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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.

40 exact, and 17 close matches worth a look

Worth $33,619 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 542 records under the surname Lay, worth $752,311. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    James N Lay

    Cash held by the State · Lindsay, CA

    Reported by Medeva Plc

    $325.52 Celltech Group Plcadr
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    State ID 11860332

  • Strong match

    James Lay

    Unclaimed refund · Stevenson Ranch, CA

    Reported by Western Union Financial Svcs Inc

    $300.00
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    State ID 1015752083

  • Strong match

    James Lay

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Beverly Health & Rehab Services

    $184.00
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    State ID 1788370

  • Strong match

    James N Lay

    Unpaid dividends · Lindsay, CA

    Reported by Rossmoor Corporation

    $160.00
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    State ID 18880862

  • Strong match

    James Lay

    Unpaid wages · Quail Valley, CA

    Reported by Atlantic Richfield

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

    $121.03
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    State ID 11567291

  • Strong match

    James N Lay

    Unpaid dividends · Lindsay, CA

    Reported by Mellon Financial Corp

    $110.00
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    State ID 14560741

  • Strong match

    James H Lay

    Unpaid dividends · San Rafael, CA

    Reported by At&t Corp

    $109.35
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    State ID 9294329

  • Likely match

    J Jehy Lay

    Savings account · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Unionbancal Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $200.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 11210616

  • Worth checking

    Jr Edward L Lay

    Escrow balance · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Financial Title

    Held jointly with 3 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,000.00
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    State ID 968472694

  • Worth checking

    Jana Lay

    Cash held by the State · Reedley, CA

    Reported by Santander Consumer Usa Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,910.78
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    State ID 1001023354

  • Worth checking

    John Lay

    Cash held by the State · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Comerica Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,563.00
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    State ID 1005160798

  • Worth checking

    John W Lay

    Stocks or securities · Pittsburg, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Financial Services Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $969.00
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    State ID 15670304

  • Worth checking

    Joachim E Lay

    Savings account · Richmond, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank

    $841.30
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    State ID 503967

  • Worth checking

    Jeffery Lay

    Stocks or securities

    Reported by Apple Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $770.05 Apple Inc
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    State ID 975756703

  • Worth checking

    Jesse C Lay

    Cash held by the State · Malibu, CA

    Reported by United Financial Casualty Co

    $467.33
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026522812

  • Worth checking

    Joseph S Lay

    Stocks or securities · Hollywood, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $455.04
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    State ID 16129682

  • Worth checking

    Jennie H Lay

    Savings account · Long Beach, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:0975-los Altos Center Branch

    $402.53
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    State ID 1257555

  • Worth checking

    Jinn Y Lay

    Uncashed check · Taipei 11645,

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $382.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034150435

  • Worth checking

    Jennie H Lay

    Savings account · Long Beach, CA

    Reported by Great Western Bank

    $361.38
    Start this claim

    State ID 1302400

  • Worth checking

    John R Lay

    Unclaimed refund · Unknown, CA

    Reported by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation

    $350.20
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    State ID 12908454

  • Worth checking

    Jeannette Lay

    Insurance proceeds · Red Bluff, CA

    Reported by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Co

    $315.00
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    State ID 16608540

  • Worth checking

    Jimmy C Lay

    Uncashed check · Bakersfield, CA

    Reported by Fund 1 Independent Foreclosure Review Pa

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984705272

  • Worth checking

    Joann Lay

    Uncashed check · Chico, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - Pre-paid Card

    $264.00
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    State ID 1027248674

  • Worth checking

    Joseph H Lay

    Insurance proceeds · Weimar, CA

    Reported by Blue Cross Of California

    $262.07
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    State ID 18792060

  • Worth checking

    Joseph Lay

    Uncashed check · Orange, CA

    Reported by Rocking Horse Ridge Est

    $248.95
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    State ID 1039720810

  • Worth checking

    Joseph C Lay

    Uncashed check · Orange, CA

    Reported by Gmac Mortgage Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $239.49
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    State ID 968636495

  • Worth checking

    Jose Lay

    Savings account · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Sumitomo Bank Of Calif

    $226.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 11003013

  • Worth checking

    Jennifer Lay

    Cash held by the State · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Elevance Health Inc

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

    $199.96
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    State ID 1032802073

