Wyoming Windfalll: Are you on the list?

Wyoming wants to give you your money back.

The Unclaimed Property Division of the Wyoming State Treasurer’s Office is advertising the “Wyoming Windfall” for 2013 — approximately $3.4 million in unclaimed property. This year’s list contains approximately 10,200 names of owners of unclaimed checking and savings accounts, insurance benefits, stock and other funds, wages, refunds, deposits and overpayments.

State Treasurer Mark Gordon says the average claim is less than $100, but some owners have claimed $100,000 or more, according to the Associated Press.

Funds that have been held by a company or by another state for a specified number of years and have not or cannot be paid to the owner are then placed in protective custody by the state treasurer. The
Unclaimed Property Division safeguards and makes an effort to return the funds to the rightful owner, at no cost to the owner.

The Wyoming Windfall has been successful in returning more than $27.7 million to approximately 43,300 owners since the Unclaimed Property Law passed in 1993.  Last fiscal year, over $2 million was claimed by owners or heirs.

Any person who finds his or her name on the list, or the name of a relative, should call the Unclaimed Property Division at 307-777-5590 or write to: Wyoming Unclaimed Property Division, 2515 Warren Ave., Suite 502, Cheyenne, WY 82002.

The Wyoming Windfall also can be accessed online at www.wywindfall.gov.

Below is a spreadsheet listing the folks and businesses with unclaimed property whose last known address is in Park County. If that doesn't work for you, you can download the list as a PDF file.