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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.

28 exact, and 72 close matches worth a look

The 100 shown below are worth $84,662 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 537 records under the surname Pardo, worth $599,842. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Luis Pardo

    Uncashed check · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $524.67
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043547413

  • Strong match

    Luis J Pardo

    Savings account · Cloverdale, CA

    Reported by Exchange Bank

    $459.04
    Start this claim

    State ID 954556398

  • Strong match

    Luis Pardo

    Escrow balance · Modesto, CA

    Reported by Countrywide Home Loans Inc

    $457.12
    Start this claim

    State ID 953531615

  • Strong match

    Luis C Pardo

    Uncashed check · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $453.12
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043545200

  • Strong match

    Luis A Pardo

    Savings account · Maucal Edo De,

    Reported by Bank Of America N A

    $351.84
    Start this claim

    State ID 17444675

  • Strong match

    Luis Pardo

    Escrow balance · Modesto, CA

    Reported by Countrywide Home Loans Inc

    $132.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 956457163

  • Strong match

    Luis A Pardo

    Uncashed check · Santa Rosa, CA

    Reported by Loancare Llc

    $129.86
    Start this claim

    State ID 999777942

  • Strong match

    Luis R Pardo

    Cash held by the State · N Hollywood, CA

    Reported by At&t Corp

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 13862612

  • Likely match

    Louis Pardo

    Unpaid wages · Fullerton, CA

    Reported by Fifth Third Bancorp

    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.

    $5,877.95
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022741944

  • Likely match

    Lucio Pardo

    Cash held by the State · Sylmar, CA

    Reported by Ecount Inc.

    $489.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 986395049

  • Likely match

    Lois Pardo

    Uncashed check · Paso Robles, CA

    Reported by Citibank (west) Fsb

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $325.67
    Start this claim

    State ID 18282839

  • Likely match

    Luz M Pardo

    Insurance proceeds · Long Beach, CA

    Reported by California Fair Plan Association

    $242.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 14517126

  • Likely match

    Liz Pardo

    Unclaimed refund · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Ngm Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $139.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 13813312

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Cash held by the State · Woodland, CA

    Reported by Farmers Insurance Exchange

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,484.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 1021050782

  • Likely match

    Luis A Parada

    Cash held by the State · Upland, CA

    Reported by Union Planters Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,326.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 13729692

  • Likely match

    Luis J Prado

    Uncashed check · Redlands, CA

    Reported by The Heritage Escrow Company - 301

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 16538352

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Cash held by the State · Oroville, CA

    Reported by American General Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $900.90
    Start this claim

    State ID 972726335

  • Likely match

    Luis Prieto

    Unpaid wages · Zulia Maracaibo,

    Reported by San Francisco Giants

    $666.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 993720998

  • Likely match

    Luis R Parada

    Unpaid wages · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Wal-mart Stores Inc. And Subsidiaries

    $610.69
    Start this claim

    State ID 988100612

  • Likely match

    Luis S Prado

    Cash held by the State · Moreno Valley, CA

    Reported by State Comp Insurance Fund

    $608.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 957162669

  • Likely match

    Luis S Prado

    Cash held by the State · Moreno Valley, CA

    Reported by State Comp Insurance Fund

    $608.44
    Start this claim

    State ID 957162668

  • Likely match

    Luis Alfredo Parada

    Escrow balance · Panorama City, CA

    Reported by Alliance Title

    $567.94
    Start this claim

    State ID 964816407

  • Likely match

    Luis Eduardo Parada

    Uncashed check · San Bernardino, CA

    Reported by Fund 1 Independent Foreclosure Review Pa

    $400.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984718186

  • Likely match

    Luis Josafat No Prad

    Uncashed check · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Fund 1 Independent Foreclosure Review Pa

    $400.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 984720654

  • Likely match

    Luis Parada

    Uncashed check · Menlo Park, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $390.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043958018

  • Likely match

    Luis A Prado

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Gutierrez V Wells Fargo Bank Na Qualified Settlement

    $336.52
    Start this claim

    State ID 1012387077

  • Likely match

    Luis Medina Prado

    Savings account · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Dept Of Corrections And Rehabilitation

    $321.04
    Start this claim

    State ID 973009326

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Unclaimed refund · Valencia, CA

    Reported by Allstate Insurance Company

    $311.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 965456960

  • Likely match

    Luis N Prado

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Fireside Bank

    $284.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 963332979

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Unpaid dividends · Santa Ana, CA

    Reported by Hsbc Finance Corporation

    $182.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 17037709

  • Likely match

    Luis A Prado

    Uncashed check · Santa Ana, CA

    Reported by Loancare Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $174.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 1011561182

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Credit balance · Sylmar, CA

    Reported by Citibank N A

    $172.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043445751

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Cash held by the State · Perris, CA

    Reported by Continental Exchange Solutions Inc

    $155.36
    Start this claim

    State ID 1012941378

  • Likely match

    Luis E Prado

    Uncashed check · Garden Grove, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $150.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043889307

