diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.html b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.html
index e4b31cf58..45cc66466 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.html
@@ -178,61 +178,25 @@
             <div class="funding-intro-banner">
               <mat-icon class="banner-icon">info</mat-icon>
               <span>
-                Select the one receipt that covers this payment, or enter a voucher number to search. Click
+                Select the one receipt that covers this payment. Click
                 <mat-icon class="inline-icon">visibility</mat-icon> on any row to view full details popup.
               </span>
             </div>
 
-            <!-- Toolbar: GL Account Select & Voucher Lookup -->
-            <div class="lookup-toolbar">
-              <div class="gl-select-box">
-                <label class="toolbar-label"> <mat-icon class="mini-icon">account_tree</mat-icon> GL Account </label>
-                <select
-                  class="custom-select"
-                  [(ngModel)]="glAccountNo"
-                  [ngModelOptions]="{ standalone: true }"
-                  [disabled]="lookingUpVoucher || submitting || loadingGlAccounts"
-                >
-                  <option value="" disabled>
-                    {{ loadingGlAccounts ? 'Loading GL accounts…' : 'Select GL account…' }}
-                  </option>
-                  @for (gl of glAccounts; track gl.id) {
-                    <option [value]="gl.gl_code">{{ gl.gl_code }} — {{ gl.name }}</option>
-                  }
-                </select>
-              </div>
-
-              <div class="voucher-lookup-box">
-                <label class="toolbar-label">
-                  <mat-icon class="mini-icon">search</mat-icon> Find Specific Voucher
-                </label>
-                <div class="lookup-input-group">
-                  <input
-                    type="text"
-                    class="lookup-input font-mono"
-                    placeholder="Voucher no. (e.g. 000123)"
-                    [(ngModel)]="voucherNo"
-                    [disabled]="lookingUpVoucher || submitting"
-                    (keyup.enter)="lookupVoucher()"
-                  />
-                  <button
-                    mat-flat-button
-                    color="primary"
-                    type="button"
-                    class="find-btn"
-                    [disabled]="!voucherNo.trim() || !glAccountNo.trim() || lookingUpVoucher || submitting"
-                    (click)="lookupVoucher()"
-                  >
-                    @if (lookingUpVoucher) {
-                      <mat-spinner diameter="14"></mat-spinner>
-                    } @else {
-                      <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
-                      <span>Find</span>
-                    }
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            </div>
+            <!-- A voucher not already listed below (an older receipt, or one only the member's slip
+                 names) is reached through the popup, not a toolbar sitting here whether or not
+                 anyone needs it -- the unattributed list and this member's own receipts already
+                 cover the ordinary case. -->
+            <button
+              mat-stroked-button
+              type="button"
+              class="voucher-search-toggle-btn"
+              [disabled]="submitting"
+              (click)="openVoucherSearch()"
+            >
+              <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
+              <span>Search a Voucher Not Listed Below</span>
+            </button>
 
             <!-- Receipts tagged "Share Collection" that belong to nobody yet. A deposit straight into
                  a GL account names no member, so it is never attributed on its own -- and never
@@ -649,3 +613,85 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 }
+
+<!-- SEARCH VOUCHER POPUP -->
+@if (voucherSearchOpen) {
+  <div class="modal-backdrop animate-fade-in" (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">
+    <div class="voucher-modal-dialog voucher-search-dialog" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <div class="header-title font-accent">
+          <mat-icon class="m-icon">search</mat-icon>
+          <span>Search a Voucher</span>
+        </div>
+        <button type="button" mat-icon-button class="close-btn" (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">
+          <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="modal-body">
+        <p class="voucher-search-hint">
+          For a receipt not already listed above — one taken on an earlier day, or a slip the member is holding.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="lookup-toolbar">
+          <div class="gl-select-box">
+            <label class="toolbar-label"><mat-icon class="mini-icon">account_tree</mat-icon> GL Account</label>
+            <select
+              class="custom-select"
+              [(ngModel)]="glAccountNo"
+              [ngModelOptions]="{ standalone: true }"
+              [disabled]="lookingUpVoucher || submitting || loadingGlAccounts"
+            >
+              <option value="" disabled>
+                {{ loadingGlAccounts ? 'Loading GL accounts…' : 'Select GL account…' }}
+              </option>
+              @for (gl of glAccounts; track gl.id) {
+                <option [value]="gl.gl_code">{{ gl.gl_code }} — {{ gl.name }}</option>
+              }
+            </select>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="voucher-lookup-box">
+            <label class="toolbar-label"> <mat-icon class="mini-icon">receipt</mat-icon> Voucher / Receipt No </label>
+            <div class="lookup-input-group">
+              <input
+                type="text"
+                class="lookup-input font-mono"
+                placeholder="Voucher no. (e.g. 000123)"
+                [(ngModel)]="voucherNo"
+                [disabled]="lookingUpVoucher || submitting"
+                (keyup.enter)="lookupVoucher()"
+              />
+              <button
+                mat-flat-button
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+                class="find-btn"
+                [disabled]="!voucherNo.trim() || !glAccountNo.trim() || lookingUpVoucher || submitting"
+                (click)="lookupVoucher()"
+              >
+                @if (lookingUpVoucher) {
+                  <mat-spinner diameter="14"></mat-spinner>
+                } @else {
+                  <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
+                  <span>Find</span>
+                }
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        @if (voucherError) {
+          <div class="alert-box alert-error">
+            <mat-icon>error_outline</mat-icon>
+            <span>{{ voucherError }}</span>
+          </div>
+        }
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" mat-stroked-button (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">Close</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.scss b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.scss
index fdb52947f..7e7360995 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.scss
@@ -335,6 +335,36 @@ mat-form-field {
   }
 }
 
