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MissingMoney.com: is it legit, and is it enough?

MissingMoney.com is an official website of NAUPA, the state unclaimed property administrators' association: it searches all states at once and, when there is a match, links you to that state's official program.1 It is not complete: NAUPA says most states take part,2 and each state also keeps its own search site.3

Updated · Facts checked against official sources November 3, 2026

On this page
  1. What MissingMoney.com is
  2. Is it free?
  3. Why it is not enough on its own
  4. Searching state sites as well
  5. Questions people ask
  6. Sources
  • Free to search, with no advertisements, according to its 2022 relaunch announcement.3
  • Most states participate;2 at the 2022 relaunch it covered 48 departments and 211 million records.3
  • Claiming is free through the official program of the state holding the property.5

What MissingMoney.com is

MissingMoney.com is a free search across the databases of the state programs that participate.2 NAUPA, the association of those programs, calls it an official website of NAUPA and says that when there is a match in any state, the site links to that state’s official program.1 NAUPA’s members are the unclaimed property programs of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.4

Is it free?

The 2022 relaunch announcement says it has no advertisements and no fee to search.3 When there is a match, it links you to the state’s official program,1 and claiming through that program is free.5

Why it is not enough on its own

  • Not every state takes part. NAUPA says “Most states participate”.2 At the 2022 relaunch it listed 48 departments.3
  • Each state keeps its own search site,3 and claims go through the official program of the state holding the property.5
  • Some state pages say whether they participate. Where a state confirms it, its page on this site says so; see the list of states.

Searching state sites as well

The multi-state checklist lists the official search of each state you tick. How to search well covers which names and states to try, the claim guide explains what to do with a match, and the scam guide explains how to tell a real notice from a fake.

Questions people ask

Is MissingMoney.com a government site?

NAUPA calls it an official website of NAUPA,1 an association whose members are the state unclaimed property programs.4 NAUPA describes it as the only website endorsed by states and provinces working together on a national database.3

Does MissingMoney.com charge a fee?

No. The 2022 relaunch announcement says there is no fee to search,3 and claiming from the state is free as well.5

Why is my state's property not on MissingMoney.com?

NAUPA says most states, not all, participate.2 Each state also has its own search site,3 linked from its page on this site.

Sources

Footnote numbers point here. Open "Quoted text" for the exact words relied on ("[…]" marks words left out).

  1. Is it really free to search? National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) · unclaimed.org · checked Nov. 3, 2026
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    You can also conduct a free, online search of all states at once using MissingMoney.com, an official website of NAUPA. If there is a match in any state, MissingMoney.com will provide a link to that state’s official program.
  2. Search for your unclaimed property (it's free) National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) · unclaimed.org · checked Nov. 3, 2026
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    Most states participate in MissingMoney.com—a free website, sponsored by NAUPA, from which you can search participating state’s databases for unclaimed property.
  3. NAST and NAUPA Relaunch MissingMoney.com National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) · unclaimed.org · Nov. 1, 2022 · checked Nov. 3, 2026
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    There are no advertisements found on MissingMoney.com, and there is no fee to search for property.
    Currently, there are 48 departments and 211 million records available to search online in the same location.
    Each unclaimed property department maintains their own website to search, but MissingMoney.com is the only website endorsed by States and Provinces working together to create a national database to help reunite owners with their missing funds.
  4. Who We Are National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) · unclaimed.org · checked Nov. 3, 2026
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    NAUPA, an affiliate of the National Association of State Treasurers, is the foremost authority on unclaimed property and is comprised of the unclaimed property programs of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as several foreign jurisdictions.
  5. Claim Your Found Property National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) · unclaimed.org · checked Nov. 3, 2026
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    Both searching for and claiming your unclaimed property are free, provided you go through the official government program of the state holding the property.