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ewyorksockexchange t1_jchqcr8 wrote

Reply to comment by Aggravating_Foot_528 in Pa. Treasury might have your money, and now there’s a plan to return it by Aggravating_Foot_528

This would be great for the people that have small amount in unclaimed property for whom filing a formal claim is either not worth the effort or basically impossible. Comcast owes me like $300 from some kind of settlement from a decade or so ago, but I can’t get the money because I don’t have a copy of my lease from back then. This bill would allow me to get that $$$.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 OP t1_jchr09z wrote

Yes. It's so dumb right now. They know who they have money for. You just need to claim it by producing so much paperwork in some cases and getting signatures notarized that often it's not worth the time/effort.

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drxdrg08 t1_jckczmo wrote

> They know who they have money for.

They don't.

There is no tie between a name and a physical person. Unlike a social security number. Names are not unique. And even if they were, there is no definitive database of addresses where checks can be sent.

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drxdrg08 t1_jckcklw wrote

> automatically write a check

What address are they writing on the envelope for the check?

> Comcast owes me like $300 from some kind of settlement from a decade or so ago, but I can’t get the money because I don’t have a copy of my lease from back then.

Maybe the address of the Comcast contract?

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