For Immediate Release: November 5, 2021

SMUD lists unclaimed checks on its website

Do you have an uncashed check from SMUD? The names of customers and vendors who have not yet cashed checks dated September 30, 2018, or earlier, are now available on SMUD.org. The list of names will be posted until December 21, 2021.

To file a claim on an uncashed check, claimant’s name must be included on the list to be valid.

To make a claim, call 916-732-7440 and supply the claimant’s name, current address, telephone number and the address for the time period between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018. Claims can also be mailed to:

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Unclaimed Monies
6201 S Street, Mail Stop B352
Sacramento, CA 95817-1818

Each year, SMUD posts this information to find the money’s rightful owner.

Claims must be made by 5 p.m. on December 20, 2021, or they become the property of SMUD under California Code Section 50050-50057.

Replacement checks will be issued only to the payee or upon proof of death, to the payee’s beneficiary.

About SMUD

As the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity to Sacramento County for nearly 75 years. SMUD is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies and for its sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. SMUD’s power mix is about 50 percent non-carbon emitting. For more information, visit SMUD.org.