"A friend had told me that he had some unclaimed property so I decided to go in and check not only one, but two unclaimed properties for me," said Steven Shannon.
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Using claimittexas.org, Shannon, who is now a music teacher, found out he had missed a paycheck from a former job.
"Years later, here I am, I'm getting a check for $900 from Starbucks and then $500 for this undisclosed thing. I'll take it. Any money is good for this teacher," said Shannon.
Shannon is now $1,400 richer and it took less than 30 minutes to find.
"It was very easy," said Shannon.
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It's as simple as typing in your first and last name then searching through a list for an address you may have once lived at.
During our demonstration, Shannon ended up finding a third unclaimed property check for $55.
"You have to further go in and show some documentation that you lived at that address. I took pictures of the documents and snapped it with my phone and sent it to the State of Texas," said Shannon.