The Unclaimed Money Handbook
Nine official searches, one afternoon, and the paperwork that actually works. 104 pages. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, with each office's current page checked against the agency's own site.
What you are buying
What is in it
- The nine official searches, in the order that finds money fastest
- All fifty states and DC, each with the office's current official page
- The name variations that actually turn money up: maiden names, misspellings, initials
- What each agency asks you to send, and how long it takes to be paid
- Claiming on behalf of a relative who has died
- What to do when a claim is refused
- The legal ceilings on what a finder may charge, and why you never need one
Honest about the money
Most people find tens, not thousands.
NAUPA's own reporting puts the average claim paid at $1,780 and the median at $144.30. That gap is the whole story. A small number of large claims pull the average up; the typical person finds far less. This handbook is worth an afternoon. It is not a retirement plan, and anybody telling you otherwise is selling something.
No invented stories.
There are no case studies in this book, no composite characters and no testimonials. Where it gives a number, it names the source in the same sentence. Where a number could not be traced to an official source, it was left out.
Read a chapter first
“The name trick” is the chapter where most people find their money: maiden names, misspellings, initials and old addresses. It is yours, free, no email needed.
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