State Of California Has A Check For $28 Waiting For Jesus Christ

[matcom]

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With proof of identity, Jesus Christ can collect a $28 check from the state of California. Mick Jagger is eligible for $919. Maria Shriver can pocket $258 in mystery loot. And Ben Affleck has a $1,598 bonanza awaiting pickup.

These and other celebrities are on a list of 6 million "lost" Californians who qualify for a cut of the $3.9 billion held by the state's bureau of unclaimed property.

When a company owes someone money but can't find them — or when a bank account lies untouched for three years and the owner can't be reached — the funds must be turned over to the state's unclaimed property division. The cash then stays in government coffers unless a claim is made by the owner or the heirs.

Think of it as a giant lost-and-found department, except the story of how this money wound up "lost" sometimes involves mind-boggling bureaucratic incompetence.

It's one thing to lose track of an average citizen who moves and leaves no forwarding address. But how hard is it to hunt down Sen. Dianne Feinstein, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Disneyland or the Archdiocese of Los Angeles? They haven't changed addresses in years, yet all are on the list of people and organizations whose money has been transferred — or escheated — to the state after they were declared "missing."

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-et-property9oct09.story

[underpants]

1. Will a note from his father suffice?

:scared:

[matcom]

2. no

it must be collected in person thank you

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Crazy...Once, when I was 16, I didn't cash my state refund. It was all of

$24. We found it, uncashed, when my husband and myself were married 10 years later. We did an investigation, and found that I could still claim the money, plus interest! The State of Michigan bought my wedding dress! (My wedding dress cost $39. :hi:

[MikeG]

4. Is that Jesus H. Christ or Jesus F. Christ?

[RC]

5. LOL!

I suppose you know one of them and are willing to help them claim the loot?:evilgrin:

[MikeG]

8. He can't get a bank account. When he gives his address they laugh.

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. Jesus is homeless

and carries no ID.

[Inland]

6. Well, really, is it the state's job to look up rich, careless people?

I say keep the damn money until Mick and Ben and God miss it.

[TwilightZone]

7. Bush will probably show up to claim it, claiming Jesus as a family member.

Or at least "a close advisor".