MissingMoney.com
Type of site | Government web portal |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | November 1, 1999 |
| Current status | active |
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]
As of 2017[update], 39 states were participating in the program.[1] In participating states, MissingMoney.com is the only official means of discovering unclaimed funds, and operates free of charge; other companies that claim to offer access to unclaimed funds in these states (and which assess a fee for doing so) are considered scams.[1] In January 2017, the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota alleging that the state's use of MissingMoney.com as the sole means to distribute its unclaimed funds impeded citizens from receiving such funds.[5] The website also provides information on the programs of states not participating in the national program.[6]
The eleven states not using MissingMoney.com are Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Oregon, South Carolina and Wyoming.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Darren Yuvan, "Attorney maintains Minnesota's unclaimed funds process unconstitutional despite court's ruling", Legal News Line (February 21, 2017).
- ^ Sarah Skidmore Sell, "Finding lost retirement money", The Sentinel (April 8, 2019), p. A8-9.