State Treasurer Roby Smith says more than 68 million dollars of unclaimed property has been turned over so far this year to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt.
The record amount easily surpasses the previous record of nearly 43 million. Smith believes the large amount of unclaimed money and property is linked to the chaos of the pandemic.
Smith says. He says all those transactions likely led to the money not being claimed and its now been turned over. Smith says the average amount claimed is 150 dollars, but it can be a lot more and a lot less.
Smith encourages everyone to go to GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov and search for your name.
He says you may’ve found unclaimed property on the site already, but you check again as new items come in every year.
