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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.

19 exact, and 4 close matches worth a look

Worth $13,332 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 242 records under the surname Cowell, worth $117,552. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    James E Cowell

    Unclaimed refund

    Reported by Mid Century Insurance Company

    $240.66
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    State ID 17607284

  • Strong match

    James P Cowell

    Savings account · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Great Western Bank

    $197.84
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    State ID 12172238

  • Strong match

    James B Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Pacific Grove, CA

    Reported by Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

    $179.00
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    State ID 5533370

  • Strong match

    James E Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Tahoe City, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    $157.38
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    State ID 993544093

  • Worth checking

    Jeffrey Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Valley Center, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,000.00
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    State ID 1017946136

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    John R Cowell

    Cash held by the State · La Habra, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,748.58
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    State ID 979472959

  • Worth checking

    Josephine W Cowell

    Savings account · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Chartway Federal Credit Union

    $864.21
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    State ID 972221285

  • Worth checking

    Jeff Cowell

    Insurance proceeds · Orcutt, CA

    Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company

    $386.21
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    State ID 15060118

  • Worth checking

    Jeff Cowell

    Uncashed check · Mission Viejo, CA

    Reported by Public Storage

    $382.00
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    State ID 979718779

  • Worth checking

    Cowell

    Deposit held

    Reported by Redwood Senior Homes And Services

    $350.00
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    State ID 1010782551

  • Worth checking

    Cowell

    Unpaid wages · Wilton, CA

    Reported by Alaric Biddle Et Al V The Sherwin-williams Manufacturing Co. Et Al

    $275.74
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    State ID 1088050535

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    Juanita Cowell

    Uncashed check · Inglewood, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $236.72
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    State ID 1032957349

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    Cowell

    Stocks or securities · Santa Maria, CA

    Reported by Pacific Capital Bancorp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $161.89 Pacific Capital Bancorp New
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    State ID 952591110

  • Worth checking

    Jesse Cowell

    Unclaimed refund · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Cox Communications Inc

    $133.97
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    State ID 16485292

  • Worth checking

    Cowell

    Unpaid dividends · Santa Maria, CA

    Reported by Pacific Capital Bancorp

    $127.52
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    State ID 952591109

  • Worth checking

    John Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Santa Maria, CA

    Reported by Express Scripts Inc.

    $125.30
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    State ID 18206017

  • Worth checking

    Jon Cowell

    Unclaimed refund · San Diego, CA

    Reported by At&t Services Inc

    $125.05
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    State ID 1022335600

  • Worth checking

    Jeremy Cowell

    Unclaimed refund · Concord, CA

    Reported by Progressive West Insurance Com

    $115.01
    Start this claim

    State ID 973601722

  • Worth checking

    Jon D Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Encinitas, CA

    Reported by United Healthcare Services Inc

    $115.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029596884

  • Worth checking

    Julie A Cowell

    Insurance proceeds · Null, CA

    Reported by Pacific Fds Prt Op Agg-grth

    $106.60
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    State ID 17103603

  • Worth checking

    Jennifer Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $103.13
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    State ID 994765948

  • Worth checking

    Jason Cowell

    Credit balance · Lompoc, CA

    Reported by Dell Financial Services Llc

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 987395650

  • Worth checking

    Jeffrey Cowell

    Cash held by the State · Yorba Linda, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 18652362

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.

  • Kueber Edythe Denton

    Probate estate · Marin County · 1989

    Matched on Cowell Josephine (heir)

    2 heirs named on the State’s record

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956821717
    Case 32942

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.