State Has Money for Scott Township EMS, Bridgeville Civic League and You

Each year, the Pennsylvania Treasury receives millions of dollars in unclaimed property, including abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks, uncashed checks, certificates of deposit, life insurance policies, safe deposit box contents and recovered stolen property. 

Most of this unclaimed property is owed to individual residents. (Read below to find out how to search for yourself or for a relative). However, there are a number of municipalities, school districts, fire and police departments, civic groups, and other organizations that also have money waiting for them.

The state website identifies the property as either "under $100" or "over $100" and the source of the property. A quick (and by no means complete) search of the state's website shows that:

• Scott Township is owed money/property from Verizon Pennsylvania.
• Scott Township Emergency Medical Service is owed money/property from Highmark Inc.
• Scott Township Special Tax Collector is owed money/property from "Taco Bell of America Inc. and Affiliate."
• Bridgeville Civic League is owed money/property from Chevron USA Inc.
• Bridgeville Borough is owed money/property from S&T Bank.
• "Bridgeville Police Dept. Allegheny Co." is owed money/property from Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
• Bridgeville Tax Collector is owed money/property from Westinghouse Electric Corp.
• Collier Township is owed money/property from Guttman Oil.
• Chartiers Valley School District is owed money/property from Coca-Cola and School Claims Services, LLC.

Just last week, state Treasurer Rob McCord let libraries in the state know about unclaimed money owed to them. McCord said that the more than $232,000 that his department holds for these organizations represents just a fraction of the $1.9 billion in unclaimed property that the Treasury currently seeks to reunite with businesses, organizations and citizens.

McCord encouraged everyone to search the Treasury's free unclaimed property database at http://www.patreasury.gov/unclaimedproperty.html or call 1-800-222-2046, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A member of the Treasury's Return Team can assist with the search and claim process.

Some tips for searching for municipalities, institutions, businesses and individuals:

• Try the search several ways, for instance: "Heidelberg," "Heidelberg Borough," "Township of Scott."
• Search for dead relatives.
• Search for yourself under maiden name and/or former addresses.
• If you see your name with a ZIP code that's a digit or two off from yours, check it out. Perhaps the reason that you never got the check is that someone transposed your ZIP numbers.

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