Reports of unclaimed money — TreasuryDirect (2024)

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Reports of unclaimed money — TreasuryDirect? ›

If you think the government has unclaimed money or property for which you are the rightful owner, see our page in the Help Center on Unclaimed money and assets. This page is for agencies that must report unclaimed money. Treasury manages the Unclaimed Moneys account, 20X6133.

Use TreasuryHunt.gov to find matured savings bonds that have stopped earning interest. You can also learn how to replace a lost or destroyed savings bond. Use the U.S. Courts Unclaimed Funds Locator to search for money you may be owed after a person or business declared bankruptcy.

Most states participate in MissingMoney.com—a free website, sponsored by NAUPA, from which you can search participating state's databases for unclaimed property.

The U.S. Treasury keeps a record of each U.S. savings bond's original owner, and offers a partially-complete online listing of those owners' bonds. Using the owner's social security number, you can search for unclaimed U.S. savings bonds, or file a claim for one, by going to the U.S. Treasury's Treasury Hunt webpage.

The best way to check the status your refund is through Where's My Refund? on IRS.gov. All you need is internet access and this information: Your Social Security numbers. Your filing status.

A prompt asks the caller for their Social Security number. The recorded message then instructs the caller to search for unclaimed property at www.unclaimed.org or www.missingmoney.com and while these websites are legitimate, a scammer now has access to your social security number.

https://www.claimittexas.gov/ is the Comptroller's own website. You can safely give out your SSN and driver's license numbers to claim your funds. The state has that information already, of course, and by providing it, you're verifying your identity. The site is safe.

Can you look up savings bonds by Social Security Number? ›

With your Social Security Number (or Taxpayer Identification Number) or name and state, you can use our Treasury Hunt search to see if you have any savings bonds listed in our database. If you do, you'll get information on how to claim and cash them. We update Treasury Hunt every month.

If the beneficiary has a TreasuryDirect account, the security will be transferred to that account. If the beneficiary does not have an account, he or she may establish an account. Alternatively, a beneficiary named on a savings bond may request redemption.

TreasuryDirect.gov is the one and only place to buy and redeem U.S. savings bonds and other securities directly from the U.S. Treasury! Your investments are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government.

You can also verify U.S. Treasury check information at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Treasury Check Verification System (TCVS) at https://tcvs.fiscal.treasury.gov/.

The Treasury Department, the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rapidly sent out three rounds of direct relief payments during the COVID-19 crisis, and payments from the third round continue to be disbursed to Americans.

Contacts for the Public

To obtain information on whether your tax refund or federal payment was reduced or offset, you can call 800-304-3107 and select option 1 to hear an automated message of the amount, date and creditor agency or agencies you owe the debt to.