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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.

15 exact, and 3 close matches worth a look

Worth $9,491 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 130 records under the surname Kates, worth $75,018. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Julyan E Kates

    Credit balance · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by General Electric Company

    $653.50
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    State ID 983964234

  • Strong match

    Julyan Kates

    Unclaimed refund · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $107.70
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    State ID 966063706

  • Worth checking

    Js Kates

    Pension or retirement funds · Malibu, CA

    Reported by Union Bank Of California, N.a.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,338.21
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    State ID 14883838

  • Worth checking

    Jose R Kates

    Uncashed check · Pixley, CA

    Reported by Hsbc Finance Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,772.05
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    State ID 967347078

  • Worth checking

    James M Kates

    Pension or retirement funds · Palmdale, CA

    Reported by Union Bank N.a.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,678.77
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    State ID 955957754

  • Worth checking

    James M Kates

    Unclaimed refund · Palmdale, CA

    Reported by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $543.00
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    State ID 958833285

  • Worth checking

    John S Kates

    Savings account · Pixley, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $366.20
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    State ID 12421158

  • Worth checking

    Joseph D Kates

    Unclaimed refund · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Nissan Motor Acceptance Company Llc

    $264.57
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    State ID 1022896209

  • Worth checking

    Joseph Kates

    Cash held by the State · Costa Mesa, CA

    Reported by Barclays Bank Delaware

    $263.08
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    State ID 1010355639

  • Worth checking

    J F Katz

    Savings account

    Reported by Patriots Federal Credit Union

    $245.66
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    State ID 16181614

  • Worth checking

    J M Katz

    Cash held by the State · Westlake, CA

    Reported by Sears Roebuck And Co

    $210.74
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    State ID 1402249

  • Worth checking

    J Katz

    Insurance proceeds · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Standard Fire Insurance Co

    $200.00
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    State ID 10164213

  • Worth checking

    John Kates

    Cash held by the State · Ventura, CA

    Reported by Pacific Bell Telephone Company

    $197.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 9683587

  • Worth checking

    Joe R Kates

    Uncashed check · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Cox Communications Inc

    $184.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 1019411814

  • Worth checking

    Jon Kates

    Cash held by the State · Palm Desert, CA

    Reported by Metabank Na

    $135.45
    Start this claim

    State ID 996498931

  • Worth checking

    Jacqueline Kates

    Insurance proceeds · Orange, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    $127.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 10934338

  • Worth checking

    John Kates

    Cash held by the State · Ventura, CA

    Reported by Pacific Bell Telephone Company

    $101.75
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    State ID 9683588

  • Worth checking

    John Kates

    Unpaid wages · Richmond, CA

    Reported by Episcopal Community Services Of Sf

    $101.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 1020307520

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.

  • Kates Julio Mendoza

    Probate estate · Kern County · 2013

    Matched on Kates Julio Mendoza (decedent)

    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 970971482
    Case s 1500 pb 54816

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.