(Cheyenne, WY) â Wyomingâs Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurerâs Office paid out a record $7.423 million to citizens and former citizens of the State for the fiscal year that ended June 30th.Â
The payment amount was approximately $2.3 million more than what was paid the previous fiscal year and a half million dollars more than the previous record of $6.857 million, which was paid between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.
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âEach year we continue to get more money turned in to the State by businesses that cannot locate the owners of unclaimed property,â State Treasurer Curt Meier said. âWe work hard to reunite as much of this money as possible, and the numbers recorded this year show that our efforts paid off.â
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Former Wyoming Residents Receive Over $7000 in Unclaimed Property
Earlier this month, two former Laramie Residents received an unexpected windfall when the Wyoming Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer s Office split an old certificate of deposit amounting to over $7,000.
When Freida Alldredge passed away in early 2017, Rogena Orr was tasked with closing out her mother’s estate. Yet it appeared that something may have slipped through the crack, and this is exactly what happened when Orr received a voicemail regarding some unclaimed property of her mother s.
After confirming that the call was indeed from the state department, she proceeded with the claims process.