Sherlock Franchot Tells Marylanders, “It’s Elementary” to Search for Unclaimed Property

- Annual Supplement Includes Accounts Worth More Than 

$49 million -

Annapolis, Md. - Hot off the trail from his latest search for abandoned bank accounts, security deposits and safe deposit boxes, Sherlock Franchot today revealed the latest list of 63,466 unclaimed property accounts worth more than $49 million. Sherlock Franchot, otherwise known as Comptroller Peter Franchot, encourages Marylanders to let the search begin by picking up a copy of his agency’s 2014 unclaimed property insert now running in local papers across the state.

“The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your local papers and explore! With such a lucrative proposition at hand, there isn’t any time to waste, then, is there,” said Sherlock Franchot.

Now through April 25, the 150-page list of the latest discovered lost property accounts will appear in nearly 30 newspapers throughout Maryland. The Comptroller’s Office is required by law to publish an annual list of the newest names available in newspapers throughout the state. In total, the agency has nearly 1 million accounts worth more than $980 million in its unclaimed property accounts.
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