{"id":482119,"date":"2026-10-31T05:48:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482119\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T05:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:48:48","slug":"texas-has-12-5-billion-in-unclaimed-property-heres-how-to-check-if-youre-owed-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482119\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas has $12.5 billion in unclaimed property. Here&#8217;s how to check if you&#8217;re owed money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Comptroller Don Huffines<\/a> is urging Texans to search for unclaimed money as the state begins using artificial intelligence and new software to speed up its claims process.<\/p>\n<p>More than $12.5 billion in unclaimed property is waiting to be returned to its rightful owners in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Comptroller&#8217;s Office says it has processed more than 107,000 claims since Aug. 1, up 40% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Unclaimed property includes forgotten bank accounts, uncashed checks, utility deposits, insurance proceeds, unpaid wages, and abandoned safe-deposit box contents.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/unclaimed.png#.png\" alt=\"unclaimed.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Comptroller&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This money belongs to those who earned it, not the state,&#8221; Huffines said in a news release. &#8220;&#8230; Texans should not have to wait for money that is already theirs. For the first time in decades, we are cleaning out the garage, and this is just the start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Owners can typically claim property held by the state at any time. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to check: Visit<a href=\"https:\/\/claimittexas.gov\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> ClaimItTexas.gov<\/a> or call 800-321-2274. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Huffines&#8217; office, additional modernization details will be released in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is urging Texans to search for unclaimed money as the state begins using artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[430,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-482119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-north-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}