Eastern Idahoans show up to claim their missing money. Here’s how you can get yours

BLACKFOOT — You could person money waiting for you to declare it — and it’s not a scam.

More than 150 eastbound Idahoans began claims to regain their mislaid spot Wednesday, and you could beryllium 1 of galore passim nan authorities who tin do nan same.

Idaho State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth and Operations and Policy Specialist Merissa Landers were astatine nan Idaho Potato Museum successful Blackfoot to thief group spot if they had unclaimed money and, if so, thief them get it back. When a personification has missing aliases unclaimed money aliases property, nan unclaimed spot section of nan treasurer’s agency holds it for them and tin return it to them.

“I want you to cognize that this is not a scam,” said Julie Ellsworth, Idaho authorities treasurer. “The Unclaimed Property Division is simply a section of my office, and we are maintaining your mislaid money here, truthful travel and get it.”

While nan treasurer’s sojourn to eastbound Idaho is complete now, group still person nan opportunity to retrieve money that they’ve lost.

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Ellsworth said there’s a assortment of ways group suffer their money, ranging from dormant slope accounts, unknowingly being nan beneficiary of a life security argumentation aliases conscionable having checks that haven’t been cashed.

“You’d beryllium amazed really galore group hide their past paycheck,” Ellsworth said.

“Doesn’t it sound excessively bully to beryllium true? It is true.”

Between 150 and 175 group claimed spot connected Wednesday, but this is simply a mini information of nan $266 cardinal successful unclaimed spot nan authorities treasurer’s agency holds successful total.

While Ellsworth and Landers weren’t aren’t capable to trim group checks aliases manus retired rate that group were missing, they were capable to thief group declare their mislaid property. The measurement Ellsworth sees it, nan worth of gathering pinch group in-person is truthful that she tin activity pinch them and assuage their doubts astir nan legitimacy of nan unclaimed spot division.

“This allows you to activity pinch group live, and to study that it’s really not a scam. Doesn’t it sound excessively bully to beryllium true? It is true,” Ellsworth said.

Jerica Hardy, a precocious schoolhouse coach successful Idaho Falls, came to nan Potato Museum connected Wednesday because she has an rumor pinch her unclaimed property. Her grandma purchased a enslaved for her, but her grandma put it nether her ain Social Security number, and nan beingness transcript of nan enslaved has been lost.

Ellsworth said that Hardy’s business was complicated, and they couldn’t to process a declare for her. However, they were capable to get nan interaction for personification successful Boise to retrieve her bond.

Jordan Parris, a resident of Blackfoot, recovered retired that he had complete $100 successful unclaimed property, and he has nary thought erstwhile he mislaid it. He besides recovered retired that immoderate of his relatives had unclaimed money.

“That was good worthy it to travel cheque it out,” Parris said.

While nan enslaved that Hardy mislaid isn’t worthy much, it still intends thing to her to beryllium capable to retrieve it.

“That was a gift that my grandma had fixed us, if it still exists, that conscionable benignant of sewage lost, and it’s recoverable,” Hardy said.