Research plan
Evidence (17)
- California unclaimed property backgroundmemo
Explains that California unclaimed property may include bank accounts and that property can remain unclaimed when an owner forgets an account, leaves no forwarding address, or dies and heirs do not know about it. This is background only, not a contact route.
Burlingame Patch quoting California State Controller process - Josephine Ludwig, RPh, LPC, MA provider listingmemo
Public provider directory lists a living professional named Josephine Ludwig in St. Louis, Missouri. Because the listing has no public tie to the Los Angeles address, the 1993 Los Angeles death entry, Bank of America property, or any heir relationship, it is treated as an unrelated-name collision and not returned as a contact.
Vitadox - Josephine B Ludwig biography/death entrymemo
Public genealogy page lists Josephine B. Ludwig of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, born 1910-10-13 and died 1993-09-17 at age 82. This supports a likely deceased-owner finding but does not identify heirs or contact routes.
AncientFaces - Josephine Ludwig All Burial Recordssource_link
Public cemetery aggregator shows multiple Josephine Ludwig records nationwide, including California records, demonstrating name ambiguity and supporting human review before concluding heir identity.
PeopleLegacy - Josephine Ludwig Biographiessource_link
Public listing includes Josephine B. Ludwig of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, born October 13, 1910 and died September 17, 1993. This is a possible owner match by name and county only; it does not cite the 1907 6th St. Room 218 address or heirs.
AncientFaces - Search for Unclaimed Propertysource_link
CA.gov describes California unclaimed property as financial assets generally inactive for three years or more, including bank accounts, and identifies the State Controller's Office unclaimed-property process and phone number 800-992-4647.
CA.gov - California State Controller Unclaimed Property Searchsource_link
Official California unclaimed-property portal. It states that unclaimed assets are reported with available owner information, allows searching the database, and supports claim filing/status checking. Claim path: search Josephine Ludwig / Los Angeles / 90057, select the Bank of America property, then submit the SCO claim with proof of identity or heir/estate authority.
California State Controller's Office - 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 lists 1 active owner row(s): LUDWIG JOSEPHINE (primary).
SCO downloadable property records - 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 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: 1cfc7378-e3bc-4065-8a6c-41d6e088bda4 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=BANK OF AMERICA NT&SA BRANCH:0309-OLYMPIC-UNION BR; property_type=56. 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.