Check if your Shares or Dividend are lying with IEPF
The IEPF status check is available only on the official MCA portal — and requires MCA login. Follow the steps below, or let our experts check it for you free of cost.
What is IEPF?
IEPF stands for the Investor Education and Protection Fund, set up by the Government of India under Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013. As per Section 124(5), if dividend on shares remains unclaimed or unpaid for 7 consecutive years, the company is required to transfer both the unpaid dividend and the underlying shares to the IEPF Authority.
This usually happens when a shareholder changes address, doesn't update bank details, loses old physical share certificates, or simply forgets about long-held investments. The good news — these shares and dividends are not lost. The IEPF Authority safeguards them, and you (or your legal heirs) can recover them by filing Form IEPF-5.
Steps to Check Your Shares on the IEPF Portal
Follow these simple steps to find out if your shares or dividends were transferred to the IEPF Authority.
Login on MCA Portal
Open the MCA IEPF search page and login with your registered MCA credentials. Without login, the search options are not visible.
Open IEPF Search
Go to MCA Services → IEPF related services → Search Unclaimed/Unpaid Amount and Shares (Transferred by the Company).
Pick a Search Option
Choose one — Search by PAN, Search by Basic Information, or Search by Company Name and Demat ID / Folio Number.
Enter Investor Details
Enter the shareholder's PAN, full name, folio number or DP/Client ID. Try variations of the name (with/without middle name, initials).
Review the Result
If your name appears, note down the company, amount, folio and DP details — these are needed for the IEPF-5 claim.
Couldn't Find It?
Names may be misspelled, folios merged, or shares already transferred to IEPF demat. Don't worry — we can trace it for you.
What's Next After You Check?
Two scenarios — both covered by IEPFZone.
Shares Found in IEPF?
Great — your investments are safe with the IEPF Authority. Now you need to file Form IEPF-5, get verification from the company's Nodal Officer, and the Authority will refund the shares to your demat account & dividend to your bank.
IEPFZone handles the entire recovery — documentation, indemnity, MCA filing, Nodal Officer follow-up — so you don't have to.
Start IEPF RecoveryCouldn't Find Your Shares?
Don't assume they're lost. Old physical certificates, name mismatches, mergers/demergers, or shares still held in the company's Unpaid Dividend Account (within the 7-year window) often don't show on a basic search.
Our team digs through RTA records, ISIN history, and corporate actions to trace shares that don't appear on the public portal.
Take Our Help to TraceNot sure where to start? Talk to an IEPF expert — free.
No obligation. We'll check your case and tell you exactly what's recoverable.