Ohio
Ohio's Division of Unclaimed Funds runs heir claims on a sliding scale of proof: small claims ride on a Table of Heirs, mid-size estates use the probate court's summary release, and large ones need full administration. This page draws the lines and names the documents for each.
For claims under $3,000, Ohio works from a Table of Heirs — the family map the Division uses to see who stands in line. It's the lightest authority paper in the country for a deceased-owner claim, and it's why Ohio belongs on the Table of Heirs page alongside New York, California, and Minnesota. Complete every class; a blank line freezes an Ohio claim the same way it freezes a New York one.
These rows are flagged in our dataset for the quarterly primary-text pass; the Division's and the Revised Code's current text controls.
Ohio's Division publishes an average processing pace of about 120 days for complete claims — plan the family's expectations around it, and make the first packet complete so the clock doesn't restart on a deficiency letter. File at the Division's official site, unclaimedfunds.ohio.gov. Run the checker for your chain and your amount's line.
Run your own claim. The free checker takes your state, your relationship, and your amount — and returns the probate-skip verdict, your document chain in order, the signatures you'll need, and the finder fee you'd avoid. Run the checker →
The pages above are the map. The kit is the paperwork: the per-state checklists, the Table of Heirs worksheet, the letters that line up every heir's signature, and the chapter for the state's reply.
One payment, yours to keep. We never file for you and never touch your money — you file everything yourself, with the state. See everything inside the kit →