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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.

16 exact, and 1 close matches worth a look

Worth $4,938 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 158 records under the surname Merkel, worth $115,568. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Tom Merkel

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Verizon California

    $364.12
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    State ID 17872032

  • Strong match

    Tom Merkel

    Unclaimed refund · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Verizon California

    $211.00
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    State ID 959262570

  • Likely match

    T M Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara, CA

    Reported by Truck Insurance Exchange

    $148.85
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    State ID 4068465

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Stocks or securities · Carpinteria, CA

    Reported by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,386.00 Park Ohio Inds Inc
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    State ID 3034486

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by State Of Ohio

    $465.00
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    State ID 3023284

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by State Of Ohio

    $465.00
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    State ID 3023286

  • Worth checking

    Thomas Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara,

    Reported by Mid Century Insurance Company

    $317.80
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    State ID 4191351

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Unpaid dividends

    Reported by Merrill Lynch 4

    $222.00
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    State ID 4262727

  • Worth checking

    Thomas Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Santa Barbara,

    Reported by Mid Century Insurance Company

    $219.80
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    State ID 4191352

  • Worth checking

    Ted J Merkel

    Unpaid wages · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Rui One Corp

    $190.72
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    State ID 954730692

  • Worth checking

    Merkel

    Escrow balance · Fallbrook, CA

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

    $178.18
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    State ID 1030639099

  • Worth checking

    Ted Merkel

    Pension or retirement funds · Oakland, CA

    Reported by U.s. Bank - Pars

    $178.10
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    State ID 975654516

  • Worth checking

    Troy Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Santee, CA

    Reported by At&t Mobility Llc

    $149.33
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    State ID 964951708

  • Worth checking

    Todd Merkel

    Savings account · Rossmoor, CA

    Reported by Inwood Credit Union

    $118.96
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    State ID 13789746

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by State Of Ohio

    $117.80
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    State ID 3023285

  • Worth checking

    Thomas M Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Carapinteria,

    Reported by Merrill Lynch 4

    $103.13
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    State ID 4843663

  • Worth checking

    Todd Merkel

    Unclaimed refund · Rossmoor, CA

    Reported by Sprint United Management

    $101.80
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    State ID 1017424076

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.

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.