(Part 2 of 2)

The reasons that it is hard to reunite unclaimed money with the true owners are numerous, but they generally all boil down to a lack of knowledge about where and when to search. While a lot of websites may claim to be "official" or say they offer a complete database, only a handful actually provide legitimate records, and even the actual state listings are quite unreliable. Once an asset is passed along to the state, a worker at the state has to manually enter the record in to the abandoned assets list, but this is not done instantaneously, so it's a good idea to check the database regularly. On top of that, due to all of the varying dormancy period lengths, a person could perform a search on a given day and then end their search if they find no records, when if they had just checked back the next year they may have discovered a significant claim that just happened to have a lengthier dormancy period.

When looking for lost money, there's more to it than just plugging a name in to the search box of any old site. Issues that hinder rookie searchers can be easy to circumvent, but the majority try to go out on their own and are not able to locate money that belongs to them, which is why the totals grow all across the country. Investing a little time learning expert search methods can greatly increase the chances of filling our pockets with money we had forgotten about.

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