How to submit

Submitting unclaimed funds to BC Unclaimed

All submissions must be made online using our universal spreadsheet format. You will need to know information about the type of funds, the value, and entitlement. All holders use the same spreadsheet and holders can submit different types of property on a single spreadsheet.

The spreadsheet format asks holders to identity the type of funds they are submitting (i.e., property type) and who is entitled (i.e., relationship type) via codes.

The Unclaimed Property Act allows BC Unclaimed to request all information that a holder has about an owner. It's important to provide as much information as possible about each specific property and owner because it helps BC Unclaimed locate the owner and reunite them with their property.

Property types

This is the list of property types BC Unclaimed can accept according to provincial legislation. A copy of this list is provided on Sheet 2 of the spreadsheet template.

Property code	Name	Description
PC01	Undistributed assets from a liquidated company	Cash from the liquidation of shares. Section 337 of the Business Corporations Act of BC.
PC01-1	Undistributed assets from a liquidated cooperative	Cash from the liquidation assets or money. Section 194.35 the Cooperative Association Act.
PC01-3	Undistributed assets from a liquidated strata corporation	Cash from the liquidation of shares. Section 337 of the Business Corporations Act.
PC02-1	Public Guardian and Trustee estate funds	Undistributed funds from an estate held by the PGT. Section 27.1 of the Public Guardian & Trustee Act
PC02-1-1	Public Guardian and Trustee child and youth services funds	Undistributed funds held by the PGT for a minor. Section 27.1 of the Public Guardian & Trustee Act.
PC02-3-1	Inactive Supreme Court funds	Supreme court funds deemed inactive. Section 18.2 of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC02-3-2	Inactive Provincial Court funds	Provincial court funds deemed inactive. Section 18.2 of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC02-3-5	Inactive Supreme Court restitution funds	Supreme court restitution funds deemed inactive. Section 18.2 of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC02-3-6	Inactive Provincial Court restitution funds	Provincial court restitution funds deemed inactive. Section 18.2 of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC02-3-7	Inactive Court of Appeal funds	Court of appeal funds deemed inactive. Section 18.2 of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC02-4	Overpayment of debt collections	Section 126 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act.
PC04	Unpaid wages, salary or commissions	Income/commission earned from employment or contractual work. Section 19 of the Employment Standards Act. These funds only come from Employment Standard Branch BC. Organizations must send their wages to Employments Standards not BC Unclaimed.
PC04-2	Unpaid wages earned from a dispute	Income earned from employment for funds in dispute. Section 99 of the Employment Standards Act. These funds only come from Employment Standard Branch. Organizations must send their funds to Employments Standards not BC Unclaimed.
PC04-3	Overpayment to Employment Standards Branch by a company	Excess of funds deposited to Employment Standards Branch by a company to cover unpaid wages.
PC07	Surplus from a municipal tax sale	Section 659 of the Local Government Act.
PC08	Surplus of sale of seized or unclaimed goods.	Section 232 of Railway Act.
PC09	Deposit made with a real estate agency or brokerage	Section 32 of the Real Estate Services Act.
PC10	Proceeds of sale of seized property	Proceeds of sale of seized property related to remedial actions by the Minister of Transportation and Transit. Section 20 of Transportation Act
PC10-1	Proceeds of seized property (i.e., an abandoned vehicle)	Proceeds of seized property (i.e., an abandoned vehicle). Section 70 of Transportation Act.
PC11	Unclaimed money deposit held by a BC Ministry	Section 2(1) of the Unclaimed Property Act.
PC12-01	Inactive chequing or savings credit union account	Funds left in a chequing or savings account from a credit union operating in British Columbia. Section 85(5) of the Financial Institutions Act.
PC12-2	Inactive chequing or savings account from a dissolved credit union	Funds left in a chequing or savings account from a dissolved credit union that was operating in British Columbia. Section 37 of the Financial Institutions Act.
PC13	Deposit (not savings institution)	Money received as a deposit where there is a right to receive a cash refund of the deposit. (not a savings institution or insurance premium). Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC14	Uncashed money order, certified cheques or similar instruments (not bank or trust)	An amount paid in respect of a money order or similar instrument, other than a similar instrument issued by a bank or a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) applies. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC15	Undistributed securities	Securities and their entitlements and money deposited to make a distribution. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC16	Mineral rights proceeds	A royalty entitlement for mineral rights. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC17-1	Property insurance proceeds	Amount due under the terms of a property insurance policy. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC17-2	Life insurance proceeds	Amount due under the terms of a life insurance policy. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC17-3	Other insurance proceeds	Amount due under the terms of an insurance policy that is not property, life or a professional's insurance. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC17-4	Professional insurance proceeds	Amount due under the terms of a professional's insurance policy. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC18	Trust fund (benefit, employment, etc.)	A trust fund or custodial fund established under an education plan, health, welfare, vacation, severance, retirement or death benefits, a share purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, or supplement insurance plan. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC18-1	Balance from a closed pension plan	Funds held under a pension plan that has closed. Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC19	Trust fund (other, not PC18)	Trust funds that are not referred to in PC18 (e.g., testamentary trust). Section 8 of Unclaimed Property Regulation.
PC22	Security deposit for rental properties	Security deposit being returned to the owner of the property, not tenant. Sec 38 (5) of the Residential Tenancy Act.
PC22-2	Proceeds of sale of personal property from a manufactured home	Disposal of personal property. Section 39 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulations.
PC23-1	Administered estate funds	Estate funds where the heir/beneficiary cannot be located and the holder has received approval from the courts to submit directly to BC Unclaimed.

