State Has Money for Sewickley Area Municipalities, Organizations and You

Each year, the Pennsylvania Treasury receives millions of dollars in unclaimed property, including abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks, uncashed checks, certificates of deposit, life insurance policies, safe deposit box contents and recovered stolen property. 

Most of this unclaimed property is owed to individual residents (read below to find out how to search for yourself or a relative). However, there are a number of municipalities, school districts, fire and police departments, civic groups and other organizations that also have money waiting for them.

The state website identifies the property as either "under $100" or "over $100" and the source of the property. A quick (and by no means complete) search of the state's website shows that:

• Sewickley Borough is owed money/property from Community College of Allegheny County.
• Sewickley Valley Hospital (also listed as Sewickley Hospital) is owed money/property from Wolters Kluwer Health Inc. and Disability Reinsurance Management Services.
• Sewickley Hills Borough is owed money/property from Comcast Cable Holdings LLC.
• Sewickley Republican Committee is owed money/property from Tax Free Instruments Trust.
• Leetsdale Industrial Park is owed money/property from Allied Waste Industries Inc.
• Leetsdale Fire Department is owed money/property from National City Corp. and United Way of Allegheny County.
• Haysville Borough is owed money/property from Office of the Budget.
• Aleppo Township, the Tax Authority is owed money/property from Valley Medical Facilities Dba Medical Center Of Be (sic).
• Bell Acres Police Department is owed money/property from Progressive Northern Insurance Comp.
• Quaker Valley High School is owed money/property from Staples Inc.

Just last week, state Treasurer Rob McCord let libraries in the state know about unclaimed money owed them. He said the more than $232,000 his department holds for these organizations represents just a fraction of the $1.9 billion in unclaimed property the Treasury currently seeks to reunite with businesses, organizations and citizens.

McCord encouraged everyone to search Treasury’s free unclaimed property database at www.patreasury.gov or call 1-800-222-2046, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A member of Treasury’s Return Team can assist with the search and claim process.

Some tips for searching for municipalities, institutions, businesses and individuals:

• Try the search several ways, for instance: "Sewickley," "Sewickley Borough," "Borough of Sewickley."
• Search the town name/Zip Code town. Some entries appear to be a business or group with the town name, but not necessarily the proper name of the business. (For example, Smith Auto Parts might be listed under Sewickley Auto Parts.)
• Search for dead relatives.
• Search for yourself under maiden name and/or former address.
• If you see your name with a Zip code that's a digit or two off from yours, check it out. Perhaps the reason you never got the check is that someone transposed the Zip code numbers.

Have you searched this state Treasury site for money? If you're successful, let us know in the comments box below!

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