John Schroder
Today is National Unclaimed Property Day, and here in the Bayou State, Treasurer John Schroder said he’s celebrating the day by handing out checks.
“We will have a presentation to the workforce over at one of the local hospitals, that we worked very closely with to get some checks out to their employees,” said Schroder.
This afternoon he’ll present over 500 checks totaling more than $42,000 to employees at a Baton Rouge General Hospital.
Schroder said the Unclaimed Property division in Louisiana has a billion dollars on paper and they’ve just launched a pilot program that works with large businesses to find data matches and it’s proving to be successful.
“This money comes in a lot of different ways. Typically, businesses don’t check, and we’ve had a big push lately for our businesses, especially around the capital region, to look and see how much money is in this program,” said Schroder.
You can always check to see if you have Unclaimed Property by visiting LAcashclaim.org. You never know if you have a deposit that was not returned or even a lost paycheck you didn’t know about.
“One out of six people across this state have money in this program, and it’s very easy to check. You punch in your name. And don’t forget to check your businesses, your churches, and your nonprofits. There’s a lot of, lot of money in this program,” said Schroder.
Schroder says when Unclaimed Property is mentioned in the media they tend to see a spike in queries and he says he’s looking forward to seeing how many checks they’ll be mailing out from today’s claims.
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