Minnesota Department of Commerce Unclaimed Property — Agency Directory

Agency directory page. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

Agency

Minnesota Department of Commerce, Unclaimed Property Division. Commerce is the statutory custodian of dormant intangible property in Minnesota. Division office: 85 7th Place East, Suite 280, St. Paul, MN 55101; (651) 539-1545 or (800) 925-5668. (Source: MN Dept. of Commerce, https://mn.gov/commerce/money/unclaimed-property/ ; MN Attorney General consumer guide, https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/publications/unclaimedproperty.asp , both retrieved 2026-06-02.)

Official claim portal

• Search and claim: https://minnesota.findyourunclaimedproperty.com/ (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Program home: https://mn.gov/commerce/money/unclaimed-property/ (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Multi-state search: https://www.missingmoney.com (NAUPA national database; Minnesota participates) (retrieved 2026-06-02)

Filing a claim is free. (Source: MN AG consumer guide, https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/publications/unclaimedproperty.asp , retrieved 2026-06-02.)

How surplus escheats here

See escheat-and-unclaimed-property for the custodial-taking framework and minnesota for the controlling tax-forfeiture and surplus statutes. Important Minnesota caveat: as flagged in escheat-and-unclaimed-property and on the minnesota page, Minnesota’s historical tax-forfeiture model routed surplus to a forfeited-tax-sale fund rather than to the Commerce custodial fund — a structure directly implicated by tyler-v-hennepin-county (a Minnesota case). Whether a given surplus is reclaimable depends on the post-Tyler remittance path; confirm on the minnesota jurisdiction page before assuming a Commerce-held, reclaimable pool.

Dormancy period: Under Minnesota’s Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (Minn. Stat. ch. 345) the general dormancy period is commonly stated as three years; the precise period for sale-surplus / court-held funds is needs_verification against the current statute. Do not rely on a single figure here.

Claiming

1. Search by name at minnesota.findyourunclaimedproperty.com (or missingmoney.com).
2. Select matching property and submit the online claim form.
3. Provide proof of identity and ownership; heirs supply estate paperwork.
4. Commerce reviews and pays approved claims; free to file. (Source: https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/publications/unclaimedproperty.asp , retrieved 2026-06-02.)

▸ For Investors / Operators. Minnesota is the Tyler epicenter: confirm in minnesota Module 3 whether post-Tyler surplus is remitted to a reclaimable Commerce fund or retained in a county/forfeited-tax-sale fund before modeling any surplus-linked strategy.

▸ For Former Owners. If your Minnesota property was tax-forfeited, surplus rights changed after Tyler. Search Commerce’s free database at minnesota.findyourunclaimedproperty.com — but also confirm with the county whether surplus went to a forfeited-tax-sale fund, which historically was not held custodially.

Sources

• {agency, https://minnesota.findyourunclaimedproperty.com/, retrieved 2026-06-02} — official Minnesota claim/search portal.
• {agency, https://mn.gov/commerce/money/unclaimed-property/, retrieved 2026-06-02} — MN Dept. of Commerce Unclaimed Property home (agency; office address/phones).
• {agency, https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/publications/unclaimedproperty.asp, retrieved 2026-06-02} — MN Attorney General consumer guide; free claims; missingmoney.com.
• {national, https://www.missingmoney.com, retrieved 2026-06-02} — NAUPA national multi-state search.
• {internal, concepts/escheat-and-unclaimed-property.md, read 2026-06-02} — Minnesota forfeited-tax-sale-fund caveat; Tyler classification.

Disclaimer. This page is legal information, not legal advice. Agency names, URLs, and dormancy periods change; verify against the current official Minnesota source and the controlling statute before acting. Items marked needs_verification are unconfirmed against a primary source. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship.