My question is regarding unclaimed property.  I want to set up a
business that helps people locate unclaimed property.  I am running
into two problems.  What are the individual state laws (ie. the max
percentage you can charge someone, the time you must wait before you
can solicit business) regarding unclaimed property.  The second part
is if you locate someone and their money, how do you get them to pay
you and not go directly through the state?

I am familiar with the state websites but they don't seem to have the
details that I am looking for.  Thank you for your help.

The relevant pages of my research are listed below. (I would like to
add this as a comment and hope for a researcher more specialized in
business law to give an answer.)


Unclaimed Property and Escheat Law 
http://www.ryanco.com/gateway/unclaim.html#Cases
- Cases and Statutes
- National and International Directories
- Unclaimed Property Information by State

Unclaimed Property Law and Regulations, Kathleen Connel (California
State Controller)
http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/lawregs/ucplaw.pdf
- PDF (needs Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Unclaimed Property Guidelines
http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/guidelines.htm

Unclaimed Property Publications
http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/pubs.htm

Lost, Unordered and Unclaimed Property (produced from material
provided by the Legislative Counsel Committee of the Oregon
Legislative Assembly)
http://landru.leg.state.or.us/ors/098.html