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Noem collects unclaimed property check at county GOP event [1]
['John Hult', 'More From Author', '- February']
Date: 2024-02
PIERRE — Gov. Kristi Noem got her money back Tuesday night.
Noem’s acceptance of an oversized check for $384.19 in unclaimed property came at the start of her keynote speech to the Hughes-Stanley County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner at the Ramkota Event Hall in Pierre.
The money was likely a holdover from an Edward Jones college account she’d opened for one of her children years ago, Noem told the party faithful.
It’s been sitting on the state’s unclaimed property list for well over a decade. The list is a perpetual liability for the state, a place for the listing of money from uncashed checks, stocks and a host of other sources, remitted to the state by banks or insurance companies unable to locate the owners.
State Treasurer Josh Haeder regularly appears in television, radio and social media ads urging people to check his agency’s website to claim their money. Haeder had hoped to spend more to advertise unclaimed property, but lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require his office to seek legislative approval before adjusting his budget.
The governor told the crowd she’d been asked about her unclaimed property on multiple occasions since her entry into politics. She fielded multiple calls from reporters about it in 2010, the year then-state-lawmaker Noem ran for a U.S. House seat occupied at the time by Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Noem won that race and served four terms in Congress before winning her first term as governor in 2018.
Most recently, South Dakota Searchlight made note of Noem’s unclaimed property after she said in her December budget address that she wanted to do more to return unclaimed property to its rightful owners.
Last week, the county parties teased a “big announcement” for Noem’s keynote speech. On Tuesday evening, after trumpeting her decision to once again send South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas to help police the U.S.-Mexico border, she signaled for Jason Williams of the state Treasurer’s Office to come on stage.
“Tonight, I’m finally going to be delivered a check for my unclaimed property,” she said.
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