Call your former attorney's office. If "this" $732 is the same money
as "that" $732, your attorney will tell you that he deposited the
money with the state controller as abandoned property. If that's
true, call the Florida state controller (or whichever agency is in
charge of that in Florida) and ask. If this is a different $732, then
it could be on deposit in any state and you might have difficulty
finding it. In my state, you can search for your name online at the
state controller's website. I suppose other states have the same
procedure. You could start searching, or you could go along with the
NM company. If you don't have to pay the $200 in advance, then that
may be the simplest way to get $532. If the company wants you to pay
cash in advance, I would be worried about a scam. But by itself,
there is nothing suspicious about a company notifying you that they
have located abandoned money. There are legitimate companies that do
that.
McGyver
i live in Tampa, Florida
almost 3 yrs ago i filed for chapter 7, he ordered me to pay one
half of my
tax return refund becaue my wife was making 40k, anyhow i gave a
check for
$732 to my attorney, i guess he gave it to the court becasue i
received my
bankruptcy release shortly
i moved to another address 4 months later
3 weeks ago , i rcvd a letter from NM company, saying they have
located
unclaimed $732 in my name and it was mailed to the old address and i
need to
sign a disclosure
to get that money on my behlaf and they will take $200 for this
service
i searched this web site
http://usgovinfo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://up.dbf.state.fl.us/
and i couldnt find my name , any help where i might search, also can
i claim
myself , or do i have to use an attorney or a cpa?
thnx
