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Due to the fact that each account type has its own period of dormancy, a person may search for money owed to them on a particular day, when their account has not been turned over to the state, so the state will have no record of it. Often times, people give up after that, not realizing that their funds might be handed over to the state the next year, or even a few years down the road. Beyond that, the state's records have to be manually updated by a human, so the accuracy of the records is questionable, because there is not someone adding records in real time.

All of the issues with when a claim actually gets added in to the state's records won't matter if a resident does not have any idea where to search. A lot of people just search any web site that has a search box, but very few of these sites have any legitimate listings. The majority of the "databases" are anything but. Choosing and unclaimed funds web site to perform your searches on is key. Equally important is perfecting the search methods used by experts in the missing money field, and putting them to work in your own searches.

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Unclaimed Stock: Find Lost Shares
This week, I'm answering questions from readers, because there's an unclaimed money question that keeps coming up again and again. That tells me there's a need, so here goes. Here are two samples of the questions I've gotten:

Spare change left at airport checkpoints
Unclaimed money, typically consisting of loose coins passengers take out of their pockets, is turned into the TSA financial office.

Unclaimed Money in Stocks: How to Track it Down
How to Track Unclaimed Stock Money