Menlo Park unclaimed business money

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The California State Controller holds about $3.3 million for 104 business-type owners with Menlo Park addresses whose open records total $10,000 or more each.

#33of 39 California cities by number of such owners
$18,981median owner total (state: $18,087)
76%of owners have LLC, Inc. or Corp.-type names
33%of owners have two or more records

What the money is

The largest kinds of property held for Menlo Park business-type owners:

Top property types, Menlo Park business-type owners owed $10,000+
Property typeAmountWhat it usually is
Bank-issued checks$372kchecks issued by a bank on its own account that were never cashed
Underlying shares$344kthe shares themselves, not just their dividends, after the account went dormant
Funds for liquidation$334kcash from a fund or company that was liquidated
Warrants$230k
Accounts payable$197kpayments a company owed a supplier (accounts payable) that never got through, where the supplier is the owner

The typical Menlo Park owner on this list is owed $18,981, above the statewide median of $18,087. 20% of the owners here are trusts or estates, which follow different claim rules from companies.

Claiming it

A Menlo Park business claims from the Controller like any California business: an authorized person signs the Controller's claim form in wet ink, in front of a notary for $1,000 or more in cash or for any securities, and the package includes proof of authority, the FEIN and the address the holder reported. With 33% of local owners holding more than one record, it pays to search every name and address the business has used.

We do this for 10% of what the state pays, charged only after payment. Check your business or read how it works.

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Source: California State Controller unclaimed property file, records of $500 and up, dated November 4, 2026. Open records only (no claim pending or paid), owner address in California, owner = name + ZIP code, business-type names only, government names removed, owners whose records total $10,000 or more. RecoverOwed computation; classifying owners by name pattern is approximate. No individual owner is named on this site.

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