State Unclaimed Property in Indiana

State Unclaimed Property in Indiana: key facts

Administering office

Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Unclaimed Property Division.

Official search

indianaunclaimed.gov (free search and online claims).

Claiming for a deceased owner

A legal heir may claim the assets of a deceased original owner. The claim is filed on a form prescribed by the attorney general and must be verified by the claimant; the attorney general pays the claim on evidence sufficient to establish that the claimant is the owner, and must allow or deny the claim within 90 days. The documentation each claim requires is listed on the claim form the online system generates.

Deadline to claim

A claim may be filed up to 25 years after the date the property is presumed abandoned. After 25 years the property becomes the property of the state.

Small estate option

Indiana Unclaimed accepts an heir-to-a-small-estate claim. Under Ind. Code 29-1-8-1, a distributee may collect a decedent's personal property by affidavit when the gross probate estate (less liens, encumbrances, and reasonable funeral expenses) does not exceed $100,000 for deaths after June 30, 2022, 45 days have elapsed since the death, and no petition for appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted.

Contact

1-866-462-5246 or updmail@atg.in.gov.

Governing law: Ind. Code 32-34-1.5 (Revised Unclaimed Property Act); Ind. Code 29-1-8-1 (small estate affidavit)