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Georgia-registered CDR•Reg. No. 202400088CDR #202400088
CallEverything in this guide is publicly verifiable. We’ll tell you exactly what to look for — and where to check.
If a letter, email, or phone call trips any one of these, stop and verify before you share anything.
Legitimate recovery services publish a working phone number, a physical business address, and an email. If the only way to reach a company is a Gmail address or a web form, walk away. Real businesses have to be findable — it is how the state, courts, and the press reach them.
Georgia law forbids a registered Claimant Designated Representative from charging an upfront fee for recovering unclaimed property. Full stop. If someone demands a filing fee, a "processing fee," or a retainer before they have recovered a dollar for you, that is illegal under O.C.G.A. §44-12-224. Hang up.
Georgia law permits no more than 30% in recovery fees (O.C.G.A. §44-12-224). Anyone quoting 40%, 50%, or a “finder’s fee that depends on how much we recover” is either unregistered or ignoring the statute. On a recovery-fee arrangement you keep at least 70% — that is not a courtesy, it is the law. (Our own fee is 15% — half that cap.)What about cash offers? A registered CDR may separately offer to buy a claim outright under state Form UP-CDR4 — that is a purchase, not a recovery fee, so the 30% fee cap doesn’t apply to it. It is always optional: you can decline any cash offer, and you must be told you can file free with the State for the full amount. Reclaim Georgia does not currently buy claims — we only recover them on contingency.
Unclaimed property in Georgia has no filing deadline. The state holds it indefinitely on your behalf. Any letter, email, or phone call that says "you have 48 hours" or "this offer expires tonight" is manufacturing urgency to rush you into signing. A legitimate representative will still be there next week.
Georgia law (O.C.G.A. §44-12-239(f)) requires every solicitation from a registered representative to carry this notice in capital letters, in type at least as large as the letter itself: "THIS IS A SOLICITATION. THIS IS NOT A BILL OR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT AND HAS NOT BEEN SENT BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THE SERVICES OFFERED IN THIS SOLICITATION." Look for it. A letter that leaves it out, buries it in fine print, or dresses itself up as an official state document is breaking the rule its own registration depends on. Good firms go further and tell you plainly that you can file yourself for free — we do, and you can — but that part is a courtesy, not the law, so its absence alone is not proof of a scam. The missing notice is.
Four steps. Nothing confidential. Anyone claiming to be legitimate can pass all four in under fifteen minutes.
Every licensed recovery service in Georgia is registered with the state Department of Revenue as a Claimant Designated Representative and has a registration on file. Ours is published on our credentials page. If a company cannot tell you theirs in one sentence, that alone tells you everything.
The GA DOR Unclaimed Property Program answers the phone at (855) 329-9863. Ask whether the company that contacted you is on the official CDR list. They will tell you. They have no reason to lie, and they have every reason to keep that list accurate.
Every legitimate Georgia business is registered with the Secretary of State Corporations Division. Search the company name at ecorp.sos.ga.gov. You should see a live business record with a control number, a registered agent, and an active status. Reclaim Georgia LLC, Control # 26062343, appears there.
The Department of Revenue keeps a list of every active Claimant Designated Representative. If you do not see the list published on the DOR website, you can request it under Georgia’s Open Records Act, or ask the program officer on the phone to read off whether a specific company is on it. A real CDR will be on that list. A scam will not.
What the same situation looks like from a scammer and from a registered Claimant Designated Representative.
| What to look at | A scam | A legitimate CDR |
|---|---|---|
| Contact information | Email only. No address, no phone. | Phone, email, and a physical address — all published. |
| Fee timing | Asks for money before they recover anything. | No fee unless we recover your money. Ever. |
| Fee amount | Any amount the scammer wants to charge. | Capped at 30% by Georgia law (O.C.G.A. §44-12-224). Reclaim Georgia charges 15% — half the cap. |
| Urgency tactics | "Act now." "This expires tonight." Pressure. | No deadline exists. Take your time. |
| Free alternative | Hides that you can file yourself for free. | We tell you up front that you can file directly with the state. |
| State registration | Cannot be verified on any public list. | Publicly listed as a Claimant Designated Representative. |
Contact information
A scam
Email only. No address, no phone.
Legitimate CDR
Phone, email, and a physical address — all published.
Fee timing
A scam
Asks for money before they recover anything.
Legitimate CDR
No fee unless we recover your money. Ever.
Fee amount
A scam
Any amount the scammer wants to charge.
Legitimate CDR
Capped at 30% by Georgia law (O.C.G.A. §44-12-224). Reclaim Georgia charges 15% — half the cap.
Urgency tactics
A scam
"Act now." "This expires tonight." Pressure.
Legitimate CDR
No deadline exists. Take your time.
Free alternative
A scam
Hides that you can file yourself for free.
Legitimate CDR
We tell you up front that you can file directly with the state.
State registration
A scam
Cannot be verified on any public list.
Legitimate CDR
Publicly listed as a Claimant Designated Representative.
We think you should apply the same test to us that you apply to anyone else. So here is what you can verify right now.
Georgia LLC
Reclaim Georgia LLC, Control # 26062343
Registered with the Georgia Secretary of State.
CDR Registration
Claimant Designated Representative #202400088
Registered with the Georgia Department of Revenue · valid through 2030.
Phone
(470) 460-8175
A real number. Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm ET — we answer when we can, and every message gets a call back.
Mailing address
8735 Dunwoody Place, Ste N, Atlanta, GA 30350
A registered business mailing address. We operate remotely — all correspondence goes here.
Our notice names the State of Georgia as the holder, carries our CDR registration number, calls us a private firm — not the State — and never asks for a payment. Compare yours against this sample.
Good. You should ask. Here is exactly what we would hand you.
Ask us for our CDR number.
It is on our credentials page. We will also read it to you over the phone.
Call us at (470) 460-8175.
We answer when we can, and a person — never a bot — returns every message as soon as we can. The number is real; try it.
Verify us with the state.
Call the GA DOR Unclaimed Property Program at (855) 329-9863 and ask if Reclaim Georgia LLC is on the CDR list. It is.
Look us up with the Secretary of State.
Reclaim Georgia LLC, Control # 26062343 — ecorp.sos.ga.gov.
Read your engagement letter before signing.
We do not charge a cent unless the State of Georgia pays you. If you do not get paid, you owe us nothing.
Free to search. No obligation. Our fee is half what most Georgia recovery firms charge, and you pay nothing unless we recover your money.
We never charge a cent unless the State of Georgia pays you.