If state owes you, you're in rich company
Scott Maxwell | TAKING NAMES June 3, 2009
There may be money with your name on it, just sitting in Tallahassee.
We're talking more than $1 billion worth of it in the state's Bureau of Unclaimed Property — everything from old rent deposits to inheritance checks.
Don't believe me?
Take it from Dwight Howard.
The Orlando Utilities Commission did. In fact, OUC took $109.13 from him, to be precise.
State records say it was a utility deposit that ended up with the state — which is kind of amusing, since such money usually goes there only when the owner can't be found. (Psst, you might be able to find Dwight in his secret location, center court in the Amway Arena, next Tuesday.)
Really, though, Dwight's dough is just the beginning.
In looking through the state's database — www.FLTreasurehunt.org — I found money belonging to everyone from pop singers to members of Congress.
•Nearly as delinquent as Brown is pop star Justin Timberlake, who brought sexy back, but apparently left his money behind in O-Town. Timberlake has eight checks, totaling more than $2,600, that have been there for years. State officials say they've tried to reunite Timberlake with his money several times — to no avail.
•Justin's former bandmate, Joey Fatone, has been much more responsible. Every time we've found him money, he has dutifully picked it up. (And yet I never get a commission.) Anyway, Joey collected all his big ones last year. But he has six new ones that total a bit more than $600 — most connected to Walt Disney World.
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