Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is encouraging Texans to check the state's unclaimed property database, as over $12. 5 billion is currently waiting to be returned to its owners."This money belongs to those who earned it, not the state. We're pushing hard to reunite people with their money as quickly as possible, and I want every Texan to know how easy it is to check if they have funds waiting for them."Texas Comptroller Don HuffinesThe Office of the Texas Comptroller said that this push comes as the agency begins an upgrade of the unclaimed property program.

The department said it is bringing artificial intelligence into the claims process for the first time, along with new software, to get money back to Texans faster.

Recently, the agency has restructured the Unclaimed Property Division, processing 107,405 claims, a 40% increase over the same period last year.