Research plan
Evidence (19)
- The Central Office business listingmemo
Public business listing for The Central Office at 326 I St, Eureka, CA 95501; categories include copy/print services and mailbox rental, making it a possible old-address inquiry route but not a verified owner contact.
Cylex - The Central Office contact pagememo
Official business page lists The Central Office at 326 I Street, Eureka, CA 95501 with phone 707-444-3044 and SMS .
The Central Office - 326 I Street commercial listingmemo
Shows 326 I Street as a 4,070 sq ft mixed-use office/retail commercial building with multiple units and listing contact, supporting that the old owner address is not a confirmed residential/current owner contact.
Crexi - Gottschall/Gottschaulk name-variant search resultsource_link
Search-accessible directory result lists Chester Gottschall entries, including one born May 5, 1896 and died November 1968, and another born March 10, 1936 and died October 14, 1993. This is only a name-variant ambiguity signal; it does not prove either person is the Eureka unclaimed-property owner.
AncientFaces - California SCO Claiming Property FAQsource_link
States that the State Controller processes unclaimed-property claims free of charge and that owners or heirs may claim directly; also notes investigator fees may not exceed 10 percent of the property value.
California State Controller - California SCO filing instructions for heir filing a deceased owner claimsource_link
States that heirs, trustees, or personal representatives claiming a deceased owner's property must provide documentation proving entitlement, such as certified will or trust documents, and additional forms if there is no will or trust.
California State Controller - California SCO Claim Filing Instructions and Formssource_link
Explains that claims are filed through the State Controller, that successful searches provide a Property ID and Claim Affirmation Form, that claims of $1,000 or more require notarization, and that heir claims use deceased-owner claim forms.
California State Controller - 326 I Street, Eureka, CA parcel/location listingsource_link
Lists 326 I St, Eureka, CA with APN/Parcel ID 001-135-003-000 and references Humboldt County tax/public-record data, supporting county and address context.
LoopNet - 326 I Street, Eureka, CA commercial listingsource_link
Shows 326 I Street, Eureka, CA 95501 as a mixed-use office/retail building with four units, supporting the conclusion that the owner address may be a commercial or mailbox-style address rather than a verified residential address.
Crexi - 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 - SCO downloadable property recordssource_link
SCO mirror lists 1 active owner row(s): GOTTSCHAULK CHESTER (primary).
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 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: 54/100 (53.5/100 adjusted points). Plan ID: 73400d9b-320a-4173-9c08-1dd292a88a3d 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=TRI COUNTIES BANK; property_type=AC01. 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: 6.02/10 — 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.