Search For Property Held By States
To search for a property held by states you can go to this website:
http://www.missingmoney.com/ - is affiliated with the National Association of State Treasurers. It has records from at least 35 states.
Try searching all of the states in which you or your relative has ever lived. There's no time limit for claiming those assets.
Search For Matured Savings Bonds
For bonds dating from 1974 or for missed payments from U.S. Treasury securities, go to this website:
www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/indiv.htm - Click on Search for Your Securities in Treasury Hunt. For older bonds or those still drawing
interest, you can go to this website:
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/ - Click on the Forms tab, then download 1048, used for lost, stolen, or destroyed savings bonds.
Find A Lost 401(k) Plan
You may start at this website:
http://www.unclaimedretirementbenefits.com/ - where plan sponsors, administrators, and custodians register missing participants who have
unclaimed retirement funds.
To look for an abandoned plan, you may go to the Department of Labor's database on this website:
http://www.acli.com/ - Click on Missing Policy Tips under Tools.
Tax Refund Information
You may go to this website:
http://www.irs.gov/ - Click on Where's My Refund?
If You Find Funds That Are Yours
The fiduciary that holds them will provide specific instructions on how to claim them. You'll need proof of your identity. If the property
belonged to a deceased relative or friend, you'll also have to prove that you're the executor of the estate or the rightful heir.