If you’ve sold a property that went through foreclosure or a tax deed sale in the past few years — or you’re the heir or family member of someone who did — there’s a real chance there’s leftover money sitting with a county clerk or court that’s never been claimed.
Two Ways to Check
- Contact us with your name and the county/state where the property was located, and we’ll do a free, no-obligation check of public records to see if surplus funds exist in your name.
- Check yourself, for free. In Florida, for example, there’s a free state search at fltreasurehunt.gov. Most states and counties have something similar, though not all of them make it easy to find — if yours doesn’t turn up anything online, the clerk of court in the county where the property was sold can tell you directly.
There’s no fee to check, and no obligation if we do find something and you decide you’d rather handle it yourself.
One more piece of the full picture: if there are outstanding liens on the property — a second mortgage, an HOA lien, a judgment — those typically get paid out of the surplus before you see anything, so the amount could end up smaller once liens are accounted for. Still worth checking, though: if nobody ever claims it, the state or county keeps the whole thing, and those same liens usually never get paid at all.