Manual escheatment Use this procedure to manually create journal entries from the escheatment suspense account to the cash account. Sign in as Cash Accountant and select Process Cash Ledger > Cash Ledger Transactions. Select an escheatment transaction with an Open status. Click Manual Escheatment. Specify this information: Escheat Date Specify the as-of date to run the report. Post Date Specify the date to use as the posting date. If this field is blank, the stale date on the transaction record is used. Click OK.