Illinois Treasurer to Host I-Cash Events in Romeoville, Plainfield

Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is encouraging area residents to attend his I-Cash events in Plainfield on Wednesday, Oct. 15, and in Romeoville on Thursday, Oct. 16, to determine if the state is holding any money or unclaimed property entitled to them.

There are 233,226 owners in Will County with $42,127,561 in unclaimed property and DuPage County has 530,512 owners with $146,255,808 in unclaimed property, Rutherford’s office said. The Unclaimed Property Division has $2.1 billion in cash, plus contents from Illinois safe deposit boxes that have been inactive for at least five years.

I-Cash staff will be at Plainfield’s Lakewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14716 S. Eastern Ave., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to help attendees find out if they have unclaimed property. Rutherford is expected to be at the event at 3 p.m.

On Thursday, I-Cash staff will be at Senior Star at Weber Place, 605 S. Edward Drive, in the Weber Pub and Creamery, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Rutherford is expected to attend at 9 a.m.

“People are thrilled to find out they have money just waiting for them through I-Cash,” Rutherford said. “I encourage area residents to come visit me at local I-Cash events for assistance in locating their money or property. In addition everyone should make an attempt to review our online database annually so they don’t miss out on money or valuable assets the state is holding for them.”

The treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Division’s costs, including staff, computers and travel, are paid with program funds, and not by tax dollars.

Some examples of unclaimed property currently held by the treasurer’s office include:

• Money from inactive savings and checking accounts
• Unpaid wages or commissions
• Stocks, bonds and mutual funds
• Money orders and bill overpayments
• Paid-up life insurance policies
• Safe deposit box contents.

To find out if you have unclaimed property through I-Cash, visit the treasurer’s website at www.treasurer.il.gov and follow the I-Cash link. The website is updated weekly to reflect new properties remitted to the office. Additionally, the I-Cash team conducts regular outreach across the state, places twice-annual notices in newspapers and sends direct mail to new claimants with property worth more than $100. One can contact the Unclaimed Property Division by calling 217-785-6998 or emailing info@Icash.Illinois.gov, although searches cannot be completed by telephone.