Ensuring Transparency & Accountability

Ensuring Transparency & Accountability

As one of Arkansas’s seven constitutional officers, the Auditor of State plays a very important role in the day-to-day business of state government.

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The Auditor administers Arkansas’s Unclaimed Property program, the Great Arkansas Treasure Hunt. Through this free program, our office reconnects both current and former Arkansans with their unclaimed property at no charge to claimants.

About the Auditor

Dennis Milligan is a successful small business owner, starting a water-treatment company from scratch in 1985 and expanding it to 17 states before selling it in 2020. Milligan has spent the last 25 years in public service, volunteering at the county level and eventually serving as State Chairman of the Republican Party. He is known as a problem-solver…

Latest News

State Auditor Dennis Milligan Kicks Off Data Match Initiative with Mobile Office in Batesville

More than $1.9 million in unclaimed property belonging to Independence County residents July 24, 2025 – Auditor of State Dennis Milligan kicked off his office’s new Data Match initiative today in Batesville with a mobile office in an attempt to reunite more than $1.9 million in unclaimed prop…

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Auditor’s Office Consults With Congressman French Hill on U.S. Savings Bonds

$214 million owed to Arkansans should be more easily accessible, auditor says March 12, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Auditor of State Dennis Milligan is launching a national effort to influence the United States Treasury to return unclaimed savings bonds to state unclaimed property programs, and his …

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Auditor’s Office Lauds Bill to Send Automatic Unclaimed Property Checks 

 Checks between $50 and $5,000 to be mailed to claimants  Feb. 14, 2025 (Little Rock) – Auditor of State Dennis Milligan’s office is celebrating a bill the Legislature passed Thursday that will allow his office to automatically mail unclaimed property checks to Arkansans.  Senate Bil…

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NOTICE FOR ARKANSAS UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:

 The Arkansas Auditor of State follows the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to adopt, amend, or repeal an administrative rule. The Auditor values public comments on proposed rules. A full copy of the proposed rule, as well as a comment form, may be accessed here: https://auditor.ar.gov/about-us/legal-notices/.