# Stock sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 9, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176 "2020-11-09T21:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![n5tp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/1 "2020-11-09T21:13:30Z")
Will someone please help me find how I can sell some stock in VPFG? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/2 "2020-11-09T22:07:58Z")
How do you own the stock? Or are you trying to short sell the stock? If it is in your 401k or something similar you’ll most likely have to go to the portal for the company that manages the 401k. If on the other hand you own it as part of your normal portfolio then you can go to your broker and have them sell if for you. If you’re looking to short sell I’ll let one of the pros handle it ---
**Author:** ![n5tp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/3 "2020-11-09T22:17:04Z")
I bought it years ago. The company was bought out a and I lost track of it. It last sold on NASDAQ for about $28. I just want to sell it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/4 "2020-11-09T23:01:54Z")
Do you know what brokerage you bought it through? You’re going to need to know where it is or have the actual paper certificate if you want to sell it. If you know who/what company you bought it through, you should be able to give them a call and have them sell it for you. ---
**Author:** ![n5tp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/5 "2020-11-09T23:47:19Z")
I bought it as an IPO from the company, not thru a broker, I have the certificate. The corporation was Viewpoint Bank Financial Group and it was bought by Legacy Bank which was bought by Prosperity Bank. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/6 "2020-11-09T23:52:40Z")
You generally need to go to the transfer agent and swap the certificate for the current stock at whatever the conversion was at each acquisition. You will have to deposit the stock with your broker and put a sell order in. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/7 "2020-11-10T03:45:42Z")
It looks like the transfer agent for Prosperity Bank is [Computershare](https://www.computershare.com/us) You can start by contacting them and seeing if any Prosperity shares are in your name. After multiple mergers, I don’t know how the original Viewpoint shares were handled. It may have been that they buyers tried to contact all shareholders and then claimed those not heard from were lost. And as long as I have it you may as well have Prosperity Banchares address. Prosperity Bank Plaza 4295 San Felipe Houston, Texas 77027 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/8 "2020-11-10T04:27:51Z")
Former stockbroker here. Yes, the transfer agent is the place to start and Computershare is by far the largest. They’ll redeem the shares for whatever the final buyout price was ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176/9 "2020-11-10T16:07:31Z")
Check with the transfer agent by all means, but while you’re waiting to hear from them, check the appropriate state’s [unclaimed property office](https://unclaimed.org/). I’m guessing they tried to contact you at the time of the sale to Legacy Bank but didn’t have a current address. Your best bet is whichever state they had in their files as your address when they lost track of you. But I’d check every state you’ve lived in since buying the stock just to be sure. Each state takes only a few seconds to search.