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More people cashing in on unclaimed property in Illinois

Illinois' Cash Dash program is linking more people up with their unclaimed property.

Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford says the program is up in all three of its major areas: assets returned, web searches, and total claims.

"This is great because it means more people are getting money, property or assets they didn't know about or forgot they had," said Rutherford.

The state has already returned $12 million more unclaimed property to people this year, compared to last.

The state currently has $1.5 billion in cash, plus contents from Illinois bank safety deposit boxes that have been abandoned for at least five years.

To see if any of that property is yours, visit www.treasurer.il.gov, e-mail: info@cashdash.net or call (217) 785-6998.