LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas state officials announced Wednesday that the state has reached a settlement in a case related to unclaimed property against the state of Delaware.
In 2016, Arkansas filed a lawsuit seeking more than $250 million in unclaimed money from uncashed money orders sent through MoneyGram and wrongly handed over to Delaware. Arkansas led a coalition of 30 states in this case.
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In 2023, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the funds should be returned to the states where unclaimed money orders or similar products were purchased.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said the state’s share of the settlement totals $761,907.91 plus interest earned and expenses, adding that he was looking forward to “reuniting the people of Arkansas with their money.”
“This settlement concludes nearly eight years of litigation over unclaimed Official Checks and returns more than $190 million to the people of Arkansas, our coalition partners, and other states,” Griffin said. “I’m proud of our work on this important case, and I’m grateful to our coalition partners—particularly the attorneys general of California, Texas, and Wisconsin, and attorneys for Pennsylvania—for their hard work on this matter.”