Who doesn't like FREE MONEY? 

I think that everyone would want something for nothing.  Heck...it seems like there are a lot of politicians that are counting on getting elected by giving away "free" stuff.  But you and I both know that none of that is free.  Somebody else is paying for it.

And in this case...my call for "free money" isn't really free.  It's actually your money that somehow just happened to never get to you and ended up in some state politicians piggy bank.  They are called "unclaimed funds".  It's your money to pick up, and if you don't within a certain period of time, it's likely to revert to the state.  (Now that's free money for them...)

Each state is different and likely has its own way of you claiming these funds which are in limbo.  

I just got off my state's website for this function and found there were several checks for work that had been done that never made it to my billing company.  It...