Discover Your Missing Money.
Tips and Suggestions to Locate Hidden Treasury! September 2011
MISSING MONEY
Check your state's unclaimed property website
Have you ever forgotten to cash a check, lost track of a bank account, or moved without
notifying businesses that may owe you money? If so, your state may be holding funds
for you. The place to start your search is your state's unclaimed property website or
www.unclaimed.org, where you'll find links to all of the states' websites.
UNCASHED SAVINGS BONDS
Go on a Treasury Hunt!
If you have lost track of a matured savings bond, the U. S. Department of Treasury's
Treasury Hunt search feature at www.treasuryhunt.gov can help. It can also help you find interest
payments that were undeliverable.
TAX REFUNDS YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE
Update your address with the IRS.
The IRS is holding millions of dollars of undeliverable refund checks. If you did not
receive a refund you were due, you can update your address by visiting the IRS website,
www.IRS.gov, and clicking on "Where's my refund?".
UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS FROM BANK FAILURES
Check the FDIC's unclaimed funds database.
If you had an insured deposit in a financial institution that was closed by a regulatory
agency and you did not claim it from the assuming financial institution, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may be holding it for you. You can search for
it on the Unclaimed Funds page at www.fdlc.gov.
TERMINATED PENSION PLANS
Search the PBGC's missing participant list.
If you participated in a defined benefit pension plan that was later terminated,
your pension benefits may be being held for you by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC). If the PBGC was unable to contact you, your name
may be included in their Find Missing Participants list, which you can search at
www.pbgc.gov.
UNEXPECTED REFUND FROM AN FHA-INSURED MORTGAGE
Search for it at HUD's website.
If you paid an up-front mortgage insurance premium at closing on an FHA loan acquired
after September 1, 1983, you may be eligible for a partial refund. You can find out on
the "Does HUD owe you a refund?" page at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development's website, www.hud.gov.
Very truly yours,
Brian Berlage
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