Our team of attorneys has the experience to help you recover your surplus funds claim – fast and at a fair price.

We don’t get paid unless we recover your money, so there’s never any risk to get started! 

• Prior to any petition to claim the surplus funds being filed in court, it is essential to have a title search for the owner of the property (whether living or deceased). A title search will show who is in the chain of title that might be owed money from an existing claim against the property. 

  The court will require a title opinion that shows there are no other potential claims on the money. These claims could be judgment liens (credit card judgments, for example) or tax liens, or even an unpaid second mortgage or equity line of credit.

  Any person or entity in the chain of title who are owed legitimate claims against those surplus funds should be paid first before any payments can be made to the prior owner or heirs of the owner.

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There are several factors that influence how long a surplus funds claim may take to file. On average, our claims usually take between 3-6 months to complete.

Some of the factors that can impact how long your claim may take to payout are 

• The County.
  • Each county has it’s own claims process so they will all have different turn around times.
• The age of the claim. 
  • If the funds have been “escheated” (that is, transferred) to the State Treasury, you can add another 2-3 months to the typical claim resolution time.
• How straightforward & responsive the claimant is.
  • Being forthcoming with all the necessary case information is important so that we aren’t hindered by extra legal research to flesh out conflicting information.  There is no need to hide anything from us. It will do nothing but delay your claim and make us sad. Don’t forget, as your attorney, everything we know about you is considered & treated completely confidential!
• How easy it is to contact and collect information from other potential claimants.
• How responsive all involved parties are.
• Outstanding Debt.
  • Having a large number of outstanding liens on the property, or if there is a lot of outstanding debt still owed. These factors not only add to the time it takes to file the claim (you must contact each potential claimant to inform them of your claim to the funds) – but if the debt is legitimate, it reduces your overall payout by being paid by the surplus to make the lender whole again.

If you have a property that has recently been foreclosed upon, and you’ve been contacted by a finder offering to help you claim your surplus funds, give us a call at (919)-647-9599!

see: Beware Greedy Finders 

A finder is a person or business that for a fee will help in the recovery of property funds. The fee costs a lot of money for a service you don’t need. By working with us directly we help claim your surplus funds, allowing you to keep more of your money.

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The legal definition of a finder in North Carolina is “an individual or business entity, incorporated or otherwise, who, for fee or any other consideration, seeks to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of property that is distributable to the owner or presumed abandoned.”  N.C.G.S. § 116B-52(11a).

However, finders must be licensed as a private investigator with the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board as of January 1, 2022- N.C.G.S. General Statute  § 116B-78.1.  So, we’ve found that frequently the finders contacting our clients are not registered as a valid business.

You can always consult the Treasurer’s website to look up properly registered finders.

Link: https://www.nccash.com/property-finder-information

As of January 22, 2024, there were only six (6) registered property finder entities legally operating in NC.

And, in every single case, an attorney will need to represent you in court to file a claim for surplus funds.  As a matter of fact – the finder who is contacting you to “help” you claim your surplus funds – calls us next to file the claim for them anyway. So you end up footing the bill for the finder in the middle, and the attorney filing your claim in court.  So –  instead of wasting your time and money, skip the finders and call us so we can help you claim your surplus funds at a fair and reasonable price – and with the knowledge that it is being handled efficiently and effectively – by real attorneys who have experience filing these claims and know the ins-and-outs of this often complex legal process.

Don’t lose money and time on a service you don’t even need!

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