Dylan D'Aurelio, director of Unclaimed Property at the Kentucky State Treasury, told the Scott County Fiscal Court on July 11 that the treasury is holding more than $2.9 million in unclaimed assets for Scott County residents and offices and urged the court to help publicize the state’s online claim process. He said the office holds items ranging from uncashed checks and dormant bank deposits to insurance payouts and physical items from safe-deposit boxes.

D'Aurelio said the treasury has returned record amounts statewide under Treasurer Mark Metcalfe and that, locally, the treasury is safeguarding about $4,300 for the court itself and more than $5,000 for the county clerk’s office. He described a recent case in which the treasury’s outreach led a widowed woman to recover about $105,000 she did not know was available. “That’s what really matters to myself, the people I work with, and the treasurer,” he said.

The treasury’s unclaimed property website, treasury.ky.gov, allows individuals to search by name and start the claim process; D'Aurelio said claim forms can be signed locally and returned to the treasury to speed payment. He described typical reporting timelines for holders (companies) and said many properties are reported after three years of dormancy; some accounts may have longer dormancy periods.

Court members said they would repost the treasury’s social media notices and ask other county and city constitutional officers to amplify the message. Judge Covington and the magistrates noted the example D'Aurelio shared of the large recovery as a reason to widen outreach.

D'Aurelio and a colleague, Clay Skaggs, attended the meeting to answer questions and left claim forms for county offices to retrieve specific funds held by the treasury.

Court action: none required. The presentation served as outreach and an encouragement to use county channels to raise public awareness.