IL Treasurer: Chicago City Hall wrongly keeping millions of dollars worth of unclaimed checks, other property – Cook County Record

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs, through Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, has filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the city, seeking a court order forcing City Hall to turn over all so-called "unclaimed property" to the Treasurer's office, as the state officials argue is required by law. According to the complaint, Chicago City Hall has asserted the state law doesn't apply to them because Chicago is a "home rule" city.