Unclaimed cash may be yours

There is about $1 billion for the taking in Arizona — and it has nothing to do with the next Powerball jackpot.

The money is part of pool of unclaimed property maintained by the Arizona Department of Revenue in the names of those who lost it.

Didn’t pick up a paycheck? Forgot about money left in a bank account? Owed money from a service contract? How about an uncollected security deposit?

Under state law, the money is collected and protected by the state until the rightful owners claim it.

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