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Unclaimed 401K – How to find your lost 401K money

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  on April 7, 2011

When you leave a job many times your 401k will stay with your previous job. But what happens to this 401k money if the company goes out of business or if you just forget about it? Many times these unclaimed 401k retirement accounts become lost and there are millions of dollars in unclaimed 401k funds in various states.  The problem is most people don’t know how to locate these unclaimed funds. After all you can’t call anyone at the company that is now out of business. To find lost unclaimed 401k money you need to contact the 401K National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits. Unclaimed 401k funds are catalog in the registry and they can help you find your unclaimed 401k.

You need to follow some steps to get your lost 401k money returned:

1. Enter your social security number in the 401K National Registry Database and then perform a search. This will search the national database and find any unclaimed money which you are entitled to receive.

2. Once you enter in your SSN number to search for unclaimed money in 401k accounts registered to you, then you will be taken to a page showing you where they are and you will be able to complete the necessary paperwork to obtain your money or get it transferred to another retirement account you own.

Obtaining Unclaimed 401K is just that easy. So get out there and find any lost 401k money to which you are entitled.


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21 Responses to “Unclaimed 401K – How to find your lost 401K money”

  1. Wet carpet cleaning Sydney, on August 30th, 2011 at 10:39 am Said:

    Refer to unclaimed property right or money!!!

  2. Brenda Sartwell, on September 23rd, 2011 at 1:48 pm Said:

    I just realized that I had 401k at my job 20 years ago! What happen to that money and what can I do about it

  3. Andrea k Smith, on October 23rd, 2011 at 8:48 pm Said:

    need to know if i have 401k

  4. Andrea k Smith, on October 23rd, 2011 at 8:49 pm Said:

    i need to know if i have 401k from my old job

  5. Clifford Christensen, on October 29th, 2011 at 3:35 am Said:

    I left a job in 1998 that I had been with for nearly 20 years. I thought I had taken all of my 401k money when I left but when I went on Social Security, they notified me that I had two more accounts that were entirely funded by my employer to be taken when I retired. Well I have since contacted the company sort of, they were bought out by another company. They have no record of these accounts. How do I go about getting my money?

  6. karl ramer, on November 5th, 2011 at 7:18 am Said:

    Iamlooking for an old 401k from arizona.

  7. elizabeth m. rasteiro, on November 10th, 2011 at 1:01 am Said:

    id like to know if I have 401k from jobs past 20 years.

  8. Violet W. Lucas, on November 12th, 2011 at 6:42 pm Said:

    I am trying to locate unclaimed money from 401k on some of the jobs that i have worked.

  9. carl junior applewhite, on November 15th, 2011 at 10:30 am Said:

    i’m trying to find my 401k money i was working at paramount
    in nj years ago.

  10. carl junior applewhite, on November 15th, 2011 at 10:32 am Said:

    iam looking for 401k from past years.

  11. Duncan Cameron, on November 24th, 2011 at 5:22 pm Said:

    Searching for unclaimed 401 k money from 1995 to 2011

  12. crystal walters, on December 3rd, 2011 at 3:02 pm Said:

    crystal walters december 2 2011 said i need to know what happen to my 401 k from a previous job gabriel went bank rutt

  13. crystal walters, on December 3rd, 2011 at 3:04 pm Said:

    i left that job in 2001

  14. Christa Shelley, on December 20th, 2011 at 4:36 pm Said:

    I should have money from 401K 13 yrs. ago.

  15. Lissie Rivera, on December 21st, 2011 at 9:26 pm Said:

    Hi to whom it may concern: I was working in Mony Insurance Company from November 3rd 1983 til 1987, I had a 401 K at the time and one day I receevied a lettewr from American Express in reference to my 401K, I had my mom sick whom I was taking care at the time and I never followed it up. how can I find out about this matter. I have been layed off for a while , and if by the grace of god i have anything that belongs to me I would surely like to recover it. thank you.
    please tell me how I can follow this up . again Thank you
    Happy Holidays

  16. ANGELIA CUNNINGHAM, on December 23rd, 2011 at 11:03 am Said:

    HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING MY 401K FROM JOB PAST

  17. Andreanna Veith, on December 28th, 2011 at 4:10 am Said:

    I’id like to know if I have 401k from jobs past 12 years.

  18. William, on December 30th, 2011 at 11:12 am Said:

    Hi,

    I used to work for a small school upstate NY for 10 years. Due to life’s circumstances I left that job about 10 year ago without claiming my 401k money. Also, in late 1980′s I used to work for a hotel in Manhattan, NY and I also left the job.
    I’d like to know if I have 401k from jobs past 20 year?

    Thank you,

    William K.

  19. DONALD DIFFIN, on January 3rd, 2012 at 1:17 am Said:

    I INVESTED IN 401K AT A JOB I HAD IN 1999. I ONLY PUT IN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. ITS PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS. THE COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.. HOW DO I FIND MY MONEY? PLEASE HELP!!!!

  20. NANCY MEJIA, on January 12th, 2012 at 1:10 pm Said:

    401 UNCLAIM MONEY

  21. NANCY MEJIA, on January 12th, 2012 at 1:12 pm Said:

    LEFT A JOB IN 1998 OR 1997 ONMI PLASTIC NEVER CHECKED

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