Savings bonds a grandparent bought for a child are the classic case. The child grows up, nobody mentions it, and the bond quietly stops earning.
Search New Hampshire — free, officialGoes straight to the official New Hampshire unclaimed property program. We take no cut and ask for nothing.
The state will almost never contact you first. If somebody phones and offers to "release" your money for a fee, that is not New Hampshire — that is a finder, and you do not need one.
And the honest number: most people find tens of dollars, not thousands. It is still your money, and the search costs nothing but twelve minutes.
Not here yet? The official office for all fifty states is listed at unclaimed.org.
Courts and regulators order refunds every week and hardly anybody collects them. We publish the open ones with the official link beside each, and it costs nothing to look.
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