New Hampshire · Unclaimed property · Updated Oct 2026
New Hampshire State Treasury, Abandoned Property Division holds money that businesses could not return to its owners. Here is how to search, what proof you need and how long it takes.
Search New Hampshire's official list of unclaimed property by name.
Search in New HampshireSearch your name on FindNHMoney.gov. Claiming is free. The Treasury mails postcards each year to new owners with more than $50 or any stock or fund shares.
Select your properties and file the claim online. The site asks how you are related to the owner (for example, the owner, an heir or the estate).
Gather proof of your Social Security number and proof that you lived at the address on file, and have any required forms notarized. The Treasury offers free notary service at its Concord office, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Upload your documents through the site's 'Upload Claim Documentation' page. If you have questions, call or write the Abandoned Property Division in Concord.
Check your claim status online. Payment is by check; direct deposit is not offered.
Heirs or the estate's personal representative can claim. A photocopy of the certified death certificate is fine, and the Treasury will ask whether the estate was probated; in some cases you may need to open probate and get an estate tax ID number from the IRS.
Any agreement to pay a finder made within 24 months after the property was turned over to the state cannot be enforced. After that, the agreement is valid only if it is in writing, signed by you, states the property's value and your share after the fee, and includes a required disclosure about the state's abandoned property office. The Treasury's page quoting the law shows no percentage cap, but you can always challenge an excessive fee.
Watch out: If someone offers to help you recover money for a fee, the Treasury says to call its office first; claiming directly is free.
Search every other state where you lived or worked. Some money, like old savings bonds and IRS refunds, is held by federal agencies.
Money that businesses could not return to you and had to hand over to a state, such as old bank accounts and insurance policies. USA.gov says state governments hold most unclaimed money.
Official siteOld paper or electronic U.S. savings bonds that were never cashed, including bonds that have matured and stopped earning interest (EE and I bonds earn interest for up to 30 years), plus lost, stolen or destroyed bonds.
Official siteTax refunds owed to people who never filed a federal tax return for a year, often because they earned little and were not required to file. The IRS says taxpayers usually have three years to file and claim a refund; after that the money becomes the property of the U.S. Treasury.
Official siteSearch the official database run by the New Hampshire State Treasury, Abandoned Property Division. Searching is free. Search every name you have used and every address where you lived in New Hampshire.
No. The state does not charge a fee to claim. Any agreement to pay a finder made within 24 months after the property was turned over to the state cannot be enforced. After that, the agreement is valid only if it is in writing, signed by you, states the property's value and your share after the fee, and includes a required disclosure about the state's abandoned property office. The Treasury's page quoting the law shows no percentage cap, but you can always challenge an excessive fee.
Heirs or the estate's personal representative can claim. A photocopy of the certified death certificate is fine, and the Treasury will ask whether the estate was probated; in some cases you may need to open probate and get an estate tax ID number from the IRS.