How to look up old stock prices?
Searching for old, forgotten, or physical paper stock certificates involves conducting systematic audits of personal family archives, contacting company registrars, and checking government unclaimed property databases. In India, for instance, if old physical shares or unclaimed dividends have remained inactive for seven consecutive years, corporations are legally mandated to transfer those assets to the Investor Education and Protection Fund. Investors or legal heirs can search the official IEPF online portal using the original shareholder's name, PAN card details, or folio numbers to check for transferred shares. For active companies, reaching out directly to the official Registrar and Transfer Agents allows you to trace old folio records and initiate duplicate certificate or dematerialization procedures.