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Uncashed check · Olivehurst, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $150.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044129261

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Deposit held · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Hsbc Remediation

    $149.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 1013222212

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Paula Insurance Co

    $140.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 4204532

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Cxloyalty Group Inc

    $130.87
    Start this claim

    State ID 1017140376

  • Likely match

    Luis J Prado

    Uncashed check · Cathedral City, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $119.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 1032969120

  • Likely match

    Luis Del Prado

    Unclaimed refund · San Pablo, CA

    Reported by Farmers Insurance Exchange

    $104.74
    Start this claim

    State ID 1030334589

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Uncashed check · Modesto, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $104.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044065189

  • Likely match

    Luis Armando Prado

    Savings account · Garden Grove, CA

    Reported by Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $102.45
    Start this claim

    State ID 989771432

  • Likely match

    Luis Prado

    Unclaimed refund · San Jose, CA

    Reported by California Automobile Insurance Company

    $100.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1007474231

  • Worth checking

    Louis Preti

    Cash held by the State · Ontario, CA

    Reported by American National Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,767.37
    Start this claim

    State ID 993594675

  • Worth checking

    Louise Prato

    Stocks or securities · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,438.07 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005988257

  • Worth checking

    Lisa C Pratt

    Stocks or securities · Fort Irwin, CA

    Reported by Arrow Financial Corp Common

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,603.77 Arrow Financial Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 984843617

  • Worth checking

    Lisa C Pratt

    Unpaid dividends · Fort Irwin, CA

    Reported by Arrow Financial Corp Common

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,495.68 Arrow Financial Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 984843618

  • Worth checking

    Louis F Pierotti

    Savings account · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,207.43
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043521010

  • Worth checking

    Louis R Perretta

    Stocks or securities · Capitola, CA

    Reported by The Bank Of New York Mellon

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,464.69 Vodafone Group Adr
    Start this claim

    State ID 18321138

  • Worth checking

    Louis Purtee

    Cash held by the State · Newport Beach, CA

    Reported by Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobile Club

    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.

    $2,164.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027974477

  • Worth checking

    Louise L Pruitt

    Savings account · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Iowa State Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,817.69
    Start this claim

    State ID 1010133563

  • Worth checking

    Luci Prieto

    Savings account · Montebello, CA

    Reported by First City Credit Union

    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.

    $1,612.70
    Start this claim

    State ID 1037762658

  • Worth checking

    Lucy A Pratt

    Stocks or securities · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Pioneer Growth Opportunities Fund A

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,603.40 Safeco Growth Fund
    Start this claim

    State ID 15539391

  • Worth checking

    Louis Prout

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,475.50 Pg&e Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 999328391

  • Worth checking

    Luz Parada

    Escrow balance · North Hills, CA

    Reported by Countrywide Home Loans Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,282.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 956457161

  • Worth checking

    Louise Pruitt

    Cash held by the State · Long Beach, CA

    Reported by Transamerica Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,247.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 984385463

  • Worth checking

    Louise R Pruitt

    Stocks or securities · Compton, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,112.57 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 16325095

  • Worth checking

    Louise Pruitt

    Cash held by the State · Riverside, CA

    Reported by American General Life & Accident Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,084.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 16700896

  • Worth checking

    Louise Pruitt

    Cash held by the State · Riverside, CA

    Reported by American General Life & Accident Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,084.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 16700895

  • Worth checking

    Louise Pruett

    Cash held by the State · Pomona, CA

    Reported by Swiss Re Life & Health America

    $981.64
    Start this claim

    State ID 970960669

  • Worth checking

    Louis Michael Prieto

    Uncashed check · Apple Valley, CA

    Reported by Loancare Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $902.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044387430

  • Worth checking

    Louis Prout

    Unpaid dividends · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co

    $885.82
    Start this claim

    State ID 999328390

  • Worth checking

    Louise Perraud

    Savings account

    Reported by Bank Of America N A

    $872.81
    Start this claim

    State ID 807397

  • Worth checking

    Louis Michael Prieto

    Uncashed check · Apple Valley, CA

    Reported by Loancare Llc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $778.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1044387429

  • Worth checking

    Lucy Pratt

    Uncashed check · Chatsworth, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $719.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 994653016

  • Worth checking

    Lisa Purdy

    Uncashed check · Atascadero, CA

    Reported by Usa Properties Fund Inc.

