State officials announced this week that the second round of Pennsylvania Money Match checks are being delivered to Pennsylvanians’ mailboxes.

According to a press release, Pennsylvania Money Match is a program that “allows Treasury to return certain unclaimed property to rightful owners automatically.” More than $9.2 million among 39,045 checks is included in the second round.

In early May, the Pennsylvania Treasury sent notification letters to state residents indicating that unclaimed property “would be automatically returned to them”, the press release says. “Unclaimed property includes things such as dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, forgotten stocks, insurance policies, tangible property like the contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes, and more.”

40,000 additional letters will go out in August. The Pennsylvania Treasury plans to return $30 million through the program this year.

“It’s exciting to see so many people getting money they didn’t know they had,” Treasurer Stacy Garrity said. “It’s now important that people cash these checks. We want everyone to know this is a real program and this is real money. Every dollar we return to Pennsylvania families is money they can use to buy groceries, fill up their cars with gas, or pay their rent or mortgage. This money belongs to them, not the state.”

More information about Pennsylvania Money Match is available here.

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