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

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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State Auditor Dennis Milligan Promotes Josh Wood of Alexander to Interim Assistant Chief of Staff & Unclaimed Property Operations Manager

November 13, 2024 – Josh Wood, a longtime employee of the Arkansas Auditor of State’s office, was promoted to interim Assistant Chief of Staff and Unclaimed Property Operations Manager, effective Nov. 4.  Wood has been with the auditor’s office for 18 years, beginning as an unclaime…

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State Auditor Dennis Milligan Sees 33% Boost in Unclaimed Property Remitted to State

Increased compliance with annual reporting deadlines cited November 4, 2024 (Little Rock) – The Auditor of State’s office is seeing increased compliance from businesses reporting unclaimed property to the state, thanks to a new outreach initiative implemented earlier this year, Auditor Dennis…

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