{"id":21478,"date":"2024-08-06T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azzadasset.com\/?p=21478"},"modified":"2025-03-14T19:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:15:47","slug":"how-to-reclaim-an-inactive-401k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/blog\/how-to-reclaim-an-inactive-401k\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reclaim an Inactive 401(k)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know that 1 in 5 Americans have inactive 401(k)s worth thousands of dollars?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let your hard-earned money go to waste! Here\u2019s how to reclaim yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to find a lost 401(k):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact your old employer\u2019s HR department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check old 401(k) statements for account details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use look-up databases like the National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits or the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Check the Department of Labor\u2019s abandoned plan database<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you\u2019ve located your plan, you can do on of the following:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request a direct rollover to your new employer\u2019s plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer the funds into an existing IRA (Consider an Azzad IRA for riba-free, halal investment options)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cash it out (but beware of taxes and penalties)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Talk to an Azzad advisor today to discuss your options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that 1 in 5 Americans have inactive 401(k)s worth thousands of dollars? Don\u2019t let your hard-earned money go to waste! Here\u2019s how to reclaim yours. How to find a lost 401(k): 4. Check the Department of Labor\u2019s abandoned plan database Talk to an Azzad advisor today to discuss your options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21480,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21478\/revisions\/21480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelliserver.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}