Every state has an unclaimed property office that receives various
forms of unclaimed money and property, such as dormant bank accounts,
certificates of deposits, unclaimed paychecks, salaries, stocks, lay
away items, utility deposits, etc. If you're interested you can visit
here to check every state's unclaimed property database, for free
on-line:
http://www.united-refund-services.com/unclaimed-searches.html