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com Facilitates The Search And Initial

Claim For Property In Over 20 States.

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 Contents
ABOUT US 03

FILE YOUR CLAIM ONLINE 05

WHAT IS UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 09

TYPES OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 10

FINAL THOUGHTS 26

CONTACT US 28
 ABOUT US

Find My Funds is a free website to search for and claim assets that have
gone inactive and have been turned over to state unclaimed property
programs as required by law for safekeeping.

Types of property being safeguarded include uncashed checks from

corporations, financial institutions, banks, insurance companies and
municipalities, inactive stock and brokerage accounts, and unclaimed safe
deposit boxes.

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With over twenty states currently
participating in Find My Funds, there
are millions of properties totaling
billions in assets available to search
and claim on FindMyFunds.com.

New properties are added to

FindMyFunds.com each day!

Searching for and claiming your

unclaimed property on
FindMyFunds.com is easy and
secure.

If you find property that you believe

is yours, file a claim directly through
FindMyFinds.com.

You will receive a separate claim

form from each state where property
is held.

Visit each state's website directly to

upload documentation required to
complete your claim, check your
claim status, and more!

State governments are safeguarding

property for return to the rightful
owner.

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 SEARCH OVER 20 STATE DATABASES
FOR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY AND FILE
YOUR CLAIM ONLINE INSTANTLY!

State governments receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed

property each year. These unclaimed assets are available to search and
claim directly from each state's unclaimed property website or you can
use FindMyFunds.com to search for property being held by over twenty
state governments at once.
If you find property that you believe is yours, click the claim button.
Remember to search for previous names if you have had multiple names,
common misspellings of your current and any former names, and the
names of relatives if you may be the rightful heir to their property.

Once you have finished searching, click the 'View Claimed Properties'
button. Enter your relationship to each property claimed.

Most often you are either the owner of the property or an heir to the
property if the rightful owner is deceased. Relationship types may vary
depending on the state where the property is held.

Next, enter your current contact information. This is the information

required by each state to begin your claim.
Once you take the mask off, ensure When you have finished entering
your information, provide an e-signature to start your claim with each
state. Your information will be securely transferred to the state(s)
where the property you have claimed is held.

FindMyFunds.com will display the claim number assigned by each

state. Each state will send you a separate email with instructions on
how to complete your claim.
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Requirements for completing your claim vary by state so read the email and
any attachments, including the claim form, carefully.

All claims will be completed directly with the state where the property is
being held. FindMyFunds.com facilitates the search and initial claim for
property in over 20 states.
 WHAT IS UNCLAIMED
PROPERTY

Unclaimed property consists of accounts and other financial assets that have
been inactive for a certain period of time.

Each state and U.S. jurisdiction has an unclaimed property law that governs
the length of time before a specific type of asset must be turned over to the
state for safekeeping.

Companies or Holders of potential unclaimed property are required by state

laws to re-establish contact with the owner of the property.
TYPES OF UNCLAIMED
PROPERTY INCLUDE:
Inactivated accounts & other nancial assets

refund checks

utility deposits

inactive stock brokerage accounts

insurance payments

uncashed stock dividends

mineral proceeds

traveler’s checks
 Each state collects
billions of dollars in
unclaimed property
funds. Only a portion
of the total funds
makes its way back
to the rightful
owners. The state
treasury personnel
won’t knock on your
door or ring you up
to claim back the
money that you don’t
know belongs to
you.

Find My Funds facilitates the return of unclaimed money to the rightful

owner by providing a multi-state platform to search for and claim forgotten
funds.
Do you know where your
unclaimed money is

Technology such as Find My Funds has made it easier for people to

discover and recover forgotten wealth, but there are still hurdles. Until Find
My Funds, there was no central database for all unclaimed assets in multiple
states where people could file claims all at once, which means people would
have to look in multiple places if they’re trying to track down or discover
assets.

States are collectively holding on to $41.7 billion in unclaimed assets,

including dormant bank accounts, stock splits, life insurance payouts, gift
cards and uncashed payroll checks among other funds, according to the
National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, a collective of
state officials. In 2019, the association estimated, the value of property
being held was $32.8 billion.
Even those consumers meticulous
about their budgets, could have
missing cash lingering in a state
unclaimed property department.

The big hurdle is that most people

assume they don’t have anything to
claim. But it’s incredibly easy for
money to end up in the hands of the
state.

Over the past two years, for

example, states have reached six
settlement agreements with insurers
to track down residents owed unpaid
insurance policies, annuity contracts
and retained asset accounts.

The agreements have resulted in $30

million in new insurance payments,
with unclaimed assets now residing
in the state’s unclaimed property
fund.

Most unclaimed funds go missing in

the first place due to simple lost
contact moving without telling
financial institutions your new
address, or failing to respond to
mailed notices.

Poor estate planning is another

common generator of lost money.
 That can set the
dormancy clock running
even on assets you’re
aware of, like safe
deposit boxes, mutual
fund shares and
pensions from former
employers. It also results
in plenty of surprise lost
funds, such as utility
deposits and last
paychecks.

The best place to start a search is Findmyfunds.com

If the family members

didn’t know where all
the assets were spread
out ... they wouldn’t
have any way to
contact those
companies.The best
place to start a search
is Findmyfunds.com.

It’s free to search, free

to claim. State laws
vary regarding how
quickly unclaimed
funds end up in the
state fund, so it’s
worth checking
regularly.
There’s no statute of limitations even
heirs can collect assets, with the right
proof of ownership. The key here is to
prevent unclaimed property from
happening.

Simple fixes include forwarding your

mail when moving, and reaching out to
individual companies you do business
with to update your address.

