Idaho · Unclaimed property · Updated Oct 2026
Idaho State Treasurer's Office, Unclaimed Property Division holds money that businesses could not return to its owners. Here is how to search, what proof you need and how long it takes.
Search Idaho's official list of unclaimed property by name.
Search in IdahoSearch by your last name (or business name) on YourMoney.Idaho.gov. It is free.
Select the properties that are yours and file a claim online. You choose your relationship to the owner and sign electronically.
Upload your supporting documents online using the Claim ID shown on your claim form.
Check your claim status online with your claim number.
If the owner has died, the nearest living relative or heir, or the court-appointed executor or personal representative, can claim. Relatives claim in the order of the Uniform Probate Code's line of kinship: surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, brothers and sisters, then nieces and nephews. Send a copy of the death certificate for every deceased owner on the account (photocopies are fine), proof that you are the nearest living relative or heir or the personal representative, and the will if there was one.
An agreement with a finder to locate your property is void if it is signed before 24 months have passed since the property was turned over to the state. The law sets no percentage cap on the fee. The rule does not apply to an attorney you hire to pursue a specific claim.
Law: Idaho Code § 14-5-1301 (added 2024)
Claiming is free. Your state never charges a fee to search or to claim. Be careful with letters, calls or texts that ask for a fee, a percentage or your bank login to release money. Search the official state site yourself.
Search every other state where you lived or worked. Some money, like old savings bonds and IRS refunds, is held by federal agencies.
Money that businesses could not return to you and had to hand over to a state, such as old bank accounts and insurance policies. USA.gov says state governments hold most unclaimed money.
Official siteOld paper or electronic U.S. savings bonds that were never cashed, including bonds that have matured and stopped earning interest (EE and I bonds earn interest for up to 30 years), plus lost, stolen or destroyed bonds.
Official siteTax refunds owed to people who never filed a federal tax return for a year, often because they earned little and were not required to file. The IRS says taxpayers usually have three years to file and claim a refund; after that the money becomes the property of the U.S. Treasury.
Official siteSearch the official database run by the Idaho State Treasurer's Office, Unclaimed Property Division. Searching is free. Search every name you have used and every address where you lived in Idaho.
No. The state does not charge a fee to claim. An agreement with a finder to locate your property is void if it is signed before 24 months have passed since the property was turned over to the state. The law sets no percentage cap on the fee. The rule does not apply to an attorney you hire to pursue a specific claim.
If the owner has died, the nearest living relative or heir, or the court-appointed executor or personal representative, can claim. Relatives claim in the order of the Uniform Probate Code's line of kinship: surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, brothers and sisters, then nieces and nephews. Send a copy of the death certificate for every deceased owner on the account (photocopies are fine), proof that you are the nearest living relative or heir or the personal representative, and the will if there was one.
Last checked: Oct 2026.