Ohio establishes 2 records in unclaimed funds paid

Ohio establishes 2 records in unclaimed funds paid

COLUMBUS — Kimberly Zurz, director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, recently announced two new fiscal-year records in the number of unclaimed funds claims paid and the dollar amount of the claims paid in fiscal year 2007.

The Division of Unclaimed Funds paid a record 61,711 claims to current or former Ohioans during fiscal year 2007, a 41 percent increase over the previous fiscal year’s payment of 43,714 claims.

The division also paid a record $72 million in claims paid to Ohioans, a nearly 12 percent increase over the previous fiscal-year payment of $64.4 million.

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