    $665.54
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045873471

  • Worth checking

    Louisa Parriott

    Stocks or securities · Paramount, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $625.68
    Start this claim

    State ID 16143432

  • Worth checking

    Louis Perrotti

    Stocks or securities · La Habra, CA

    Reported by Occidental Petroleum Corporation

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $610.62 Occidental Petroleum Corp New
    Start this claim

    State ID 1384012

  • Worth checking

    Louis J Pratt

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Itt Residentialcapital Servicing Corporation

    $607.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 4422916

  • Worth checking

    Luz Prado

    Unpaid wages · Bay Point, CA

    Reported by Dolan Foster Enterprises Llc

    $552.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 984456140

  • Worth checking

    Lisa R Pride

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by American General Life & Accident Insurance Company

    $501.69
    Start this claim

    State ID 11313970

  • Worth checking

    Louis Prout

    Unpaid dividends · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co

    $484.16
    Start this claim

    State ID 994158228

  • Worth checking

    Luz Prado

    Escrow balance

    Reported by Pinnacle Estate Properties Valencia

    $449.73
    Start this claim

    State ID 979733554

  • Worth checking

    Lois Pruett

    Savings account · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Sumitomo Bank Of California The #03

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $423.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026449

  • Worth checking

    Louise S Pierotti

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Ibm

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $401.74 Intl Business Machines Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 1010408945

  • Worth checking

    Louis Prout

    Unpaid dividends · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Pg & E Corporation

    $358.46
    Start this claim

    State ID 989062499

  • Worth checking

    Lois Pierotti

    Savings account · Newport Beach, CA

    Reported by Union Bank Of California, N.a.

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $356.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 1453220

  • Worth checking

    Liza Parada

    Unclaimed refund · Daly City, CA

    Reported by Foremost Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $354.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040175957

  • Worth checking

    Lucy A Pratt

    Stocks or securities · Oceanside, CA

    Reported by Core Equity Fund

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $345.87 Safeco Core Equity Fundinvstr
    Start this claim

    State ID 15539403

  • Worth checking

    Lucio Prado

    Cash held by the State · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Hertz Corporation

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

    $341.53
    Start this claim

    State ID 1040098258

  • Worth checking

    Luz D Prado

    Unpaid wages · Spring Valley, CA

    Reported by Office Depot Inc

    $214.24
    Start this claim

    State ID 1010370244

  • Worth checking

    Luisa R Prado

    Stocks or securities · Paramount, CA

    Reported by Northrop Grumman Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $198.97 Northrop Grumman Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 952327858

  • Worth checking

    Lucio F Prado

    Unclaimed refund · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Csaa Insurance Exchange

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

    $180.12
    Start this claim

    State ID 1037314413

  • Worth checking

    Louis J Prado

    Unclaimed refund · Citrus Heights, CA

    Reported by Balboa Insurance Company

    $166.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 959722117

  • Worth checking

    Lisa D Prado

    Uncashed check · Orangevale, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $162.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043940183

  • Worth checking

    Lucio F Prado

    Uncashed check · San Jose, CA

    Reported by Bank Of Stockton

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

    $106.49
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046197258

  • Worth checking

    Llesica Pardo

    Cash held by the State · Fontana, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank National Assocation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,056.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018586360

  • Worth checking

    L Poread

    Unclaimed refund · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Fire Insurance Exchange

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $976.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 954259140

  • Worth checking

    Lorena A Pardo

    Cash held by the State · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank National Assocation

    $868.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 1013229600

  • Worth checking

    L L Parriott

    Unpaid wages · Orange, CA

    Reported by Consolidated Freightways Corp Of Delaware

    $588.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 13450756

  • Worth checking

    Lita Pardo

    Escrow balance · Santa Nella, CA

    Reported by Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc.

    $452.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 1007776110

  • Worth checking

    L L Parriott

    Cash held by the State · Irvine,

    Reported by Consolidated Freightways Corp Of Delaware

    $440.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 4233940

  • Worth checking

    Leo Rivera Peter Pardo

    Unclaimed refund · Oxnard, CA

    Reported by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance C

    $275.73
    Start this claim

    State ID 1026683233

  • Worth checking

    Lizarraga Iram Pardo

    Cash held by the State · Compton, CA

    Reported by Home Depot Wage And Hour Settlement Fund

    $248.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 1039912922

  • Worth checking

    Lucia Pardo

    Savings account · Escondido, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:2187-rancho Santa Fe Branch

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $243.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 11851700

  • Worth checking

    Liliana I Pardo

    Uncashed check · Rowland Heights, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $216.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 1295700

  • Worth checking

    Lorena Pardo

    Cash held by the State · Buena Park, CA

    Reported by Western Union Financial Services Inc

    $200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 980577012

  • Worth checking

    Lita Pardo

    Credit balance

    Reported by American General Finance Inc & All Subs

    $200.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 10183635

  • Worth checking

    Luigi Pardo

    Unclaimed refund · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Providence Health Systems - So Ca

    $197.96
    Start this claim

    State ID 1039278265

  • Worth checking

    Lilyrose Pardo

    Unpaid wages · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Gep Administrative Services Inc Dba En

    $152.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033868545

Showing the 100 most valuable of 103. 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

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.

1 is still open, holding $82,231.

  • Puerta Maria Carmen

    Probate estate · Santa Clara County · 2016

    Matched on Puerta Luis Engenio (heir)

    $82,231.12
    Ask about this estate

    State ID 984420566
    Case 1-11-PR-168322

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.

  • Craigg Loyce McNab

    Probate estate · San Diego County · 2000

    Matched on Pruett Loyce Sue Craigg (heir)

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

    $1.00 closed

    State ID 956808124
    Case P171385

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.