News Releases About ICash Unclaimed Property

Online Auction November 30-December 4, Sale Preview Underway SPRINGFIELD — Commemorative coins, gold pieces and jewelry are among the 8,000 items worth $70,000 to be auctioned Nov. 30- Dec. 4, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. “Our unclaimed property team works hard to return valuables to their rightful owners,” Frerichs said. “If the property goes unclaimed for 10 years, the items are auctioned to make room for incoming unclaimed items.” Items include an Engelhard 10oz gold bar; a 1923D Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold piece; a 1967 Mickey Mantle Topps…

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs today announced a partnership between the state’s ICash program and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) to facilitate the return of recovered cash and assets to retailers. The Illinois Treasurer’s Office has identified nearly 1,000 companies with $25,000 or more in unclaimed property, totaling more than $80 million. Among these, IRMA has helped identify 63 companies from the retail industry with nearly $4.2 million in property to claim. Through this new partnership, the Illinois Treasurer’s ICash program is teaming with IRMA to encourage retailers…

CHICAGO — The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office is searching for tens of thousands of residents, businesses, and nonprofits in the Chicago metropolitan area with unclaimed property. Through the I-Cash program, the treasurer’s office safeguards $2.4 billion in unclaimed property belonging to millions of Illinois residents. Hundreds of thousands of new properties have been reported in recent months, including lost bank accounts, insurance policy proceeds, and utility refunds. Those new reports bring the total available to be claimed from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties to $1.98 billion, including…

$106.8 Million Available from Lake County SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ staff will be in Grayslake on July 9 to help reunite citizens with unclaimed property through the ICash program. In Lake County, an estimated 300,000 people have unclaimed cash or property safeguarded by the Treasurer’s Office. The value exceeds $106.8 million. Statewide, the Treasurer secures more than $2 billion in unclaimed cash and property on behalf of Illinois residents. “Jewelry, coins, and family mementos tucked away in a safe deposit box are common examples of items that…