Recovering unclaimed funds

This article is for creators who have received an email from Patreon’s Tax team regarding funds being remitted to their state’s unclaimed property division. We make every effort to ensure funds do not go unclaimed, so will try to email inactive creators multiple times before the ‘escheatment period’ has run. Continue reading for guidance on recovering unclaimed funds from Patreon or your state's unclaimed property division.

You can visit our Paying Out help page for information on how payouts work at Patreon.

Recovering unclaimed funds from Patreon

If you’ve received a notice from Patreon’s Tax team letting you know that your funds will soon be remitted to your state on file as unclaimed property, you can log into Patreon to claim your funds or respond directly to the email you received. By logging into your Patreon, your account will no longer be considered inactive.

Once you’ve logged in to your account, here’s how to withdraw your funds:

1. 1. Login to Patreon.com
   2. If your Patreon was unpublished, you can republish your Patreon to access your Payouts
   3. Visit your Payouts page — you can review or set up your payout method from your Payouts settings if it’s your first time paying out
   4. Click the Withdraw button

If you are setting up or changing your payout method, there will be a 5-day payout lock on your account. Once a payout is initiated, it can take up to 10 days for the funds to appear in your personal account.
Learn more about how payouts work.

Recovering unclaimed funds from your state

If the timeline to recover funds from Patreon has passed, your funds can still be claimed directly through your state’s unclaimed property division. If you are a non-US creator and the timeline to recover funds from Patreon has passed, you can claim your funds from the State of Delaware’s unclaimed property division.

How to recover unclaimed funds from your state:

1. 1. Submit a request with Patreon Product Support to gather information for your claim
   2. File a claim with the unclaimed property division for your state and include the information provided by Patreon’s Product Support team

FAQ

• If you’re having difficulty logging into your account, we’ve created a troubleshooting guide that may help you regain access. If you continue to have difficulty logging into your Patreon account, please submit a request to Patreon’s Product Support team as soon as possible for assistance.

• If you deleted your Patreon account and received an email that you had unclaimed funds on your account, please submit a request to our Product Support team.

• If your Patreon is deemed inactive, your creator Patreon page will be unpublished. When a Patreon is unpublished, it will no longer appear on members’ membership lists or in search, and payment processing for the Patreon ceases.

  Here’s how to republish your Patreon on Desktop:

  1. 1. Log in to Patreon.com
     2. Click on your profile image at the bottom of the left-side menu
     3. Click your creator profile from the account menu to go to the creator home page
     4. You’ll land on your creator page, where you can click the Page controls or "..." button
     5. Click the Edit page menu item to make any adjustments you need to before you republish your page
     6. Click on the Preview tab to preview how your page will publicly appear
     7. If you’re ready, click the Publish page button

• If there has been an extended period of account inactivity (i.e., no login), any remaining funds on the account are considered unclaimed.

• An account is considered inactive if there is no login activity for an extended period. The length of time required to determine whether or not an account is inactive, depends on a creator’s location of residency set by their address on file.

  Inactive account status dormancy period:

  State	Dormancy Period (Months)
  Alabama	36
  Alaska	36
  Arizona	36
  Arkansas	36
  California	36
  Colorado	60
  Connecticut	36
  Delaware & Non-US residents	60
  District of Columbia	36
  Florida	60
  Georgia	60
  Hawaii	60
  Idaho	60
  Illinois	36
  Indiana	36
  Iowa	36
  Kansas	60
  Kentucky	36
  Louisiana	60
  Maine	36
  Maryland	36
  Massachusetts	36
  Michigan	36
  Minnesota	36
  Mississippi	60
  Missouri	60
  Montana	60
  Nebraska	60
  Nevada	36
  New Hampshire	60
  New Jersey	36
  New Mexico	60
  New York	24
  North Carolina	60
  North Dakota	36
  Ohio	36
  Oklahoma	60
  Oregon	36
  Pennsylvania	36
  Rhode Island	36
  South Carolina	60
  South Dakota	36
  Tennessee	36
  Texas	36
  Utah	36
  Vermont	36
  Virginia	60
  Washington	36
  West Virginia	60
  Wisconsin	60
  Wyoming	60

  Non-US residents

  If you are located outside of the United States, your account is considered inactive after 60 months of dormancy, and funds left unclaimed will be remitted to the unclaimed property division for the state of Delaware. Patreon is incorporated in Delaware, and state law requires that we remit funds for inactive accounts outside of the US to the unclaimed property division of Delaware.