The county may be holding money that belongs to you.
When a home sells at a tax sale or foreclosure auction for more than was owed, the extra money — the surplus — legally belongs to the former owner or their heirs. Meridian Surplus Partners finds it, files the claim, and gets it back to you at no upfront cost.
A financial-services team built around one job: returning surplus proceeds to the people they belong to.
Four steps, and we do the heavy lifting
We locate the funds
We monitor county tax-sale and foreclosure records and identify surplus proceeds still sitting in the court or clerk's account under your name.
We build the claim
Deeds, heirship documents, identity verification, lien payoffs and the county's claim packet — assembled and filed correctly the first time.
We handle the process
We track the docket, answer county and court requests, and coordinate with counsel where a court order is required.
You get paid
Funds are disbursed to you. Our fee comes out of the recovery — never out of your pocket, and never before you're paid.
Most states set a hard claim deadline
Depending on the state and county, surplus proceeds must be claimed within roughly one to three years of the sale. Miss it and the money is typically escheated to the state or absorbed by the county — permanently. Counties are rarely required to track you down, so unclaimed balances sit quietly until the window closes.
- Upfront cost to you
- $0
- Fee structure
- Contingency — paid only on recovery
- Combined experience
- 30+ years in finance
- Typical claim window
- 1–3 years after sale
Think a claim might be yours?
Send us the property address and we'll check the county record. If there's a surplus, we'll tell you what it is and exactly what it takes to claim it.