{"id":369202,"date":"2026-08-12T09:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369202\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:12:11","slug":"orange-county-clerk-of-courts-encourages-residents-to-search-unclaimed-check-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369202\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Clerk of Courts\u00a0encourages\u00a0residents\u00a0to\u00a0search unclaimed\u00a0check\u00a0list\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"css-filter size-large bricks-lazy-hidden\" alt=\"Orange County Clerk of Courts office building\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Orange-County-Clerk-of-Courts-office-building_Courtesy-of-Orange-County-Clerk-of-Courts-Communicatio.jpeg\" data-type=\"string\" data- \/>Orange County Clerk of Courts office building<\/p>\n<p class=\"media-credit\">Courtesy of Orange County Clerk of Courts Communications<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may have free money and not know it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Orange County Clerk of Courts\u00a0is\u00a0inviting\u00a0individuals,\u00a0businesses\u00a0and organizations\u00a0to view\u00a0its unclaimed checks list to\u00a0see if\u00a0their names\u00a0appear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view the list, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myorangeclerk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.myorangeclerk.com<\/a>. Those listed may\u00a0claim money\u00a0until\u00a0Sept. 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become A Member<\/p>\n<p>The Apopka Chief does not have a paywall, but pavement-pounding journalism is not free. Join your neighbors who make this vital work possible.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"in-article__cta\" class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--secondary mdn-support-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/become-a-member?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See Member Benefits<\/a><a class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/newsletter-signup?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur customers deserve to receive the money that is rightly theirs,\u201d Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell said\u00a0in an Aug. 3\u00a0statement. \u201cThat is why every year we go above and beyond to spread the word about our unclaimed checks list.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list includes\u00a09,100 checks\u00a0composed\u00a0of uncashed vendor payments, refunds,\u00a0restitution\u00a0and cash bonds. The amounts range\u00a0from as\u00a0little\u00a0as\u00a0one cent\u00a0up to $10,000.\u00a0Checks typically go unclaimed due to a change of address or\u00a0accidental neglect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clerk\u2019s office reminds customers who have restitution owed to them on a case in Orange County to\u00a0update their addresses with the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Checks remaining unclaimed after the deadline\u00a0will be\u00a0forfeited\u00a0and deposited into the clerk\u2019s fine and forfeiture fund,\u00a0in accordance with Section 116.21 of the Florida Statutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County Clerk of Courts office building Courtesy of Orange County Clerk of Courts Communications You may have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-369202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}