TFN Trust Fund News Vol. Each year the Department publishes their names in the state newspaper and the Trust Fund News in an attempt to find these individuals or their heirs and let them know this money is available. Last year, ETF located 118 of the 207 persons on the final account list. If you know the whereabouts of anyone on this year's list, please ask them or their heirs to write to ETF at PO Box 7931, Madison, WI 53707-7931. Application forms are available for rightful claimants.
Most accounts are small, but over the years a few have been substantial.
ETF began publishing the names of abandoned accounts in 1976. Under current law, WRS participants or heirs have up to ten years after publication to make a claim. Current WRS participants are advised to take precautions against forgetting their accounts in the future. If you terminate WRS-covered employment and do not take a benefit, provide ETF with address changes as you move so that you can receive account information and avoid possible forfeiture of your account.