State Representative Parke Wentling | Pennsylvania 7th Legislative District
State Representative Parke Wentling | Pennsylvania 7th Legislative District
Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Mercer) and Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today they will be hosting three events on Thursday, Sept. 19, in the 7th Legislative District to return unclaimed property.
At 9:30 a.m., Wentling and Garrity will attend the Mercer County Association of Township Officials Fall Convention, where they will conduct a clinic to check whether the townships of Mercer County have any unclaimed property sitting in the treasury’s vault.
At the convention, Wentling and Garrity will also present a check of nearly $1,800 to Shenango Township officials. This money was discovered during an unclaimed property clinic hosted by Wentling at his Shenango Valley District office.
At 1 p.m., Wentling and Garrity will present a check worth more than $32,000 to officials at the City of Farrell Municipal Building. This money was also discovered during Wentling’s unclaimed property clinic.
“I am happy to have partnered with the Treasurer’s office and to get Farrell and Shenango Township’s money back where it belongs,” Wentling said. “While I know all the state’s unclaimed property is safe with the state treasury, it should be returned to its rightful owners. I’m thankful Treasurer Garrity and her staff are traveling here to the 7th Legislative District to get this money back in the right hands.”
“We’re working to return more than $15.4 million to the people of Mercer County,” Treasurer Garrity said. “We’ve returned more than 3.5 million since January of 2021 – but there’s more to be done. Returning unclaimed property is one of the most important things I do as Treasurer, and Rep. Wentling is a fantastic partner. Inflation is still hitting us all every time we go to the grocery store, so getting this money back to hardworking Pennsylvanians really matters.”
The Pennsylvania Treasury Department is working to return more than $4.5 billion in unclaimed property to its rightful owners. More than one in 10 Pennsylvanians is owed unclaimed property, and the average claim is worth about $1,600.
Residents of the 7th Legislative District can contact Wentling’s Shenango Valley district office at 724-734-5980 or the Greenville office at 724-638-4101 to make an appointment to check whether they have any unclaimed property.
Representative Parke Wentling
7th Legislative District
Media Contact: Jake Gillespie
717-772-9834
JGillespie@pahousegop.com
Treasurer Stacy Garrity
Pennsylvania Treasury
Media Contact: Samantha Heckel
717-418-0206
sheckel@patreasury.gov
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