Great question! A good place to start is your state’s unclaimed property office — every state has a searchable database. You can also check federal sources like the IRS (for unclaimed tax refunds) and the U.S. Treasury (for savings bonds). I personally found an old refund I forgot about this way. For a detailed guide, this article highlights places where you might have forgotten funds: hiding cash It’s surprising how often people find forgotten money — definitely worth a look!