A new website called claimittexas.org is now live, thanks to the Unclaimed Property Division of the Texas Comptroller’s Office.
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The online tool lets Texans search for unclaimed assets like bank accounts or bill over-payments, and claims have reunited more than $2 billion in lost assets with their rightful owners.
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The Comptroller’s office even created an ad campaign to let people know about the billions of dollars they could qualify to reclaim. The tagline: “Some things you may not want to claim. Others, you do.”
Did any of your holiday parties look like this? 🤦♀ Find something you *want* to claim at https://t.co/1x2Pnodj2I. #ClaimItTexas pic.twitter.com/8k1Y0KNjmE
— Texas Comptroller (@txcomptroller) January 7, 2018
According to Fox News, institutions, businesses and governmental entities are all required by Texas state law to report any personal property that’s gone unclaimed for a time span of up to five years.
There’s also no statute of limitations; once reported, it waits there indefinitely to be claimed by whoever owns it.
So give the site a quick browse. You might get some help paying off that Christmas credit card debt. After all, is their promo video concludes, “It’s your money — come and get it.”
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