Guides
Updated
Plain-English guides, written for business owners and checked against the Controller's rules and California statutes. Each guide lists its sources.
- California unclaimed property: a guide for business owners
- Unclaimed money in California: where it comes from and how it gets back
- What is escheatment?
- claimit.ca.gov explained: what a California property record tells you
- The California State Controller and unclaimed property
- How to search unclaimed property for a business name
- Escheated funds and escheated checks
- The California claim form: signing, notary and sending
- California claim status: what happens after you file
- Is unclaimed property recovery legit? How to spot a scam
- Unclaimed property investigators in California: the rules
- Choosing an unclaimed property recovery service
- Asset recovery companies and unclaimed property recovery: not the same thing
- Unclaimed money for businesses: the 2026 California picture
- Business claim checklist: the documents you need
- Unclaimed checks in California
- Unclaimed wages in California
- Unclaimed life insurance in California
- Claiming unclaimed property for a deceased owner
- Unclaimed stock and securities in California
- Escheatment in California: the money owed back to businesses
- Money owed to your business that you may not know about
- Why so much business property goes unclaimed