Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman came into the job eager to modernize a number of systems — including the one that allows the state to reunite residents with unclaimed property.
Now, the comptroller says the updated Kelmar Abandoned Property System has created a more efficient portal that allows users to search for unclaimed property and submit forms to recover it faster.
Since October of last year, more than $103 million in unclaimed property has been returned. According to the comptroller’s office, that’s $23 million more than the previous cycle…