A documented unclaimed-property search for every estate.
EstateMarshal searches name variants across state databases and produces a signed report documenting exactly what was searched and what was found.
Two business days. No contingency fee.
One decedent, one sweep
INPUT
Margaret A. Thornberry
maiden Hayes · Sacramento, CA 95814 · d. 2023
NAME VARIANTS
14
nicknames, initials, maiden, joint-owner forms
CANDIDATES SCORED
7,428
against 86.8M records, then deduplicated
How a sweep works
Three steps. You keep control of the claim; we do the searching and the paperwork of searching.
STEP 1
Send the names and places
Legal, maiden and prior names, the states and addresses lived at, date of death. Never a Social Security number.
STEP 2
We search every variant
Scored against residence evidence, deduplicated by property ID, then reviewed by a person before anything leaves us.
STEP 3
File the report
Findings by state and tier, official claim links, the documents the state asks for, and every source and date we searched.
Pilot pricing
Introductory flat fee per estate. First sweep free for California professionals.
Invoiced to your firm. No contingency, no percentage, no obligation after the sample.
Request the first sweepCheckable, on purpose
Every number in a report links to the place you can verify it.
Who this service is for
Who it is for
- Attorneys administering or advising an estate
- CPAs preparing estate or fiduciary returns
- Firms on statutory or flat fees, where a paralegal hour is a cost
Who it is not for
- Owners, heirs, executors or personal representatives ordering for themselves. State finder laws govern those agreements, and we do not enter them.
- Anyone who needs claims filed or a contingency arrangement. We research and document; we do not file.
Coverage, labelled in every report
Automated where the state publishes its file; by hand everywhere else, with the date we searched.
| State | Method | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| California | Automated from the state’s published file | 2 business days |
| All other states and DC | Manual portal search by our reviewer | +2–3 business days |
| Florida | Manual; the state does not publish amounts, so none are shown | +2–3 business days |
Questions attorneys ask first
Isn’t this free on the state’s website?
Yes, and the report says so on every page. You are paying for the search being done under every name variant, scored against residence evidence, reviewed, and documented for the file. The same reason a title search is worth paying for, though deed records are public.
Do you take a percentage or file claims?
No. A flat fee, invoiced to your firm. We never contract with owners or heirs, never take a share of any property, never file, and never hold a power of attorney.
How current is the data?
Every listing shows the date of the state file or portal it came from. We check the California file weekly and re-index when it changes. Verify live before filing; the report links you to the exact place.
Run the first sweep on an estate you’re handling now.
Free, two business days, no obligation. Judge the report against what your paralegal finds.
Request a free sweep