diff --git a/akauntingpy/api.py b/akauntingpy/api.py
index 13f5456..7b03cef 100644
--- a/akauntingpy/api.py
+++ b/akauntingpy/api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+from unittest.mock import seal
 import requests
 import json
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
@@ -75,6 +76,14 @@ class Client(object):
     def get_accounts(self, **params):
         data = self.call(endpoint="accounts", **params)
         
+        if params.get('search', False):
+            # Check if there is an account returned
+            if data['meta']['pagination'].get('count') == 0:
+                # No account found
+                raise exceptions.AccountNotFound("Sorry, account not found matching search parameters: %s".format(
+                    params.get('search')
+                ))
+                    
         return data['data']
     
     def create_transaction(self,
diff --git a/akauntingpy/exceptions.py b/akauntingpy/exceptions.py
index e51926a..7f101ca 100644
--- a/akauntingpy/exceptions.py
+++ b/akauntingpy/exceptions.py
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ class InvalidData(Error):
     Args:
         Error (_type_): _description_
     """
+
+class AccountNotFound(Error):
+    """
+    Account not found
+
+    Args:
+        Error (_type_): _description_
+    """
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diff --git a/data/GetAccountsSearchNotFound.json b/data/GetAccountsSearchNotFound.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0198514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/GetAccountsSearchNotFound.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "data":[],
+    "meta":{
+       "pagination":{
+          "total":0,
+          "count":0,
+          "per_page":25,
+          "current_page":0,
+          "total_pages":0,
+          "links":{
+             
+          }
+       }
+    }
+ }
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diff --git a/tests/api_test.py b/tests/api_test.py
index 1c42350..2438f86 100644
--- a/tests/api_test.py
+++ b/tests/api_test.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ class TestAPI:
                           json=RetrieveJSONFromFile("data/GetAccountsSearch.json"))
         data = c.get_accounts(search="number:38-9011-0510023-03",params={'page': 1, 'limit': 200})
         
+    def test_get_account_search_not_found(self, setUp, requests_mock):
+        c = setUp
+        requests_mock.get(c.url + "/accounts?search=number%3Aarandomvalue&company_id=1",
+                          json=RetrieveJSONFromFile("data/GetAccountsSearchNotFound.json"))
+        with pytest.raises(AccountNotFound):
+            data = c.get_accounts(search="number:arandomvalue")
+        
     def test_create_transaction_income_success(self, setUp, requests_mock,
                             type='income', # Payment method type
                             account_id=2, # Account ID to assign