https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/01/12/hey-pge-santa-clara-county-has-26000-waiting-for-you/

Somewhere in Santa Clara County’s electronic coffers, there’s about $26,000 that belongs to PG&E. And there’s $40,000 owed to an outfit called Total Peripherals — which is probably a San Jose freight company but could be an Australian computer manufacturer. And even Santa Clara University has $1,082.02 waiting to be picked up.

It’s all part of more than $490,000 in unclaimed general collection monies being held by the county’s Department of Tax and Collections, which receives overpayments for public assistance, restitution for crime victims, plus fines, fees and penalty assessments ordered by the county or courts. Money goes unclaimed usually because of overpayments or duplicate payments, and sometimes victims can’t be located or refuse the money, or a business has gone under.