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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.

23 records carry that name

The 22 shown below are worth $22,644 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 159 records under the surname Winchell, worth $274,590. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    James L Winchell

    Stocks or securities · San Leandro, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $369.72
    Start this claim

    State ID 16087726

  • Strong match

    James Winchell

    Cash held by the State · Sunnyvale, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $287.82
    Start this claim

    State ID 1029385607

  • Strong match

    James Winchell

    Credit balance · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Financial

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027461002

  • Strong match

    James Winchell

    Credit balance · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Financial

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027461001

  • Strong match

    James Winchell

    Credit balance · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Financial

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027461000

  • Worth checking

    Jennifer Winchell

    Uncashed check · Calabasas, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    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.

    $14,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043519920

  • Worth checking

    Jess Winchell

    Unpaid wages · Benicia, CA

    Reported by At&t Services 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.

    $1,677.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 18583666

  • Worth checking

    Jason Winchell

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,259.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 1014001238

  • Worth checking

    Jr David H Winchell

    Uncashed check · Lompoc, CA

    Reported by Loancare Llc

    $822.13
    Start this claim

    State ID 1011562385

  • Worth checking

    Janet Winchell

    Cash held by the State · Pasadena, CA

    Reported by Pruco Life Insurance Company

    $749.96
    Start this claim

    State ID 1039710175

  • Worth checking

    Jodean L Winchell

    Cash held by the State · Norwalk, CA

    Reported by Home Depot Wage And Hour Settlement Fund

    $694.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 1039948594

  • Worth checking

    Jeramie Winchell

    Savings account · Copperopolis, CA

    Reported by Hsa Bank

    $626.35
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018669688

  • Worth checking

    Jeanne Winchell

    Uncashed check · Lathrop, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $444.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043638716

  • Worth checking

    John A Winchell

    Uncashed check · Pomona, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:0210-pomona Main Office

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $239.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 11839369

  • Worth checking

    John A Winchell

    Uncashed check · Pomona, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:0210-pomona Main Office

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $239.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 11839369

  • Worth checking

    Jonathan Winchell

    Unclaimed refund · Lafayette, CA

    Reported by Farmers Insurance Exchange

    $185.79
    Start this claim

    State ID 17339430

  • Worth checking

    Jean Winchell

    Unclaimed refund · West Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Safeco Ins Co Of America

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $160.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044487191

  • Worth checking

    Jennifer N Winchell

    Uncashed check · Lodi, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

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

    $150.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043909646

  • Worth checking

    Jason Winchell

    Unclaimed refund · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobile Club

    $131.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004873869

  • Worth checking

    Jason Winchell

    Cash held by the State · Stockton, CA

    Reported by Allied Waste Industries Inc

    $104.37
    Start this claim

    State ID 17404830

  • Worth checking

    Jean Winchell

    Unclaimed refund · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Csg Systems International Inc

    $100.74
    Start this claim

    State ID 973254769

  • Worth checking

    Jennifer Winchell

    Cash held by the State · Pasadena, CA

    Reported by Paypal

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

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046739579

Showing the 22 most valuable of 23. 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.

  • Williams James C

    Probate estate · Sacramento County · 2003

    Matched on Winchell James W (heir)

    2 heirs named on the State’s record

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

    $8,550.00 closed

    State ID 956806448
    Case 71657

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.