

    State ID 996501920

  • Worth checking

    Gloria Sims

    Cash held by the State · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Comerica Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,335.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045268086

  • Worth checking

    Gerald Keith Sims

    Unclaimed refund · St Barbara, CA

    Reported by Ascension Health

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,050.29
    Start this claim

    State ID 1003877929

  • Worth checking

    Gloria Sims

    Cash held by the State · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Union Security Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,001.94
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018144024

  • Worth checking

    Grant Sims

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Living In Familiar Environments

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,886.73
    Start this claim

    State ID 985486248

  • Worth checking

    Glen Sims

    Cash held by the State · Placerville, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,698.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 970792162

  • Worth checking

    Gertrude E I Sims

    Cash held by the State · Inglewood, CA

    Reported by American National Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,480.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 988934535

  • Worth checking

    Gladys Sims

    Stocks or securities · Citrus Heights, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,379.11 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1013520984

  • Worth checking

    Grace L Sims

    Stocks or securities · La Habra, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,340.31 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15525206

  • Worth checking

    Gale Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Indio, CA

    Reported by Chase Home Finance Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,287.46
    Start this claim

    State ID 957571160

  • Worth checking

    Geneva Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Visalia, CA

    Reported by Health Care Service Corporation

    $752.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 1010059133

  • Worth checking

    Gertrude E I Sims

    Cash held by the State · Inglewood, CA

    Reported by American National Insurance Company

    $737.58
    Start this claim

    State ID 988935664

  • Worth checking

    Gwendolyn Sims

    Mineral or royalty payments · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Expand Operating Llc

    $681.67
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029692282

  • Worth checking

    Gordon V Sims

    Cash held by the State · Redondo Beach, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $674.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 994770935

  • Worth checking

    Gregory Sims

    Uncashed check · Antioch, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $591.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043640886

  • Worth checking

    Grupe Managemen Sims

    Unclaimed refund · Stockton, CA

    Reported by Amco Insurance Co

    $565.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 997758046

  • Worth checking

    Gail M Sims

    Cash held by the State · Santa Monica, CA

    Reported by Columbia Savings And Loan Association

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $557.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 4108370

  • Worth checking

    Sims

    Credit balance · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Verizon Business Global Llc

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    $535.59
    Start this claim

    State ID 978308181

  • Worth checking

    Gladys M Mrs Sims

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Federal Escrow Co Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $507.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 9339681

  • Worth checking

    Sims

    Escrow balance

    Reported by Lodes Capital Escrow Inc.

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    $494.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 964907524

  • Worth checking

    Geneva Sims

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $476.65 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16334708

  • Worth checking

    General Sims

    Uncashed check · Riverside, CA

    Reported by American General Finance Inc & All Subs

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $448.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 954016046

  • Worth checking

    Gregory Sims

    Cash held by the State · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Apa Securities Llc Fka Keane Financial L

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    $404.94
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004530444

  • Worth checking

    Gary L Sims

    Cash held by the State · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Washington Mutual Inc/hawthorne Financia

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $400.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 952338179

  • Worth checking

    Geneva Sims

    Cash held by the State · Lakewood, CA

    Reported by American General Life Insurance Company

    $398.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984151555

  • Worth checking

    Gordon T Sims

    Stocks or securities · Santa Clara, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $397.44 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16334709

  • Worth checking

    Gail Sims

    Escrow balance · Pacific Palisades, CA

    Reported by Chicago Title Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $390.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1047537202

  • Worth checking

    Gregory O Sims

    Stocks or securities · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Sears Roebuck And Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $374.38 Sears Roebuck & Company
    Start this claim

    State ID 12899761

  • Worth checking

    Grant A Sims

    Stocks or securities · La Mirada, CA

    Reported by Charles Schwab

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $360.85 Vodafone Group Adr
    Start this claim

    State ID 962787835

  • Worth checking

    Grace A Sims

    Stocks or securities · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $341.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 16154613

  • Worth checking

    Gregory E Sims

    Cash held by the State · Lancaster, CA

    Reported by State Of California Savings Plus

    $330.38
    Start this claim

    State ID 956580078

  • Worth checking

    Gabriel Sims

    Uncashed check · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Sprint United Management

    $320.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 973668415

  • Worth checking

    Genevieve M Sims

    Stocks or securities · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $312.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 16154611

  • Worth checking

    General Sims

    Uncashed check · Riverside, CA

    Reported by Fund 1 Independent Foreclosure Review Pa

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984728892

  • Worth checking

    Genevieve M Sims

    Cash held by the State · Salinas, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $285.23
    Start this claim

    State ID 17258397

  • Worth checking

    Gary Sims

    Uncashed check · Diamond Bar, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $225.11
    Start this claim

    State ID 981605690

  • Worth checking

    Gabriella Sims

    Cash held by the State · Anderson, CA

    Reported by Paypal Inc

    $223.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 977765960

  • Worth checking

    Greg Sims

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $212.87
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029355621

  • Worth checking

    Gregory O Sims

    Stocks or securities · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Allstate Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $207.30 Allstate Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 18885741

Showing the 100 most valuable of 147. 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 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.

  • Sims Genelliam Jliam

    Probate estate · Los Angeles County · 1988

    Matched on Sims Genelliam Jliam (decedent)

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956823556
    Case 707476

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.