Relationship types

Relationship types explain how the owners of a property relate to the funds and each to other (e.g., joint tenants, sole owner, beneficiary, etc.) A copy of this list is provided on Sheet 3 of the spreadsheet template.

Relationship code	Name	Description
AJ	And (Unspecified Joint Relationship w/ ROS)	Joint relationship with right of survivorship (i.e., one owner passes away, property passes to the survivor). For credit union use only.
AN	And (Unspecified Joint Relationship)	Unspecified joint relationship including 'AND'. For credit union use only.
BE	Beneficiary	Any person or entity (like a charity) who is to receive assets or profits from an estate, a trust, an insurance policy or any instrument in which there is distribution.
DF	Defendant	The party sued in a civil lawsuit, or the party charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution. For court use only.
ES	Estate of	Use when an owner of unclaimed funds has passed away.
FB	For Benefit of	A person who is entitled to property that is held by another person (typically a custodian or trustee) or court (restitution). FB is typically used in trustee, self-directed, inherited, education and transferred accounts.
HE	Heir/Intestate Successor	Anyone who receives property from an intestate estate.
IN	Insured	The person or entity who will be compensated for loss by an insurer under the terms of a contract called an insurance policy.
IJ	Insured (Joint Relationship)	The person or entity who will be compensated jointly for loss by an insurer under the terms of a contract called an insurance policy.
JT	Joint Tenants	Form of ownership where two or more individuals hold shares as joint tenants with right of survivorship. When one tenant dies, the entire tenancy remains to the surviving tenants. JOHN BROWN & MARY BROWN JT TEN.
PL	Plaintiff	The party who initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint with the court against the defendant, alleging that they have been harmed by the defendant's actions and seeking legal remedy. For court use only.
SO	Sole Owner	Sole Owner is used when there is only a single owner for the property, and that person has all rights to the ownership of the property.
TC	Tenants in Common	Form of ownership where each tenant owns an undivided interest. When one tenant dies, his interest passes to his estate. MELVIN SMITH & NANCY SMITH TEN COM.
TE	Trustee	A person or entity who holds the assets of a trustee for the benefit of the beneficiaries and manages the trust and its assets under the terms of the trust stated in the declaration of trust which created it.

Submission spreadsheet instructions, template and example

Making a submission

Please create a holder account on this website and submit your spreadsheet. Holders can submit multiples types of unclaimed property in a single submission. For the types of unclaimed property we can accept, review the list above.

Fill out the spreadsheet. Instructions and template are provided above.
Login to your account on BC Unclaimed (create an account if you don’t have one). Upload the spreadsheet using our website. You will receive an email that your submission has been received and pending approval.
After your submission is received, you will receive an email that it has been Approved or Declined.
- If your submission is Approved, mail a copy of the approval email along with the cheque (or send an Electronic Funds Transfer, if you have made arrangements to do so with BC Unclaimed) for the total dollar value of the properties to BC Unclaimed.
- If your submission is Declined, the email will contain an explanation. (You may have to add or edit information on your spreadsheet and upload it again.)
Once your payment has been received, BC Unclaimed will send an email officially confirming receipt of the unclaimed money deposit.

Transferring the value of properties

Once your submission has been approved, you will be asked to send the value of the submitted properties to BC Unclaimed by cheque or by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).

Make cheques payable to:

British Columbia Unclaimed Property Society PO Box 18519 West Georgia RPO Vancouver, BC V6Z 0B3