The deadline is June 30, 2001. The Division of State Lands administers Oregon s Unclaimed Property Act. The division acts as a trust agent for abandoned funds, such as bank accounts, unpaid wages, paid-up life insurance policies, contents of safe deposit boxes and uncashed checks. The division also handles other unclaimed property and estates of people who die without known heirs. The unclaimed balance remains in the Common School Fund.
Unclaimed amounts are available for claim by the owners or their heirs forever.
The list is updated monthly. The Web site also offers links to similar lists for other states. The division is the administrative arm of the State Land Board . The board consists of Governor John Kitzhaber, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Treasurer Randall Edwards. The division manages lands, natural resources and other assets of the Common School Fund.