How to claim unclaimed dividend from the IEPF

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This guide walks an investor or a legal heir through reclaiming a dividend, and where applicable the underlying shares, that have been transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) after seven years of remaining unclaimed. The claim is made through Form IEPF-5 on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs portal. The process is broker-neutral; for the broker-specific variant using a Zerodha demat account see how to claim unclaimed dividends through IEPF via Zerodha , and for mutual fund units see how to claim IEPF mutual fund units .

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How to claim unclaimed dividend from the IEPF