Kansas · Unclaimed property · Updated Oct 2026
Kansas State Treasurer, 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 Kansas's official list of unclaimed property by name.
Search in KansasSearch your name at MissingMoney.KS.gov. Also check maiden names, former names, family members and old business names.
Select the items that are yours, review them, and click FILE CLAIM.
Enter your legal name and your current mailing address. Your check goes to that address. Sign with your full legal name and submit to get a claim number.
Read the email you receive. Its claim form lists exactly what proof you need.
Upload documents through the secure portal or mail them. Kansas does not accept claims or documents by fax or email. Notarized papers and original death certificates must be mailed.
Check your claim status online with your claim ID.
No automatic payment program was found. The state does match its records with the Department of Revenue and mails outreach letters, but you still need to file a claim online or call to start one.
You must show your legal right or relationship to the person who died, for example an obituary listing survivors, or Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration naming you. With no valid will or trust, Kansas follows its intestate succession laws and pays each heir directly. The site offers a family tree template for estates that were not probated.
Any agreement to pay someone to recover property is unenforceable if made within 24 months after the property was turned over to the state. After 24 months, the agreement is unenforceable if the fee is more than 15% of the property's value. The state may pay the owner or heir directly, not the finder.
Law: K.S.A. 58-3968
Watch out: The Treasurer's office never charges a fee; anyone asking for a fee to help you claim is not from the State Treasurer's Office.
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 Kansas State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division. Searching is free. Search every name you have used and every address where you lived in Kansas.
No. The state does not charge a fee to claim. Any agreement to pay someone to recover property is unenforceable if made within 24 months after the property was turned over to the state. After 24 months, the agreement is unenforceable if the fee is more than 15% of the property's value. The state may pay the owner or heir directly, not the finder.
You must show your legal right or relationship to the person who died, for example an obituary listing survivors, or Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration naming you. With no valid will or trust, Kansas follows its intestate succession laws and pays each heir directly. The site offers a family tree template for estates that were not probated.
Claims are handled in the order received and can take up to 90 days. Heir and business claims take longer.
Last checked: Oct 2026.