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Any funds which have "escheated" to the State of Maine may be recovered by the owner by contacting the State Treasurer's Office at (207) 624-7470 or toll-free in Maine at 888-283-2808. To send e-mail or learn more about abandoned property, visit the State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division web site.

Unused amounts on gift cards, for example, are presumed abandoned after two years. (Here's an earlier post on Maine gift certificate regulations.) For unpaid wages, the period is one year. For most types of tangible property, the period is three years.

The law says your landlord must store your property in a safe, dry, secured place. Then they must mail a notice to your "last known address," saying they plan to get rid of your things and listing the items. Leave a forwarding address if you want to get the notice.

Whoever finds lost money or goods of the value of $3 or more shall, if the owner is unknown, within 7 days give notice thereof in writing to the clerk of the town where the money or goods are found and post a notification thereof in some public place in said town.

Unused amounts on gift cards, for example, are presumed abandoned after two years. (Here's an earlier post on Maine gift certificate regulations.) For unpaid wages, the period is one year. For most types of tangible property, the period is three years.

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