Warrant Claims Process

1. Claim Submitted to Risk Management. You must provide the original warrant (check) number and the amount it was originally issued for. If you do not have the warrant (check) number or amount and you are filing the claim as a result of a letter from the State Treasurer’s Office or seeing your name in the newspaper please contact the State Treasurer’s office at 402-471-8497 to find out the warrant number and amount. If you do not have the warrant (check) number or amount and you are filing not as a result of a contact from the State Treasurer’s Office or the newspaper please contact the agency originally issuing the payment to obtain this information.
   1. Claim for Uncashed Warrant
2. If Claim is not notarized it is returned to the Claimant to be notarized & resubmitted.
3. Claim sent to agency originally issuing the warrant for investigation and recommendation.
4. Upon receipt of the agency recommendation by Risk Management, if the claim is $5,000 or less the Risk Manager approves or denies. If claim is over $5,000 it will be submitted to the Claims Board at the next Claims Board hearing for the Board’s approval or denial.
5. Upon approval a release is mailed to the Claimant to sign and return to Risk Management.
6. Upon receipt of the signed release, Risk Management creates an address book entry in the State’s accounting system, which then allows payment to be made.
7. Risk Management submits the payment information to the State Treasurer’s Office and the Treasurer’s Office issues payment.