US state laws require certain companies that hold funds on behalf of others to report and remit unclaimed property (such as account balances) for inactive accounts – a process known as escheatment.

As part of this process, we notify inactive connected accounts of any outstanding and unclaimed balances via physical post, and attempt to pay out these balances to accounts that respond. If a connected account does not respond to our notification, we remit the outstanding balances to the appropriate US state.

Learn more about unclaimed property, such as unclaimed balances, at Stripe below.