Did You Know? - Going to Mars
It's time again for Did You Know? On DYK days here at Escheatable, we try provide you with interesting information regarding the unclaimed property laws to amaze your friends and frighten your enemies.
This trip to Mars is brought to you by unclaimed dividends.
According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, the State of California is holding $6.1 billion in unclaimed property (bringing in some $633 million in the past year). To put that number is perspective, $6.1 billion is:
This trip to Mars is brought to you by unclaimed dividends.
According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, the State of California is holding $6.1 billion in unclaimed property (bringing in some $633 million in the past year). To put that number is perspective, $6.1 billion is:
- about the same as the gross domestic product of Nicaragua;
- the annual state budget of South Carolina; or
- the projected cost of NASA's Mars booster program.