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According to Wisconsin's State Treasurer in a recent interview during a report by the Wisconsin Radio Network, they just run out of space to keep all the unclaimed properties as they continue piling up each year. "We do actively search for people for up to three years and then after that time, because we don't have a lot of space, we do have these auctions", she said in a recent report. The proceeds from these items are then held on to by the state like other forgotten monetary assets and are used by the state until their owners step forward to claim them. "Until we can find an owner or an heir, yes, we do use the profits to support our office…", says Sass. These funds from auctioned unclaimed items in Wisconsin can still be claimed at any time in the future though. "You know there are people who, you know, may be in the service and are stationed over seas for five, six, seven years and then they come back and realize that their, you know, mother's safety deposit box was turned over. So, you know, they had no way of knowing that before they came back year, so we always keep the money earmarked for whoever that belonged to, so they never lose out." the Treasurer adds. The interest that is accrued on these assets helps fund things such as Wisconsin low-interest loans to municipalities and school libraries.

The State Treasurer has stated that one of the biggest checks for Wisconsin unclaimed funds handled by her office was worth 750 thousand dollars. All the more reason that Wisconsinites ought to do an unclaimed property search and learn if they have some Wisconsin 'cheddar' with the State Treasurer.

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