Louisiana Has $635M In Unclaimed Money Awaiting Return

Could you use a little extra Holiday cash? You could have money just sitting around waiting on you to swing on over and claim it!

Louisiana currently has $635 MILLION DOLLARS in unclaimed money. This equates to 500,000 Louisianians that are owed money and might not even know it. Old paychecks, checking accounts, insurance proceeds and many other things are sent to the state when a company can't contact someone.

From wafb.com -

"State Treasurer John Kennedy has been trying to give the money back, printing advertisements in newspapers and traveling to malls to tell people about the database. He's even slapped the website address on the side of a truck in the Natchitoches Christmas parade.

"It'd be nice to have a check waiting for you from the state in January to pay some of those bills," he said. "Your odds are a whole lot better than winning the lottery."

The average claim is $660, but some are much larger. A woman in north Louisiana recently found out her husband took out a life insurance policy she didn't know about and will be receiving a $60,000 check from the state."

So, you ready to get started looking for some money? Head over to treasury.state.la.us to get started, and good luck!