The Department of Treasury is mailing out a second round of unclaimed property checks. Just over 44,000 checks are being mailed out this week, totaling $4.2 million dollars. State Treasurer John Schroder said they had some issues with the first wave of checks, with people not believing they had come into a large sum of money.
“People didn’t think these checks were real. I’m telling you, if you get a check from the Department of Treasury and it’s got that seal and my signature on it, you need to take that to the bank,” said Schroder.
The checks range in value and could be worth upon to $1500. Any greater value will result in a claim form being mailed to the recipient.
Schroder said every parish in the state has residents receiving some sort of money.
“Certainly those parishes with a larger population will get more money, but it’s a lot of money and we are happy to be able to do it,” said Schroder.
Schroder encourages residents to keep an eye on your mailbox and keep an eye on the department’s website. He adds more money is coming.
“If you don’t get a check, that doesn’t necessarily mean that we don’t have any money for you. We’re sending out the easy ones. The more complicated ones with deal with internally,” said Schroder.
For those that are curious to see if anything has been found in their name, head over to LATreasury.com and click on “unclaimed property” at the top of the page.
