How Do I Get a Claim ID for a Class Action Settlement?

You are partway through a settlement claim when it asks for a claim ID you do not have. This guide covers where that ID is printed, how to get it from the company running the settlement if you cannot find it, and the phone number for the administrator of every open settlement Chimo covers.

What a settlement claim ID is

When a settlement is approved for notice, the court appoints a settlement administrator: the company that sends out the notices, runs the final review for claims and mails the payments. When the company being sued has a record of you, usually from a customer list, a patient list or a list of people whose data was exposed, the administrator sends the list a notice by email or postcard. That notice carries a code unique to you.

That code is the claim ID. Settlements call it different things, and they all mean the same thing:

• Claim ID or Claimant ID
• Notice ID or Notice Number
• Class Member ID
• Unique ID or Unique Identifier
• PIN

The ID ties your claim to the company's own record of you, which is how the administrator confirms you are in the class without asking you to prove it yourself.

Some settlements pair the ID with a second code, often called a Confirmation Code or PIN, and need both to open the online claim form. The Leesa, Brooklyn Bedding, Helix and Bear mattress settlement worked this way: its claim website would not show a form until you entered both.

Do you need a claim ID to file?

Often not. Whether you need one depends on how the settlement defines who is in the class.

Where the class is anyone who bought a product, such as a supplement, a pet food or a pair of shoes, the company usually has no list of buyers, so there is nothing to give you an ID from. Those claim forms tend to ask for your name, address and a sworn statement about what you bought, and leave the ID box out or mark it optional.

Where the class is a list the company already holds, such as customers, patients, or people whose data was exposed in a breach, the ID is more often required. For example, the claim form required an ID in the Comcast, Avis, Christian Dior, Leesa and Brooklyn Bedding, Wayne Memorial Hospital and Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health data cases.

The online claim form is the place to check. A paper form sometimes leaves out a box the website has. If the ID field on the website is not marked "Optional", treat it as required.

Where to find your claim ID

Look in these places, in this order.

1. Your email. Search every inbox you use for the settlement's name, the company's name, and the words "Notice ID", "Class Member ID" and "settlement". Check the spam, junk and promotions folders, because notices from addresses you have never heard of often land there. The ID is usually near the top of the email or just above the link to the claim form.
2. Your mail. Postcard notices print the ID on the front, close to your name and address, and sometimes on a tear-off claim form attached to the card.3. An old email address or home address. The administrator sends the notice to whatever contact details the company had for you, which may be an email you stopped using or an address you have since moved from. Check old accounts before you call.

If you filed a claim already, keep the confirmation email. The claim number in it is a different code from the claim ID on your notice, and it is what the administrator will ask for when you call about a payment.

How to get your claim ID from the settlement administrator

If you cannot find the notice, ask the administrator for the ID. Here is how to do that so they can find you on the first try.

1. Check the settlement website first. Many have a "Look up your ID" or "Contact us" form. Find the website through the notice, the court documents, or the case page on Chimo, and use the form if there is one.
2. Call the settlement administrator. The numbers for every open settlement we cover, and those closed in the last year, are in the table below. Phone lines usually run on weekdays, and many open with a recorded menu before you reach a person.
3. Have the details the company knew you by. Your full name and any earlier name, every mailing address and email address you used with the company during the dates the settlement covers, and your phone number. The administrator searches the company's records with these, and the record may hold an address you no longer think of as yours.

If the administrator cannot find you, it will usually ask for an alternative email address or mailing address and search again. That is not a rejection, so send what you have. If you are not on the company's list in a settlement that requires an ID, you may not be in the class; if the settlement does not require one, you can usually file without it.

Ask early. Waiting for a reply does not move the court's claim deadline, and administrators can take a week or more to answer by email.

Every number below was copied from that settlement's own notice or claim form, or from its official settlement website. If you want to check one, the notice you received, or the official settlement website, prints the same number beside the case name and the court. No settlement needs your online banking login, a gift card or a code read back from your phone to look you up.

Settlement administrator phone numbers

Below is every settlement on Chimo whose claim deadline is still ahead or passed in the last 12 months, with the formal case name a phone agent may ask you for and the administrator's number. Each number is taken from that settlement's own notice or claim form, and the list is updated as new settlements open.

Claim deadline still ahead (as of November 7, 2026)

Claim deadline passed in the last 12 months

A closed settlement no longer takes claims, but its administrator is still who to call about a payment, a check that never arrived or a change of address.

The Discover settlement printed a separate line for each kind of merchant; the number above is the one on its claim form.

How Chimo helps you file a class action claim

A missing claim ID is one of the quieter reasons people give up on a claim they qualify for. The form stops, the notice is gone, and finding it means an hour of searching old inboxes or a phone queue. Chimo works out which settlements you are likely to qualify for and, for members, prepares, signs and mails the claim. When a settlement's claim form requires an ID, we ask you for it as part of the claim. Class action filing is included in a Chimo membership, and we take no percentage of what a settlement pays.

You can also file any of these yourself, directly with the settlement administrator. Some settlements pay class members without a claim form at all, and automatic payment settlements explains how to tell which. Once you have filed, how long class action settlements take to pay explains the wait.

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Common questions

The questions people ask most about claim IDs and settlement notices.