About MyLostProperty.org

MyLostProperty.org is a free tool for finding unclaimed property — money and assets that a bank, employer, insurer, or government agency owes someone but lost track of. We gather the records that official state unclaimed-property programs publish and make them searchable in one place, with fuzzy name matching so a misspelling or a maiden name still turns up.

Our mission

Billions of dollars in forgotten money sits with the states, and a whole industry of “finders” charges people a percentage to recover money they could get for free. We think that's backwards. Searching should be free, claiming should be free, and the process should be clear. So we built a search that costs nothing and always points you to the official program to file your claim directly.

How our search works

  • Data. We aggregate bulk data published by official state unclaimed-property programs, plus select municipal open-data portals. See our data sources for exactly where records come from and when they were last updated.
  • Matching.Names in these records are messy — abbreviations, typos, maiden names. Our search uses fuzzy and sound-alike matching, so “Jon Smyth” finds “John Smith.”
  • Directory. You can also browse by state and city to see what's held where.

Why you can trust it

  • It's free. We never charge to search or to show you where to claim. Claiming from the state is free too.
  • We take no cut. We don't file claims on your behalf and we don't take a percentage of what you recover. You deal with the state directly.
  • We're transparent about our data. Every record traces back to an official program, and we publish when the data was last refreshed.

What we are not

MyLostProperty.org is an independent search tool. We are not a government agencyand are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any state unclaimed-property program, NAUPA, or the federal government. We don't hold your property or process claims — the state does. Always verify and file your claim through the official program.

Questions or corrections

Email us at info@thedataproject.ai. We welcome corrections to any record or page. MyLostProperty.org is operated by TheDataProject.AI, 131 Continental Drive, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713.

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