Expert: Steven Taylor - 9/21/2010

Question
I have a stock certificate for Bluewater Oil & Gas Limited, Alberta, Canada. Can you tell me if the company still exists?

Thx, Jim

Answer
Jim, from the information I have available, the company is no longer around. It was acquired in 1985 for US$6.00 per share cash.

If the certificate is in your name, and you never received the cash, then you need to search the missing property offices of every State or Province in which you lived from the date which you were first issued the certificate until the takeover. You can search many of them for free online at www.missingmoney.com or www.naupa.org (search both). Enter your name exactly as it appears on the certificate.