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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.

17 exact, and 14 close matches worth a look

Worth $20,641 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 343 records under the surname Steel, worth $501,660. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    Wind Publishi Steel

    Cash held by the State · Sacamento, CA

    Reported by Bemusic

    $217.46
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    State ID 15186784

  • Strong match

    Wind Publishi Steel

    Cash held by the State · Sacamento, CA

    Reported by Bemusic

    $182.18
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    State ID 15186783

  • Strong match

    Wind Publishi Steel

    Cash held by the State · Sacamento, CA

    Reported by Bemusic

    $145.54
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    State ID 15186785

  • Strong match

    Wind Publishi Steel

    Cash held by the State · Sacamento, CA

    Reported by Bmg Music

    $129.49
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    State ID 15234704

  • Strong match

    Wind Publishi Steel

    Cash held by the State · Sacamento, CA

    Reported by Bmg Music

    $108.49
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    State ID 15234702

  • Worth checking

    Wendy Steele

    Cash held by the State · Owings Mills, CA

    Reported by Paypal

    $806.60
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    State ID 1028911642

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    Wanda Sudol

    Stocks or securities · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $625.12 Metlife Inc
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    State ID 969457082

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    Wendy Sotelo

    Unpaid wages · Downey, CA

    Reported by Leyva V Scpmg Qsf

    $178.31
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    State ID 1029654467

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    Wendy Steele

    Stocks or securities · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Dean Witter Sears Liquid Asset Fund

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $172.62 Dean Witter Liquid Asset Fund
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    State ID 9444946

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    Windy E Settle

    Insurance proceeds · Fontana, CA

    Reported by Hawaii State Of

    $125.23
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    State ID 18691560

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    Wendy Suttle

    Cash held by the State · Corona, CA

    Reported by Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless

    $125.02
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    State ID 973714341

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    William N Steel

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Whittaker Corporation-audit

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,182.00 Whittaker Corpnew
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    State ID 13235691

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    Warren T Steel

    Pension or retirement funds · Lahabra, CA

    Reported by John Hancock Life Insurance Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,092.85
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    State ID 15911575

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    Warehouse Steel

    Insurance proceeds

    Reported by Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,974.29
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    State ID 17063629

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    Warren Steel

    Cash held by the State · La, CA

    Reported by Prudential Insurance Company

    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.

    $1,266.72
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    State ID 968439240

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    William N Steel

    Cash held by the State · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Cambrex Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,162.50
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    State ID 980551598

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    W A Stella

    Stocks or securities · Fremont, CA

    Reported by Chevron Corp/pure Resources Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $695.20 Chevron Corporation
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    State ID 14259366

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    Wheel Specialties Steel

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank N A

    $461.94
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    State ID 5176518

  • Worth checking

    W Settle

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by San Diego Lathing Industry Pension Trust Fund

    $396.16
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    State ID 4411802

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    Steel

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by All Star General Insurance Agency Llc

    $376.15
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    State ID 1020282566

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    Ware H Steel

    Cash held by the State · Granite City,

    Reported by Automatic Data Processing Inc

    $311.71
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    State ID 4168214

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    W J Steele

    Cash held by the State · Riverside, CA

    Reported by Ford Motor Company

    $290.00
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    State ID 1829154

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    Warren Steel

    Stocks or securities · La Habra, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $284.40
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    State ID 16078324

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    W R Steele

    Cash held by the State · Cayucos, CA

    Reported by Pacific Bell Telephone Company

    $271.38
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    State ID 9653797

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    Wesley Steel

    Stocks or securities · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by Shelter Components Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $188.26 Shelter Components Corporation
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    State ID 13168165

  • Worth checking

    W J Sidol

    Savings account · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na

    $176.18
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    State ID 17787160

  • Worth checking

    William Steel

    Unclaimed refund · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Pacific Bell Telephone Company

    $171.98
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    State ID 18678353

  • Worth checking

    W L Still

    Unclaimed refund · Joshua Tree, CA

    Reported by Aig Centennial Insurance Co.

    $163.81
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    State ID 12310568

  • Worth checking

    W Frances Steele

    Uncashed check · Lodi, CA

    Reported by Techbuilt Homes Corp

    $133.95
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    State ID 981382069

  • Worth checking

    William Steel

    Cash held by the State · Quincy, CA

    Reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Company

    $119.58
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    State ID 11161401

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    William E Steel

    Cash held by the State · Pasadena, CA

    Reported by Reassure America Life Ins Co

    $106.14
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    State ID 954933984

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.

  • Steel William

    Probate estate · San Francisco County · 2023

    Matched on Steel William (decedent)

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

    $0.50 closed

    State ID 1024716021
    Case 2021-1007

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.