  • Worth checking

    Jean Lay

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Tillie Lewis Foods Div Of Ogden Food Products

    $183.27
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    State ID 1461781

  • Worth checking

    Jhontiel S Lay

    Cash held by the State · Oakley, CA

    Reported by Gutierrez V Wells Fargo Bank Na Qualified Settlement

    $179.11
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    State ID 1012337886

  • Worth checking

    Jeffrey Lay

    Credit balance · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Erp Operating Limited Partnership

    $158.19
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025974776

  • Worth checking

    Jenny Lay

    Credit balance · Colusa, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Bank

    $130.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 1038375063

  • Worth checking

    Joan C Lay

    Uncashed check · Alhambra, CA

    Reported by Old Republic Title Company

    Held jointly with 4 other people

    $130.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 14505486

  • Worth checking

    Jeffery Lay

    Stocks or securities

    Reported by Apple Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $128.34 Apple Inc
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    State ID 975756702

  • Worth checking

    Jahronay M Lay

    Uncashed check · Fresno, CA

    Reported by Csu Fresno Association Inc.

    $120.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1000961853

  • Worth checking

    John B Lay

    Credit balance · San Jose, CA

    Reported by People's Energy Cooperative

    $117.86
    Start this claim

    State ID 996402851

  • Worth checking

    Jacqueline E Lay

    Stocks or securities · Lakeside, CA

    Reported by Homefed Corp/homefed Corp (old) (1-249 Shares)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $117.31 Homefed Corpnew
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    State ID 15141488

  • Worth checking

    Jesslyn Lay

    Cash held by the State · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    $110.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1032638675

  • Worth checking

    June D Lay

    Savings account · Buena Park, CA

    Reported by Security Pacific National Bank Lincoln Valley View

    $106.90
    Start this claim

    State ID 10038288

  • Worth checking

    Jenny Lay

    Unclaimed refund · Colusa, CA

    Reported by Sunrise Banks

    $106.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 1023256085

  • Worth checking

    James Ii Laycock

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. (998802)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,452.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033051518

  • Worth checking

    James J Layton

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Kba

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,433.17 Prudential Financial Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 17196879

  • Worth checking

    James Layden

    Stocks or securities · Pacific Plsds, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc

    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.

    $1,689.86 Prudential Financial Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 968067601

  • Worth checking

    James E Jr Layne

    Uncashed check · Delano, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,650.93
    Start this claim

    State ID 999816172

  • Worth checking

    James J Layfield

    Uncashed check · Lancaster, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America N A

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,207.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 17440369

  • Worth checking

    James Layton

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Rabobank N A

    Held jointly with 5 other people

    $384.88
    Start this claim

    State ID 4040281

  • Worth checking

    James B Layer

    Credit balance · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Citibank N A

    $364.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 1023671754

  • Worth checking

    James Layton

    Unclaimed refund · Merced, CA

    Reported by Csaa Insurance Exchange

    $337.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1023173312

  • Worth checking

    James D Layland

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by First Interstate Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $220.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 9177152

  • Worth checking

    James Layland

    Unclaimed refund · Simi Valley, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobil

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $197.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 962449537

  • Worth checking

    James C Laycock

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Wellpoint Inc.

    $187.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 961284719

  • Worth checking

    James R Laycock

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by At&t Corp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $175.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1269606

  • Worth checking

    James Daniel Layne

    Stocks or securities · Upland, CA

    Reported by San Antonio Land Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $156.30 San Antonio Land Company
    Start this claim

    State ID 1233597

  • Worth checking

    James Layden

    Cash held by the State · Ridgecrest, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $147.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022954974

  • Worth checking

    James Layden

    Unpaid dividends · Pacific Plsds, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc

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

    $138.25
    Start this claim

    State ID 968067600

  • Worth checking

    James E Layne

    Uncashed check · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Discover Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $133.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1014370406

  • Worth checking

    James Layden

    Unclaimed refund · Pacific Plsds, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $116.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 974569517

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

2 probate estates carry 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.

2 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.

  • Lee James

    Probate estate · San Francisco County · 2016

    Matched on Lee James (decedent)

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

    $45.79 closed

    State ID 986173063
    Case 2014-0626

  • Lay Jamesmerson Yermah

    Probate estate · Mendocino County · 1979

    Matched on Lay Jamesmerson Yermah (decedent)

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956805639
    Case 16408

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.