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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.

22 exact, and 9 close matches worth a look

Worth $20,549 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 424 records under the surname Merchant, worth $216,902. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Capitola, CA

    Reported by Safeco Ins Co Of America

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,158.73
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    State ID 1027930737

  • Strong match

    Laura J Merchant

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Option One Mortgage Corp

    $305.54
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    State ID 18127409

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Longs Drugs/filed By Cvs Caremark

    $204.00
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    State ID 954275787

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Longs Drugs/filed By Cvs Caremark

    $204.00
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    State ID 954275784

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $173.96
    Start this claim

    State ID 18654034

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Idaho State Of

    $152.51
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    State ID 18024787

  • Strong match

    Laura Merchant

    Unpaid wages · Santa Cruz, CA

    Reported by Acosta Inc

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985241444

  • Likely match

    Lori Merchant

    Escrow balance · San Pedro, CA

    Reported by Great American Title Insurance Co

    Held jointly with 3 other people

    $500.00
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    State ID 982224703

  • Likely match

    Larry Merchant

    Uncashed check · San Clemente, CA

    Reported by Western Union Financial Services Inc

    $204.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 971327352

  • Likely match

    L Merchant

    Uncashed check · Pacific Palisad, CA

    Reported by Palos Verdes Escrow Co Inc

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 13562019

  • Likely match

    Laura Marchand

    Unpaid wages · Huntington Beach, CA

    Reported by Ross Stores Inc

    $101.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005381981

  • Worth checking

    Laurie Marchant

    Unpaid wages · Petaluma, CA

    Reported by Wood Environtment & Infrastructure Solutions Inc

    $228.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 978852069

  • Worth checking

    Lori Marchiando

    Cash held by the State · Salida, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $198.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022958311

  • Worth checking

    Lori Marchand

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Monica, CA

    Reported by Safeco Ins Co Of America

    $159.73
    Start this claim

    State ID 980276352

  • Worth checking

    Laurie A Marchant

    Savings account · Rohnert Park, CA

    Reported by Redwood Credit Union

    $127.33
    Start this claim

    State ID 17507132

  • Worth checking

    Living Trus Merchant

    Stocks or securities · Reseda, CA

    Reported by Walt Disney Co & Affiliates The

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,225.60 Disney Walt Company
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    State ID 16999563

  • Worth checking

    Living Trus Merchant

    Stocks or securities · Reseda, CA

    Reported by Walt Disney Co & Affiliates The

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,112.80 Disney Walt Company
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    State ID 16999564

  • Worth checking

    Lester Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Colusa, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,373.73
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    State ID 979472034

  • Worth checking

    Lester W Merchant

    Uncashed check · Gardena, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America-california-south

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $758.87
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    State ID 955973400

  • Worth checking

    Lucille E Merchant

    Uncashed check · Gardena, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America-california-south

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $758.87
    Start this claim

    State ID 955973400

  • Worth checking

    Liyakat H Merchant

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank National Assocation

    $634.72
    Start this claim

    State ID 994848878

  • Worth checking

    Lester Merchant

    Unpaid dividends · Colusa, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $353.53 Metlife Inc
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    State ID 953647520

  • Worth checking

    Lisa E Merchant

    Unpaid dividends · Larkspur, CA

    Reported by Morgan Stanley D W Inc.

    $266.01
    Start this claim

    State ID 18075194

  • Worth checking

    Merchant

    Insurance proceeds · Buena Park, CA

    Reported by Fire Insurance Exchange

    $251.14
    Start this claim

    State ID 10226299

  • Worth checking

    Loren Keith Ii Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Arvin, CA

    Reported by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co

    $216.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 963559366

  • Worth checking

    Liyakat Merchant

    Cash held by the State · Rncho Cordova, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    $130.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040878147

  • Worth checking

    Livingston T Merchant

    Stocks or securities · Claremont, CA

    Reported by American Electric Power Co Inc Dspp

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $122.88 American Electric Power Inc
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    State ID 18811515

  • Worth checking

    Merchant

    Unclaimed refund · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Prematic Service Corp - Ca

    $121.96
    Start this claim

    State ID 971125118

  • Worth checking

    Merchant

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Chino Commercial Bank

    $103.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 953296835

  • Worth checking

    L Marchand

    Pension or retirement funds · Clovis, CA

    Reported by U.s. Bank - Pars

    $101.59
    Start this claim

    State ID 973286789

  • Worth checking

    Logan Merchant

    Credit balance · Susanville, CA

    Reported by Dexcom Inc

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033552643

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.

  • Merchant Lamont H

    Probate estate · San Bernardino County · 2007

    Matched on Merchant Lamont H (decedent)

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

    $398.93 closed

    State ID 956820444
    Case 06262

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.