About YourGiveBack.com

Mae Finley

We write step-by-step cards that show how to search official lists of money and property that states and federal offices are holding for people. We also explain how to tell a real refund notice from a fake. Many of our readers are past retirement age, and some are grown children sorting out a parent's papers.

How we choose sources

Every step points to the office that actually keeps the records: a state program, TreasuryDirect, PBGC, the IRS or the FTC. When a link goes to a group that isn't a government office, such as NAUPA, we say who runs it. When a state uses an outside company to run its search, we link it only if NAUPA lists it as that state's official program.

What we do, and what we leave to the states

YourGiveBack.com is not a government agency, and we are not a finder service. We don't search for you, and we can't see any state's records. Only the state or office that holds an account can tell you whether it is yours. We never ask you for a fee, a Social Security number or bank details.

Who Mae Finley is

Several of our writers publish under one pen name, Mae Finley. She is not a lawyer and does not work for a state office. What we write is general how-to help, not legal advice.

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