MissingMoney.com is a web portal created by participating U.S. states to allow individuals to search for unclaimed funds.[1] It was established in November 1999,[2] as a joint effort between the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) and financial services provider CheckFree.[3] By December of that year, 10 states had joined.[3][4]
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Type of site | Government web portal |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Spanish, French |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | November 1, 1999 |
| Current status | active |
The website is now operated by Kelmar Associates, LLC on behalf of the NAUPA.[5]
As of 2017[update], 39 states were participating in the program.[1]
As of 2024, 49 states were participating in the program. The only state not using MissingMoney.com is Hawaii, but the website contains information on how to search for unclaimed property in each state.[6] The province of Alberta in Canada and the US Territory of Puerto Rico are also participants.
Each unclaimed property department maintains their own website to search, but MissingMoney.com is the only website endorsed by NAUPA to help reunite owners with their missing funds.[5]
As of 2022, when Kelmar Associates began operating the site, there are no advertisements found on MissingMoney.com, and there is no fee to search for property.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Leamy, Elisabeth (December 22, 2016). "How to find and claim cash you didn't know you had". The Washington Post – via washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Time Magazine (1999), Vol. 154, Issues 18-26, p. 252.
- ^ a b U.S. News & World Report (December 6, 1999), Vol. 127, Issues 17-25, p. 574. Note that CheckFree was acquired by Fiserv in 2007.
- ^ Bragg, Jennie (July 20, 2010). "Find lost assets". CNNMoney.
- ^ a b c "NAST and NAUPA Relaunch MissingMoney.com – National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA)". Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "MissingMoney.com | Search for Unclaimed Property". www.missingmoney.com. Retrieved 2022-12-02.