Billie Ledger · California · data as of Sep 23, 2026
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$11.18B
That's what California is holding in forgotten money: 3,757,471 balances of $500 or more. 86% of those dollars have never been claimed. Nobody even filed.
01 The numbers
- 3,502,155balances nobody has ever claimed
- 7,863balances over $100,000
- 91balances over $1,000,000
- $21Mthe single biggest one
02 Your zip
03 Who handed it over
- Bank of America284,758 balances$1.06B
- Wells Fargo198,040 balances$742M
- MetLife195,157 balances$440M
- Charles Schwab31,797 balances$363M
- Prudential118,543 balances$346M
- Chase70,437 balances$293M
- Citi54,936 balances$238M
- Union Bank38,664 balances$147M
- AIG35,387 balances$146M
- Morgan Stanley12,639 balances$130M
- US Bank31,691 balances$102M
- East West Bank17,751 balances$92M
Companies must hand forgotten money to the state. Grouped by name. Every branch and division combined.
04 Where the owners live
- Los Angeles310,280 balances$916M
- San Francisco144,782 balances$516M
- San Diego118,136 balances$334M
- San Jose84,355 balances$251M
- Sacramento61,750 balances$162M
- Irvine42,339 balances$155M
- Oakland51,515 balances$141M
- Long Beach47,236 balances$128M
- Beverly Hills25,693 balances$86M
- Pasadena26,965 balances$85M
05 What it is
- Checking accounts207,145 balances$1.03B
- Life insurance owed to beneficiaries177,112 balances$928M
- Stock shares155,831 balances$915M
- Cashier's checks216,193 balances$690M
- Savings accounts119,695 balances$650M
- Mutual funds40,779 balances$450M
- Insurance claims & benefits176,993 balances$387M
- Securities179,906 balances$373M
06 Claim yours
- 01Search your name in CaliforniaOfficial State Controller search · freeSearch↗
- 02Every other stateOfficial search, all 50 states · freeSearch↗
Claiming is always free. Anybody who charges you to get your own money back, walk away.
07 How this was counted
Source: the California State Controller's public unclaimed-property download, every record reported at $500 or more (published Sep 23, 2026). Amount = the record's current cash balance. "Never claimed" = no paid and no pending claims on the record. Owner names are public in the state's file; this page publishes none of them. Totals by zip use the owner's last known zip.