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Shares, dividends and bonds

Dividend warrants go uncashed. Share certificates sit in a drawer through a name change or a house move. Bonds mature and stop earning interest. After a statutory period these are typically transferred to a government fund or an unclaimed-property office, and there is a defined route to get them back.

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✓ Verified 2026-09-13

IEPF — claim shares and dividends back

Run by Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority, Ministry of Corporate Affairs

What it covers
Dividends, shares, matured deposits and debentures transferred to the IEPF after remaining unclaimed with a company for the statutory period.
How the claim works
File form IEPF-5 online, then send the physical documents to the company's nodal officer, who verifies and recommends your claim to the Authority.
Open the official service ↗

Source: Official IEPF Authority page on the Government of India domain iepf.gov.in, confirmed in the Authority's own site index. Page body blocks automated readers (HTTP 403).
How we checked: We confirmed this URL in the operator's own official index on 2026-09-13; the page body blocks automated readers.

Your next steps

  1. Gather what identifies you. Old addresses, maiden or former names, account or policy numbers, employer names and the years you were there. Most searches are by name, and old names matter.
  2. Search every name you have used, and every spelling. Records are entered by hand and get misspelt.
  3. Search for relatives too if you may be an heir or nominee — these amounts are commonly sitting under a parent's name.
  4. Claim directly with the organisation that holds it. They will ask for proof of identity and proof of your link to the money. That is normal. A request for money from someone who contacted you first is not. A few official programmes charge a published fee; read it on the operator's own site before you claim.
  5. Expect it to take weeks, not minutes. Official verification is slow. Slowness is a sign you are in the right place, not the wrong one.

Holding old paper share certificates, or shares of a family member who has died? Our free old share value finder and recovery route checker can help you work out what they are and which route is likely.

⚠️ Before you pay anyone, read this

  • Searching is free everywhere on this site. Every destination we route you to is an official government or regulator service that does not charge you to look.
  • You don’t need to pay anyone to search. Be wary of anyone asking for an upfront fee.
  • Be wary of anyone who asks you for money first. An advance fee, a processing charge, or a tax payable up front, asked by someone who contacted you or advertised to you, is the single clearest sign of a scam. A few official programmes do charge a published fee, so read the amount on the operator’s own site before you claim.
  • Type the address yourself, or use our link. Do not follow links from an unexpected email, SMS or WhatsApp about unclaimed money, and do not scan a QR code to receive a payout.
  • Nobody legitimate needs your password, OTP or full card number to help you find unclaimed money.
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