Unclaimed Property Tax Refunds
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Hundreds of Riverside County business owners and residents are owed property tax refunds, and officials Tuesday encouraged members of the public to find out whether they’re on the list of prospective recipients.
According to Treasurer-Tax Collector Matthew Jennings, roughly $480,000 in refunds from tax year 2019 and further back is waiting to be claimed.
Amounts per recipient range from a few dollars to thousands of dollars.
The deadline to file a refund claim is Aug. 1. The Board of Supervisors will vote soon after that date on whether to transfer unclaimed money into the General Fund, or extend the claims deadline.
“Our office is working diligently to contact the potential claimants, in hopes that they will recoup these funds that are due back to them,” Jennings said. “We will continue to exhaust all methods of communication to distribute these unclaimed funds to the rightful owner.”
A complete list of individuals and businesses eligible for refunds can be found at https://apps.countytreasurer.org/unclaimedrefund/.
Information about how to file a claim is available via the portal. Interested parties may also call 951-955-3900 for assistance.
In previous years, the board postponed action on transfers to give prospective recipients additional time to file a claim. In 2017, officials began circulating notices in April about the availability of the unclaimed funds.
Under state law, the county is only obligated to hold unclaimed money for four years before it becomes government property.
According to Jennings, most of the refunds stem from changes in the property tax roll that occurred after a payment had been mailed, resulting in savings to the taxpayer.
When the Office of the Treasurer-Tax Collector sends a refund check and it’s returned, it’s placed in a holding account.
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