Research plan
Evidence (22)
- TKSCC - Leadershipmemo
Tulare-Kings SCC leadership page lists Robert Ellis as CTA Director at Large, giving a Visalia-area organizational context but not confirming identity with the unclaimed-property owner.
Tulare-Kings Service Center Council - Board of Directors - California Teachers Associationmemo
CTA board directory lists Robert Ellis as At-Large and provides .
California Teachers Association - Robert Ellis - California Teachers Associationmemo
CTA bio lists Robert Ellis as Director At-Large, provides and CTA mailing address, and states his board term expires June 25, 2027.
California Teachers Association - Tulare County Probate Division Informationcourt_record
Identifies Tulare County probate court handling decedents' estates and provides Civil Legal Filings contact information in Visalia for probate-related filings or record searches.
Superior Court of California, County of Tulare - California State Controller Claiming Property FAQsource_link
States an heir, trustee, personal representative, executor, or administrator may file a claim for deceased-owner property and that SCO processes claims free of charge.
California State Controller's Office - California State Controller Claim Filing Instructions and Formssource_link
Explains that claimants must file with the SCO; deceased-owner heir claims use deceased-owner/heir filing instructions and forms including Declaration Under Probate Code 13101 and Table of Heirship.
California State Controller's Office - Sun-Gazette Legal Notice Listing 093-144-007-000 ELLIS ROBERT Jsource_link
Lists APN 093-144-007-000 as ELLIS ROBERT J at 1019 N WEST ST, Visalia, CA, matching the owner address supplied for this unclaimed property lead.
The Sun-Gazette - Robert J. Ellis Obituaryobit
Reports Robert J. Ellis of Visalia died January 22, 2020 at age 79; describes him as a longtime Mt. Whitney High School English teacher, born and raised in Canada, with family in Canada, but does not name heirs.
Legacy.com / Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register - Baseline postal outreach route - ROBERT J ELLIScontact_route
Baseline viable outreach route added by Maestro. Batch: agent:1000_route_mix:20260531-224715 Route: postal mail to imported primary-owner address. Owner: ROBERT J ELLIS Address: 1019 N WEST ST, VISALIA, CA 93291 Balance bucket: high Balance: $269,385.71 Caveat: address is from the ClaimDesk imported California unclaimed-property owner record and was not independently current-verified in this baseline 1,000-record pass. No outreach was sent or queued.
- Legacy / Visalia Times-Delta obituary resultobit
Search result reports Robert James Ellis of Visalia, age 79, died 2020-01-22; use as decedent signal only until official verification.
Legacy / Visalia Times-Delta obituary result - Tulare County Assessor MBAP property detailssource_link
Official assessor property details for APN/assessment 093-144-007-000 at 1019 N WEST ST Visalia.
Tulare County Assessor MBAP property details - Owner/property research packet: ROBERT J ELLIS / SCO 1060296396memo
SCO imported property row identifies a natural-person owner name, ROBERT J ELLIS, for property_id 1060296396, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (APECS 1), AC03 matured CD/save certificate, current_balance_cents 26,938,571, reported county TULARE, owner address 1019 N WEST ST, VISALIA CA 93291. Tulare County MBAP assessor search by street address returned APN/assessment/fee parcel 093-144-007-000, active status, TRA 006137, situs 1019 N WEST ST Visalia, current document 1977R27513 dated 1977-05-01, property type SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, lot 6,000 sqft, legal/assessment description ANDERSONS ADD LTS 8-9 BLK3, net assessed value 42,881, building 1,232 sqft, year built 1940, 2 bedrooms/1 bath. Legacy/Visalia Times-Delta search result reports a Robert James Ellis of Visalia, age 79, death 2020-01-22; this is a strong but not dispositive decedent signal for ROBERT J ELLIS (J=James, same city) and should be verified through official probate/vital/court records before estate routing. Tulare online court portal indicates case search requires login; no official probate case was confirmed in this pass. Tulare county pages behind Cloudflare were not bypassed.
California SCO downloadable property records - CSAC county website mapsource_link
CSAC Counties page describes an interactive map of California’s 58 counties; clicking a county reveals county government information and a link to the official county website.
CSAC county website map - California Courts Find Your Courtsource_link
Judicial Branch Find Your Court page instructs users to search by 5-digit California ZIP code or city name to route court-related/probate filing needs to the appropriate court.
California Courts Find Your Court - SCO Investigator Handbook & Formssource_link
SCO investigator/forms page links the Investigator Handbook, standard investigator agreements, estate/heir forms (final decree request, Probate Code 13101 declaration, table of heirship), safe-deposit release form, and claim filing instructions for property owners, heirs, businesses, and government agencies.
SCO Investigator Handbook & Forms - SCO downloadable property recordssource_link
SCO mirror row contains holder and property-type context suitable for recoverability prioritization.
SCO downloadable property records - Google Mapssource_link
Owner mailing address appears complete enough for a current map/location contact-route check.
Google Maps - California Courts Superior Courts directorysource_link
Probate-court routing source attempted; county context missing, leaving docket venue unresolved.
California Courts Superior Courts directory - SCO downloadable property recordssource_link
SCO mirror lists 1 active owner row(s): ELLIS ROBERT J (primary).
SCO downloadable property records - SCO downloadable property recordssource_link
SCO mirror row is active with current balance and no completed removal signal.
SCO downloadable property records - California SCO Unclaimed Property Searchsource_link
Mirror indicates property remains active; treated as likely visible on California SCO ClaimIt portal.
California SCO Unclaimed Property Search - ClaimTrace research scoring summarymemo
Imported from ClaimTrace v2 research scoring: 53/100 (52.64/100 adjusted points). Plan ID: 0afee907-7995-4f62-a653-316a75cf510f Status: in_progress Category scores: - claim_status: 16.2/20 — SCO mirror indicates active property listing status. Pending claims count=0; paid claims count=0; estate source not assigned for this category. All assigned claim-status sources were attempted. - owner_identity: 8.84/20 — SCO owner rows provide owner identity evidence with no additional assigned sources required. - legal_entitlement: 5.31/20 — Assigned legal-entitlement sources attempted (count=1). No deterministic authority record was confirmed in automation; path remains document-dependent. Court/entity/document requirements remain partially unresolved pending record-level follow-up. - contactability: 9.75/20 — Assigned contactability sources attempted (count=1). A mailing-address route is present in source mirrors. At least one source produced a positive contactability signal. Confidence was explicitly restrained because only one source was assigned. - property_context: 7.38/10 — Property context sources attempted (count=1). Holder context=CGM MUTUAL FUND; property_type=SC13. Holder and property-type context are both present in the SCO mirror baseline. County/locality context exists for routing and prioritization. Assigned sources produced a favorable context profile. - claim_requirements: 5.16/10 — Official SCO instructions identify the core document package; row-specific burdens are driven by high value, property type, owner/trust/government status, multi-owner signatures, and pending claim indicators.