Kansas treasurer targets veterans in effort to return unclaimed property

? State Treasurer Dennis McKinney is expanding a program that he hopes will help return unclaimed property to thousands of Kansas veterans.

McKinney’s office is renewing a partnership with the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs. The treasurer has a list with some 10,000 names of veterans with property held by the state totaling about $4.5 million.

A program was started in November 2009. A website has been created to assist veterans and service organizations in finding the owners of the property.

In all, the treasurer’s office is holding roughly $209 million in unclaimed property that it seeks to return to Kansans or their heirs.