Open your mail what you think is another

promotional offer or privacy policy
update could be a request to re-establish
contact on a dormant account. Keep
good records of where all your assets
are located.

That’s important for both online-only

assets like e-savings accounts or a
PayPal account (for which heirs would
need an account number and login
details), and physical assets like old
stock certificates or a safe deposit box
(for which they need to know the actual
location).

Listing beneficiaries on insurance

policies, retirement accounts and other
assets is another way to prevent loss.
It’s an easy way to say, ‘If something
were to happen to me, this is who I want
it to go to’.
 WHEN IS MY PROPERTY
CONSIDERED "UNCLAIMED"

After a legally defined period (called the dormancy period, which varies
depending on the state), where there is no activity on an account or
contact with the owner, the property becomes "unclaimed," and, by law,
this property must be turned over to the state where the property is held.
HOW DO I USE FIND MY FUNDS TO FIND
IF I HAVE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY?

You can conduct two types of

unclaimed property searches with
Find My Funds.

You can first search with the national

database using our Nationwide
Unclaimed Property Search and
follow the instructions.

Second, you can do a specific

state search for any state that you
have lived or worked. You can find
the list of participating states and
choose the desired ones with a
click.

Once you have determined if there

is any unclaimed property, you
should decide whether you are
the legal owner and then make a
claim.
 HOW DO I KNOW IF THE UNCLAIMED
PROPERTY I LOCATED IN MY SEARCH
BELONGS TO ME

In most cases, if the property you located on our search tool lists an
address of your previous residence, then it likely belongs to you.

If the listed address is not one of your prior addresses, then in most cases,
it does not belong to you.

Be advised that when submitting a claim on property related to a previous

address, you may be required to provide proof that you once resided at that
address.
 CAN I CLAIM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
ON SOMEONE ELSE'S BEHALF
The only situation where you may file a claim to unclaimed property that is not in your
name is when you have the legal right to do so.

Some examples of this include; you are either the executor or executrix of a deceased
person's estate, you hold the Power of Attorney for the property's owner, or you
possess a letter of guardianship for the property owner.

In these cases, when you submit a claim, the state will also require you to provide
additional information showing your legal right to do so. Each claim requires different
information depending on the state, & the documents needed to make a claim.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I MAKE MY
FIND MY FUNDS CLAIM
In most cases, you will simply need to upload the requested information to
prove your ownership of the property. You will need to go to the states website
using the claim id that was issued to you in order to upload your
documentation.

Depending on the property, the state, and the value of the property, you may
need to have forms notarized. In some cases, after claim submission, you are
not requested to provide documents to prove ownership; your claim may have
been pre-approved.
HOW DO I PROVE THE OWNERSHIP
OF MY CLAIMED PROPERTY

If you have filed claims in

multiple states, you must review
the documentation required by
each state and upload the
documentation directly with each
state using the claim id issued to
you by that state.

Your claim id can be found on the

claim form emailed to you and in
most cases the email that the
state sent to you.

Once the required documents

have been submitted, and you are
advised that there is nothing
further needed, allow some time
for the state's agency to review
and approve your claim.
 How is my social security number
used in the FInd My Funds claim
process

Your SSN is required for two reasons:

States use a claimant's SSN to help determine if you are the rightful owner
of the property.

Interest is paid in some states and is reportable to the IRS as interest

income, and the state will issue an IRS 1099–INT form to claimants whose
interest earned is greater than $10.
Why doesn't my state provide
this information
“While searching through the unclaimed property databases on
Find My Funds, I noticed that some states provide the name of
the company that escheated (released the property to the state)
the funds and a dollar range(under $50, over $50, etc).

Each state's Unclaimed Property Statute will dictate what information is

considered confidential or not. For some states, the statute only designates
the name and address of property owners as public information. All states are
different due to their specific statute.
HOW TO FIND THIS MONEY

Although the government uses these funds for numerous projects, it always
keeps enough funds at hand to pay the people who claim it. There is no
particular database that contains data of all the rightful owners so
searching for the money can be difficult especially if you don’t know
anything about it.

But there are several directories operated by the government that let you
check if you are entitled to receive any funds. On Find My Funds, you can
investigate potential missing funds in any state in which you reside and find
the most accurate data quickly.
If you attempt to strictly use
government websites, there are
separate directories for each missing
fund operated by a specific state
which can be onerous.

The unclaimed funds are the funds

that the government collects from
different organizations when no one
claims the money as theirs. Some
examples of potential sources of
unclaimed money are as follows.

Find My Funds is a multi-state

unclaimed property site that lets you
check if there is any money in your
name sitting in a state’s fund.

Find My Funds allows you to do a

thorough unclaimed property
database search in over twenty
states.

It searches the directories of missing

funds from bank accounts, safe
deposit boxes, uncashed checks,
uncashed paychecks, insurance
proceedings, CDs, trust funds, utility
payments, social security funds,
stocks and bonds, wages, and
escrow accounts.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The state government unclaimed property search is simple and you can do
it easily by logging onto your computer with an internet connection while
sitting at your home or anywhere.

If you receive voicemails and emails from people who offer to do it for you
by taking a fee, don’t pay for it.

It is unsafe to give someone your name, address, or bank account details.

Moreover, these scammers don’t do anything extraordinary, they simply
search the web for you.

The search is free and there is no reason to pay for service you can easily
self perform. No matter how legitimate the person or the service may
sound, ignore it, and do it yourself.
No one minds some extra cash and if you had leftover money in an account
which, you should definitely get it.

Do a thorough search today and find out if your hard-earned cash or your
deceased relative’s fortune is sitting in a state account waiting to be
claimed.
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