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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.

11 exact, and 69 close matches worth a look

Worth $437,328 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 143 records under the surname Wait, worth $116,533. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    James Wait

    Credit balance · Poway, CA

    Reported by Surgical Care Affiliates Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,166.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 972733436

  • Strong match

    James L Wait

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Midland Properties Lp Vi (mplp6)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $515.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 952327483

  • Strong match

    James L Wait

    Stocks or securities · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Tenneco Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $177.40 Tenneco, Inc.
    Start this claim

    State ID 17383883

  • Likely match

    James W Wood

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Paul Revere Life Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $64,761.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004105326

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Ll

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $42,021.02 Fidelity Secs Blue Chip Growth
    Start this claim

    State ID 960986844

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Ll

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $34,462.04 Fidelity Select Financial Srvs
    Start this claim

    State ID 960986845

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Ll

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $32,595.53 Fidelity Select Leisure
    Start this claim

    State ID 960986846

  • Likely match

    James M White

    Credit balance · Saratoga, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $22,963.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 977558339

  • Likely match

    James J Watt

    Stocks or securities · Westminster, CA

    Reported by Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $22,069.89 Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1016661086

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Ll

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $19,210.67 Fidelity Equity-income Ii
    Start this claim

    State ID 960986843

  • Likely match

    James Wade

    Uncashed check · Calexico, CA

    Reported by Union Bank N.a.

    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.

    $10,963.35
    Start this claim

    State ID 1019294186

  • Likely match

    James Wade

    Cash held by the State · Rancho Cucumonga, CA

    Reported by Pacific Western Bank Formerly Known As F

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $9,542.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 997342810

  • Likely match

    James Wade

    Cash held by the State · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

    Reported by Pacific Western Bank Formerly Known As F

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $8,535.86
    Start this claim

    State ID 991261394

  • Likely match

    James White

    Stocks or securities · Torrance, CA

    Reported by Dws Core Equity Fund-s

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,944.07 Deutsche Invt Cor Eqty S
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025823050

  • Likely match

    James A Wehde

    Uncashed check · Cupertino, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na (885)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,042.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017645095

  • Likely match

    James H White

    Cash held by the State · Newport Beach, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,937.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 970973842

  • Likely match

    James D Witt

    Savings account · Vista, CA

    Reported by San Diego County Credit Union

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,607.26
    Start this claim

    State ID 1030662891

  • Likely match

    James S White

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Amoskeag Co Class A Common %ssb

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12984618

  • Likely match

    James E White

    Cash held by the State · El Monte, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,027.29
    Start this claim

    State ID 974556204

  • Likely match

    James A Wood

    Retirement account · Clayton, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. (apecs 1)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,963.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1008641224

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Latham & Watkins Llp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,875.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 14247882

  • Likely match

    James E Wood

    Stocks or securities · Ventura, CA

    Reported by Host Hotels & Resorts Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,492.63 Host Hotels & Resorts Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 971567271

  • Likely match

    James R White

    Uncashed check · Port Hueneme, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,310.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043513624

  • Likely match

    James T Wood

    Uncashed check · Costa Mesa, CA

    Reported by U. S. Bank, N. A.

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,302.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046155857

  • Likely match

    James F Wood

    Savings account · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,211.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 9117305

  • Likely match

    James A Wehde

    Cash held by the State · Fairfield, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,154.24
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017180198

  • Likely match

    James C Watt

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by National Aviation & Tech Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,037.33 John Hancock Natl Av & Tech Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 2099480

  • Likely match

    James E Wood

    Unclaimed refund · San Mateo, CA

    Reported by Clubcorp Holdings Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044667178

  • Likely match

    James Terrance White

    Cash held by the State · Altadena, CA

    Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,998.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1014001206

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Bipl Llc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,855.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 968816382

  • Likely match

    James L White

    Cash held by the State · Whittier, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,734.09
    Start this claim

    State ID 998709166

  • Likely match

    James L White

    Cash held by the State · Whittier, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,734.09
    Start this claim

    State ID 998709166

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Stocks or securities · Hollister, CA

    Reported by Hewlett-packard Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,723.01 Hewlett-packard Company
    Start this claim

    State ID 12485792

  • Likely match

    James Robert White

    Stocks or securities · Bucks Sl9 8hj, CA

    Reported by Charles Schwab & Co.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,718.74 Schwab Capital Trust S&p 500 Index Fund
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017941652

  • Likely match

    James K Wood

    Deposit held · Do Not Mail, CA

    Reported by Washington Mutual Bank (68-0172274)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,621.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 13634278

  • Likely match

    James B Wood

    Cash held by the State · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by Gtel

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,566.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 11834112

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Uncashed check · Unknown,

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,435.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984880600

  • Likely match

    James White

    Uncashed check · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,421.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043524182

  • Likely match

    James Wade

    Cash held by the State · Lomita, CA

    Reported by Axa Equitable

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,360.34
    Start this claim

    State ID 988941185

  • Likely match

    James E White

    Cash held by the State · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,212.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 13712649

  • Likely match

    James M White

    Stocks or securities · Roseville, CA

    Reported by Qorvo Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,162.14 Qorvo Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 999756116

  • Likely match

    James Watt

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,158.81
    Start this claim

    State ID 979452511

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Cash held by the State · East Whittier, CA

    Reported by Washington National Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,146.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1482385

  • Likely match

    James H White

    Cash held by the State · Redding, CA

    Reported by Xik Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,131.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 960337778

  • Likely match

    James White

    Cash held by the State · Calabasas, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,118.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1001236568

