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Application for Payment of Unclaimed Funds

Federal · United States Courts · Effective December 1, 2023

This form is an application used to ask the court for payment of money that has been found but not claimed. It asks the person filing the form to provide details about the money, who is entitled to it, and supporting information.

The court describes it as: Form 1340 (Application for Payment of Unclaimed Funds) is a Director's Bankruptcy Form. Director’s Bankruptcy Forms are issued under Bankruptcy Rule 9009 by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Form 1340 is a template used by courts in developing their own localized form to assist parties in seeking the payment of unclaimed funds held by bankruptcy courts. This template version of the form should not be filed with the court. Instead, a member of public seeking payment of unclaimed funds from a bankruptcy case should check the website of the court where the case was filed and use a localized version of the form (or other applications process) from that court’s website. Find more information about unclaimed funds in bankruptcy cases, including a link to an unclaimed funds locator subscribed to by most bankruptcy courts.

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This form is used when someone believes there is unclaimed money held by a bankruptcy court that they are entitled to receive. The form itself is a template and should not be filed directly with the court.

Either party may file.

Official instructions

How-to guides published by the court for this form.

Common questions

Who should file this form?
The text indicates that a member of the public seeking payment of unclaimed funds should use a localized version of this form from the court's website.
Is this form ready to be filed?
No, the form states that this template version should not be filed with the court; a localized version from the court's website should be used.

Revision history

No changes recorded since we started tracking this form on October 9, 2026. The current version took effect December 1, 2023.

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