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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.

5 exact, and 17 close matches worth a look

Worth $15,400 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

    William J H Merkel

    Credit balance · Palm Desert, CA

    Reported by Ge Money

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,361.80
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    State ID 13540805

  • Strong match

    William Merkel

    Unclaimed refund · Palm Desert, CA

    Reported by Eisenhower Medical Center

    $722.44
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    State ID 966157405

  • Strong match

    William Merkel

    Cash held by the State · Lakewood, CA

    Reported by Pathward

    $400.00
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    State ID 1041071983

  • Strong match

    William H Merkel

    Credit balance · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Charles Schwab & Co Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $100.12
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    State ID 979480381

  • Likely match

    William D Markel

    Stocks or securities · San Rafael, CA

    Reported by Exxon Mobil Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,642.41 Exxon Mobil Corp
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    State ID 966535970

  • Likely match

    William G Merkley

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Equal Escrow

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    $500.00
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    State ID 16444673

  • Likely match

    William R Mericle

    Unclaimed refund · Pinole, CA

    Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company

    $303.32
    Start this claim

    State ID 977986157

  • Likely match

    William D Markel

    Unpaid dividends · San Rafael, CA

    Reported by Exxon Mobil Corp

    $241.28
    Start this claim

    State ID 966535969

  • Likely match

    William E Merkely

    Savings account · S Lake Tahoe, CA

    Reported by Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $171.66
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    State ID 1044503652

  • Likely match

    William E Merkley

    Cash held by the State · S Lake Tahoe, CA

    Reported by Anthem Inc

    $154.89
    Start this claim

    State ID 992136524

  • Likely match

    William D Markel

    Unpaid dividends · San Rafael, CA

    Reported by Exxon Mobil Corp

    $154.88
    Start this claim

    State ID 952484854

  • Likely match

    William S Miraglia

    Unclaimed refund · Rio Vista, CA

    Reported by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

    $154.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 969363422

  • Likely match

    William E Merkley

    Cash held by the State · S Lake Tahoe, CA

    Reported by Anthem Inc

    $101.50
    Start this claim

    State ID 987712620

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Stocks or securities · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,864.35 Burlington Northern Santa Fe
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    State ID 17887885

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Stocks or securities · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,432.17 Burlington Northern Santa Fe
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    State ID 17887884

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Stocks or securities · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Newmont Mining Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $541.91 Newmont Corp
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    State ID 16258575

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Cash held by the State · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Prologis

    $439.53
    Start this claim

    State ID 960525266

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Unpaid dividends · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp

    $339.57
    Start this claim

    State ID 17887883

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Stocks or securities · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Devon Energy/mitchell Energy & Developme

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $272.88 Devon Energy Corporation
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    State ID 16680422

  • Worth checking

    Wilfred O Merkel

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Home Savings Of America Garden Grove Branch

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $179.07
    Start this claim

    State ID 9191747

  • Worth checking

    Merkel

    Escrow balance · Fallbrook, CA

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

    $178.18
    Start this claim

    State ID 1030639099

  • Worth checking

    W Markel

    Stocks or securities · San Rafael, CA

    Reported by Chevrontexaco Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $144.47 Chevron Corporation
    Start this claim

    State ID 15823429

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.