{"id":116666,"date":"2023-03-08T22:09:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116666"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:09:58","slug":"mcneill-to-host-pot-o-gold-unclaimed-property-event-march-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116666","title":{"rendered":"McNeill to host \u2018Pot O\u2019 Gold\u2019 unclaimed property event March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHITEHALL, March 8\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0State Rep. Jeanne McNeill will host an unclaimed property search event on Friday, March 17 at her district office for residents of the 133rd District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pennsylvania Treasury currently has billions of dollars in unclaimed property, like uncashed checks or safe deposit boxes and many residents aren\u2019t even aware that it\u2019s being held,\u201d said McNeill, D-Lehigh. \u201cI encourage anyone who thinks they might have unclaimed property to come to the event or give my office a call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to McNeill, unclaimed property may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed bank accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Uncashed checks, including paychecks.<\/li>\n<li>Lost stocks and bonds.<\/li>\n<li>Contents of safe deposit boxes.<\/li>\n<li>Proceeds from the demutualization of insurance companies.<\/li>\n<li>Expired gift cards\/gift certificates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No appointments are needed for the event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Residents can also call 610-266-1273 and a member of McNeill\u2019s staff will help complete the search over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>McNeill cautions residents to ignore any solicitations that offer to conduct searches of the database for a fee, as her office can help for free.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to find out if they have unclaimed property, can search their name in the Unclaimed Property database\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreasury.gov\/Unclaimed\/Search.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.patreasury.gov\/Unclaimed\/Search.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678412567186000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tIm9d_5InxWgcPQfgnpTw\">www.patreasury.gov\/Unclaimed\/Search.html<\/a>, call 1-800-222-2046, or\u00a0contact McNeill\u2019s office at 610-266-1273. There is no charge to claim unclaimed property.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTom Andrews<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHALL, March 8\u00a0\u2013\u00a0State Rep. Jeanne McNeill will host an unclaimed property search event on Friday, March 17 at her district office for residents of the 133rd District. \u201cThe Pennsylvania Treasury &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116666\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McNeill to host \u2018Pot O\u2019 Gold\u2019 unclaimed property event March 17<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rep-Jeanne-McNeill.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}