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There are over 300 thousand accounts of Alaskan unclaimed funds on the state list and 12 thousand more items are added to this list every year. Every Alaska resident should do an abandoned assets search as it is quite surprising who's name pops up on the list of owners of abandoned property. Hawaiian Airlines, the Russian Airline company Aeroflot, the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, China Airlines, even KIAK radio and KTVF-TV have claimable money waiting for them in Alaska. Even government establishments are owed abandoned money! Local governments and school districts in Anchorage, Kenai, Barrow and Juneau are among those listed in over a dozen unclaimed property accounts. The names of former State Governor Tony Knowles, his wife Susa, former Gov. Steve Cowper, former Gov. Bill Sheffield, former Lt. Gov. Lowell Thomas Jr., are also apparently owed money. These people are public officials, easy to find and they have not yet discovered their unclaimed property being held by the state.


According to the Alaska Unclaimed Funds Division of the Governor's office in a recent report, "The Unclaimed Property (UCP) staff conducts searches for property owners by selecting recently reported properties from the division's database and using online tools to locate the owners. The target is to search for 50 owners each month, however when there are fluctuations in staffing and/or workload the UCP places a priority on responding to claims requests from property owners which involves verifying claims and processing payments." In light of this, it would be in the best interests of all Alaskans to take some initiative, perform an internet search for unclaimed property and find out if they are owed cash by the state. The wild Forget-Me-Not is Alaska's official state flower, and residents would definitely not want to forget about their cash in the Treasurer's hands either.

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