In addition to financial assets and succession property, we also provisionally administer unclaimed property such as:

• property from dissolved legal persons
• abandoned property and property without an owner
• property for which the owner or right-holder is unknown or untraceable

This can be movable or immovable property. 

Movable property

We provisionally administer the following types of movable property:

• property found on an unclaimed body (valuables, money, etc.)
• property deposited or abandoned in a detention centre or a healthcare establishment that is not claimed within one year after the owner's departure or death
• abandoned property and property without an owner (jewellery, tools, bicycles, etc.)
• vehicles abandoned on private property or a public road (in accordance with section 393 of the Highway Safety Code)

Immovable property

We provisionally administer unclaimed immovable property such as:

• streets
• alleyways
• plots of land
• buildings

As a rule, the property's owners (or their heirs) are unknown or untraceable, or, in the case of legal persons, have been dissolved. The property may also be abandoned or without an owner, in which case it can be acquired under certain conditions by filing an application.

Acquiring abandoned immovable property or immovable property without an owner

Follow the steps below to acquire abandoned immovable property or immovable property without an owner.

Apply to open a file

Write to [email protected] and explain that you want to claim unclaimed property. We will write back to explain how to register for our secure messaging service. 

You can then complete form BD-806-V, Application to Open a File for Unclaimed Immovables (Excluding Unclaimed Successions), and send it to us using the secure messaging service.

To reduce processing times, make sure you complete the form properly and include all the required documents.

If you are unable to send form BD-806-V by secure email, mail it and the required documents to the following address:

Direction des successions non réclamées
Revenu Québec
500, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, 10^e étage
Montréal (Québec)  H2Z 1W7

To find out how to claim movable and immovable property, click Claiming Other Property.