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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.

42 records carry that name

The 29 shown below are worth $145,432 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 365 records under the surname Appel, worth $709,658. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Cash held by the State · France,

    Reported by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $62,661.71
    Start this claim

    State ID 1031804779

  • Strong match

    Howard A Appel

    Uncashed check · Gordes 84220,

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    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.

    $17,314.29
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034150130

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na (500005)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,317.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044690718

  • Strong match

    Howard Michael Appel

    Cash held by the State · Redwood City, CA

    Reported by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of So Cal

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,517.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 1015064120

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,270.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980743389

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Credit balance · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a (300056)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 972912104

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by United Services Automobile Association

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,024.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 989346059

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980743685

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Escrow balance · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Emc Mortgage Corporation

    $983.82
    Start this claim

    State ID 956674267

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Uncashed check · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Usaa Federal Savings Bank

    $845.62
    Start this claim

    State ID 989344340

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Credit balance · La Jolla, CA

    Reported by Ferguson Enterprises Llc

    $661.81
    Start this claim

    State ID 1003888968

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Credit balance · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a (300056)

    $603.49
    Start this claim

    State ID 972912103

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Cash held by the State · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $542.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 989540180

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Redwood City, CA

    Reported by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of So Cal

    $532.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029551354

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Hyundai Capital America

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $250.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 953282582

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Uncashed check · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Kinecta Federal Credit Union

    $240.55
    Start this claim

    State ID 975534244

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by At&t Services Inc.

    $234.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 957304369

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Insurance proceeds · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Aaa Ncnu Insurance Exchange

    $216.94
    Start this claim

    State ID 16049969

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Credit balance · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a (300056)

    $200.99
    Start this claim

    State ID 972912102

  • Strong match

    Howard J Appel

    Escrow balance · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $171.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 981342817

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Citi California Tax Free Reserves

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $167.60 Citifunds Calif Tx Free Resvsn
    Start this claim

    State ID 16851247

  • Strong match

    Howard Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Glendale, CA

    Reported by Extra Space Management Inc.

    $136.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1000860149

  • Strong match

    Howard M Appel

    Unclaimed refund · Redwood City, CA

    Reported by Government Employees Insurance Company

    $109.21
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018359047

  • Worth checking

    Helen Appel

    Savings account · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Imperial Savings Association

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $34,033.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 1625028

  • Worth checking

    Helen Appel

    Savings account · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Great Western Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $16,322.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 9104761

  • Worth checking

    Henry Appel

    Unpaid dividends · Beverly Hills, CA

    Reported by 112 Franklin California Tax-free Income

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $289.42
    Start this claim

    State ID 12235397

  • Worth checking

    Heinzie Appel

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Delta Air Lines Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $238.44 Delta Air Lines Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 4216788

  • Worth checking

    Heinzie Appel

    Unpaid dividends · San Francisco,

    Reported by Delta Air Lines Inc.

    $213.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 4216789

  • Worth checking

    Helen E Appel

    Cash held by the State · Laguna Niguel, CA

    Reported by Mony Life Insurance Co Of America

    $131.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 18108078

Showing the 29 most valuable of 42. 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.

  • Appel Helen

    Probate estate · San Francisco County · 1988

    Matched on Appel Helen (decedent)

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956826370
    Case 224-342

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.