Money Waiting To Be Claimed In Bucks County: Controller

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Bucks Countians may have money waiting for them to claim in Doylestown.

According to Bucks County Controller Pamela Van Blunk, the county has unclaimed funds belonging to individuals and organizations doing business with or receiving services from the county.

Unclaimed monies consist of checks that remain uncashed for more than six months, usually resulting from warrants/checks that are returned as undeliverable by the U.S. Postal Service. Often the payee has moved and hasn't left a forwarding address, or the forwarding address has expired. In addition, warrants/checks may remain uncashed for any number of other reasons, including being destroyed or lost.

If Bucks County is holding your unclaimed funds, you will find an application and instructions on how to obtain your funds on the same webpage as the listing. Payees may claim their monies directly from the controller’s office via U.S. mail without any service charges or fees.

Once the Controller’s office verifies the application and documentation, the applicant will receive the funds in approximately 4-6 weeks. At the bottom of the Controller’s Unclaimed Funds’ website, you will also find links to Pennsylvania Treasury’s Unclaimed Funds and a National Unclaimed Funds website.

Since the inception of the Unclaimed Funds program, the Controller's office has returned more than $427,330 to its rightful owners.

Van Blunk started the Unclaimed Funds program in Bucks County just over a year ago, with the list of unclaimed funds going public on the Bucks County’s Controller’s website in September 2022.

As the fiscal watchdog of the county’s spending, the Bucks County Controller has many responsibilities including but not limited to maintaining the county’s financial records, preparing the annual financial report, and processing and approving vendor invoices and payroll for over 2,500 employees.

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For more information about the Controller’s Office’s Unclaimed Funds program, contact the Bucks Controller’s Office at 215-348-6435.