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Search California Unclaimed Property — Free
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.
This search covers properties worth $100 and above. Smaller properties exist and are claimable — they are on the State’s own site, not in this index. What this covers
14 exact, and 1 close matches worth a look
Worth $90,265 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 109 records under the surname Chiao, worth $179,453. See every city and first name they are recorded under
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Strong match
Yu S Chiao
Reported by United Commercial Bank
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Strong match
Yu Jia Chiao
Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company
Held jointly with 1 other person
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Strong match
Yu S Chiao
Reported by United Commercial Bank
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Likely match
Yao Y Chiao
Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:0279-chinatown Branch
A claim on this will have to be notarized.
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Likely match
Yao Y Chiao
Reported by Bank Of America Nt&sa Branch:0279-chinatown Branch
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Worth checking
Yen Rong Chiao
Reported by Bank Of America - California-south
A claim on this will have to be notarized.
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Worth checking
Yang T Chiao
Reported by Bank Of America Na
A claim on this will have to be notarized.
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Worth checking
Yuan-ho Chiao
Reported by America California Bank
Held jointly with 1 other person
A claim on this will have to be notarized.
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Worth checking
Yuchi Chiao
Reported by Activision Inc 92 Recap
A claim on this will have to be notarized.
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Worth checking
Ying Chiao
Reported by Cathay Bank
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Worth checking
Yulon Chiao
Reported by At T Wireless Services Inc
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Worth checking
Chiao
Reported by Calif Casualty Indemnity Exchange
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Worth checking
Yen Chiao
Reported by Sutter Bay Hospitals
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Worth checking
Yuan-juhn Chiao
Reported by Stanford Federal Credit Union
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Worth checking
Yap Jessica C Chiao
Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)
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.
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.
2 are still open, holding $146,035.
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Chow Yee Mary Jan
Matched on Chow Yee Mary Jan (decedent)
8 heirs named on the State’s record
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Yu Hon-Man
Matched on Chiu Yu (heir)
5 heirs named on the State’s record
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.
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.