State Treasurer of Iowa

Auction

Official Publication of Safe Deposit Box Properties

Each year, financial institutions across the state of Iowa are required to report contents from abandoned safe deposit boxes. Once the contents are received, the Treasurer’s Office makes every attempt to locate the rightful owners. Letters are mailed to the last known address; names are published in a newspaper in the county of the last known address; names are posted on the GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov website; names are taken to the Iowa State Fair and other events around the state; and a search of online databases is completed to determine if there is an updated address for the lost owner.

Start Your Search

The Treasurer’s Office is authorized to sell contents at a public auction when it is no longer feasible to hold the contents in the vault. Auctions are hosted by Lone Star Auctioneers, which specializes in selling unclaimed safe deposit box contents from state unclaimed property programs. The auction website link is IowaUnclaimedProperty.org. Bidding is open to anyone registered and approved on Lone Star Auctioneers with a valid U.S. mailing address.

Current Auction

The current auction ends July 23. Below is a list of safe deposit box owners with items up for sale in the auction. If you are on the list and would like to make a claim for your items, visit GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov/app/claim-search and enter the Property ID in the Property ID field.

Owners PIDs
Virginia Snodgrass 2017182993
Mary H East  
Zachary J Manes 2017193265
Jim Wilkerson 2017227887
Debora L Wilkerson  
Steven E Cooper 2017274132
Julie Cooper  
Beryl M Minor 2017274165
Joseph T Minor  
Marcia A Reed 2017274180
Susan B Ross 2017274182
Carolyn Sellen 2017274184
Wendy Finnigan  
Thelma Jochens 2017275602
Carrie L Andrew 2017275605
Johnna L Haggerty 2017275606
Jesus J Garcia 2017275607

 

Upcoming Auction

The upcoming auction begins July 22. Below is a list of safe deposit box owners with items up for sale in the auction. If you are on the list and would like to make a claim for your items, visit GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov/app/claim-search and enter the Property ID in the Property ID field. 

Owners PIDs
Wanda J Nell 2017275617
Jacob L Schwitters  
Dick Duncan 2017275625
Rodney C Green 2017280705
Leon R Lamprecht 2017280707
Molly J Oakley 2017280710
Karen S Hall  
William W Gress 8711003157
G M Essex 8811003526
Sharon K Gravitt 9311001985
Brenda Seifert 9311004966
Smith 9700030047
Wilma Nevarez 2017091792
Elbert Brown 2017144911
Doris Brown  
Megan Seehusen 2017145249
William Hancock 2017180370
Don L Nickell 2017180371
Fred Strickland 2017180374
David Dannemann 2017182212
Timothy Garrels 2017182213
Melanie Marbruch 2017182215
Maryann O'Brien 2017182216
Unknown 2017182217

 

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