How to Find Out if You Have Unclaimed Money Owed You

Each and every year more unclaimed money is put into a system just waiting to be claimed by its rightful owners. Individuals often don't realize that they are owed any type of money. There are bank accounts, safe deposit box contents, stocks, mutual funds, bonds, dividends, uncashed checks, wages, insurance policies, CDs, trust funds and more types of unclaimed money. Fortunately, there are websites available to help individuals easily make their claim. Just follow these steps to find out if you have unclaimed money.

Instructions

1. To find out if you are owed money, you must do a little investigating. It's best to start out by checking the U.S. Treasury Department of each and every state you have ever lived in or have had relatives in.

2. Next, check with the Internal Revenue Service, IRS, as the government holds millions of unclaimed money in refund checks that were returned for reasons like change of address.

3. There are also online websites that you can check with to see if you have unclaimed money. However, once you locate the unclaimed money that you believe belongs to you, according to the address or other qualifying information, contact the Treasury Department within the state its being held in.

4. You will then be asked to prove your identity through a license and or birth certificate and the Treasury Department will then send you your unclaimed money.

References

• IRS.gov: Home
• U.S Department of the Treasury: Home