Have Your Grandparents Ever Lost Money?

Whether you know your grandparents, they’re estranged or even if they passed away some time ago, you can find out right now if your grandparents have ever lost money. Using an up-and-coming database called Cash Unclaimed, U.S. treasurers are urging all Americans to search for and find lost money that may have belonged to their grandparent’s generation. If all Americans search, treasurers theorize, we might be able to eradicate the problem of lost money in this country once and for all.

Your Grandparents And Lost Money

Cash Unclaimed helps people find lost money by searching for a first and last name. When you enter your grandparents’ identifying information into the Cash Unclaimed search box, you’ll find out instantly whether or not they have any lost money coming to them.

If a match is made, you, as the grandchild, can initiate the lost money claims process, but you might have to jump through a few hoops first. If your grandparents are still alive, they will have to be the ones to initiate the claims process. They will have to verify their identity and then the lost money will be mailed to them or deposited directly into their bank account.

If your grandparents are estranged, this is going to make the process for trying to find lost money difficult. If anything, the process for claiming the money might bring you closer again.

If your grandparents are deceased and you find lost money in their name, you’ll be able to claim it as soon as you verify that your grandparents are in fact dead and that you are the rightful heir of the lost money in question. You may find that the money has to pass through your grandparent’s estate and the person who controls it, but once that is finished you will be able to claim any lost money found.

With billions of dollars in lost money to be located all over the country, the time is now to search for your grandparent’s lost money. If you do find money and your grandparents are still alive, you might want to talk them into splitting it with you. You were the one to find lost money, after all.