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 February 19. 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.

Owner Property ID 
Diane R Jaeger 2011078000
J R Jaeger 2011078000
Debra Slifer 2011147296
Joshua Slifer 2011147296
Michael Slifer 2011147296
Arnett Evitt 2013178280
Mary J Silvers 2016081038
Linda S Young 2016081038
Susan Weber 2001000081
Lewis Geneiver 2001007540
Rodney Newberg 2001016727
Robert Flottemesch 2004008395
Cindy L Humphrey 2004008414
Darryl P Humphrey 2004008414
Mary Jane Palen 2004008447
Unknown 2004011500
Lulu Ausdal 2004011552
Donald Ausdal Wilson 2004011552
Nancy Wilson 2004011552
Billy Joe Ellis 2004011586
Jennifer K Ellis 2004011586
Helen R Luke 2004011627
Daniel J Mason 2004011630

 

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