  • Likely match

    James E White

    Cash held by the State · Hollywod, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,111.97
    Start this claim

    State ID 13712650

  • Likely match

    James White

    Unclaimed refund · Saratoga, CA

    Reported by Extra Space Management Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,065.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045885362

  • Likely match

    James A White

    Stocks or securities

    Reported by Hall Assn Native Sons Of The Golden West

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,012.50 Hall Assn Of The Native Sons Of The Golden West
    Start this claim

    State ID 4258605

  • Likely match

    James Wood

    Unclaimed refund

    Reported by Fire Insurance Exchange

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,004.81
    Start this claim

    State ID 16044232

  • Likely match

    James A Wood

    Uncashed check · Chula Vista, CA

    Reported by Mara Escrow Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 12495078

  • Likely match

    James H Waite

    Credit balance · Santa Rosa, CA

    Reported by American Express Company

    $768.11
    Start this claim

    State ID 1002590307

  • Likely match

    James Waite

    Cash held by the State · La Puente, CA

    Reported by Aetna Life Insurance Company

    $530.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 967453630

  • Likely match

    James A Waite

    Stocks or securities · Santa Clara, CA

    Reported by Nationwide Funds Misc Cash % Ssb

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $340.83 Nationwide Fund
    Start this claim

    State ID 13137041

  • Likely match

    James Waite

    Unclaimed refund · Corona, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobil

    $301.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017853226

  • Likely match

    James M Waite

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Wisconsin State Of

    $249.56
    Start this claim

    State ID 2054872

  • Likely match

    James Waite

    Unpaid wages · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Target Corporation

    $179.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 1047324340

  • Likely match

    James Waite

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Longs Drugs/filed By Cvs Caremark

    $120.88
    Start this claim

    State ID 16239914

  • Likely match

    James Waite

    Unclaimed refund · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by Verizon California

    $102.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 952695769

  • Likely match

    James Sr Waite

    Cash held by the State · Chula Vista, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 970898550

  • Worth checking

    J W White

    Unpaid dividends · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by At&t 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.

    $19,973.95 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1025828246

  • Worth checking

    J B White

    Savings account · Twentynine Palm, CA

    Reported by Security Pacific National Bank 29 Palms Off

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $13,787.59
    Start this claim

    State ID 5483555

  • Worth checking

    J H White

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by First Government Money Mkt

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,745.73 Calvert First Govt Mny Mkt Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 17404874

  • Worth checking

    Jacqueline M Wait

    Pension or retirement funds · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by State Of California Savings Plus

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,073.61
    Start this claim

    State ID 17513775

  • Worth checking

    J W White

    Uncashed check · Palm Desert, CA

    Reported by Barclays Bank Of California

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,271.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 1605011

  • Worth checking

    J L White

    Stocks or securities · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Santa Fe Pacific Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,011.04 Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 11776757

  • Worth checking

    J K Wade

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Hewlett-packard Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,968.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 11918452

  • Worth checking

    John Wait

    Uncashed check · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Life Insurance Co Usa

    $377.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 970962470

  • Worth checking

    Joy Wait

    Cash held by the State · Roseville, CA

    Reported by Government Employees Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $221.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 1007150844

  • Worth checking

    Jon Wait

    Deposit held · Murrieta, CA

    Reported by Alderwood Water District

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $186.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 954739284

  • Worth checking

    John Wait

    Cash held by the State · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Life Insurance Co

    $185.06
    Start this claim

    State ID 958962661

  • Worth checking

    John Wait

    Cash held by the State · Thousand Oaks, CA

    Reported by Jhusa John Hancock Life Ins Co Usa

    $163.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 967529228

  • Worth checking

    Joy Wait

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Paypal

    $150.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1036943164

  • Worth checking

    J Herber Waite

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Delta Dental Of California

    $147.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 959358577

  • Worth checking

    John M Wait

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Outlawed Checks - Individual Income Tax

    $107.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004468013

  • Worth checking

    James A Waites

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Axa Equitable

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,429.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 988941186

  • Worth checking

    James M Waitkus

    Stocks or securities · Simi Valley, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $708.45 Victory Tax Exempt Mm Fd
    Start this claim

    State ID 1014631024

  • Worth checking

    James Waits

    Cash held by the State · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $680.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 988955804

  • Worth checking

    James Ralph Waits

    Cash held by the State · Santa Ana, CA

    Reported by Century National Insurance

    $324.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 953332323

  • Worth checking

    James G Waits

    Stocks or securities · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $284.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 16084346

  • Worth checking

    James K Waites

    Savings account · Yorba Linda, CA

    Reported by San Diego Trust & Savings Bank

    $157.65
    Start this claim

    State ID 860203

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

4 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.

3 are still open, holding $2,879.

  • Wood James

    Probate estate · San Diego County · 2022

    Matched on Wood James (decedent)

    $1,155.36
    Ask about this estate

    State ID 1022708161
    Case 20229958

  • White James Thomas

    Probate estate · Fresno County · 2022

    Matched on White James Thomas (decedent)

    $1,155.13
    Ask about this estate

    State ID 1024711425
    Case 210667

  • Wade James W

    Probate estate · Los Angeles County · 2024

    Matched on Wade James W (decedent)

    $568.40
    Ask about this estate

    State ID 1031584953
    Case EAP0028314D

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.

  • White James

    Probate estate · Sacramento County · 1977

    Matched on White James (decedent)

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

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956824426
    Case 81484

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.