+.voucher-search-toggle-btn {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: $accent-blue;
+  border-color: $primary-border;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+
+  mat-icon {
+    font-size: 17px;
+    width: 17px;
+    height: 17px;
+  }
+}
+
+.voucher-search-hint {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: $text-muted;
+  margin: 0 0 0.85rem;
+}
+
+// The shared .lookup-toolbar normally goes two-column above its own breakpoint of BROWSER width,
+// which says nothing about how wide this popup itself is -- at the popup's width, two columns crowd
+// the GL Account select against the voucher input. Single column reads better at this popup's width.
+.voucher-search-dialog .lookup-toolbar {
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+}
+
 /* Lookup Toolbar */
 .lookup-toolbar {
   display: grid;
diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.ts b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.ts
index 98e09d124..099c1031f 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-actions/apply-shares/apply-shares.component.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,25 @@ export class ApplySharesComponent implements OnInit {
   lookingUpVoucher = false;
   voucherError = '';
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the voucher-search popup is open.
+   *
+   * The GL Account / Voucher No lookup is for the exception — a receipt the unattributed list and
+   * this member's own list do not carry — so it sits behind a button rather than on screen whether
+   * or not anyone needs it, exactly like the receipt-detail popup already does for the same reason.
+   */
+  voucherSearchOpen = false;
+
+  openVoucherSearch(): void {
+    this.voucherError = '';
+    this.voucherSearchOpen = true;
+  }
+
+  closeVoucherSearch(): void {
+    this.voucherSearchOpen = false;
+    this.voucherError = '';
+  }
+
   /** Voucher / Receipt No shown in the "Find Specific Voucher" box. Mirrors whichever receipt is
    *  ticked below (see {@link toggleVoucher}) so a tick is visibly confirmed up there too, and
    *  carries whatever the counter has typed in when they search by hand instead. */
@@ -445,6 +464,9 @@ export class ApplySharesComponent implements OnInit {
         // Once attached it belongs to this member, so it leaves the unattributed list rather than
         // sitting there inviting a second, conflicting attachment.
         this.unattributed = this.unattributed.filter((u) => u.voucherNo !== voucherNo);
+        // Found it -- the popup has done its job, so it closes rather than sitting open over a
+        // receipt that now already shows, ticked, in the table behind it.
+        this.voucherSearchOpen = false;
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.html b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.html
index 12a30dadf..9e35e3841 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.html
@@ -80,57 +80,21 @@
       </div>
     }
 
-    <!-- SHARE RECEIPT LOOKUP SECTION -->
+    <!-- SHARE RECEIPT LOOKUP — a voucher not already sitting in the lists below (an older receipt,
+         or a member's own slip) is reached through the popup, not a toolbar that sat here whether or
+         not anyone needed it. The unattributed list and the member's own receipts already cover the
+         ordinary case; this is only for the exception. -->
     <div class="search-section">
-      <div class="section-label">
-        <mat-icon class="sec-icon">search</mat-icon>
-        <span>Share Receipt Lookup</span>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="lookup-toolbar">
-        <div class="gl-select-box">
-          <label class="toolbar-label"><mat-icon class="mini-icon">account_tree</mat-icon> GL Account</label>
-          <select
-            class="custom-select"
-            [(ngModel)]="glAccountNo"
-            [disabled]="lookingUp || submitting || loadingGlAccounts"
-          >
-            <option value="" disabled>{{ loadingGlAccounts ? 'Loading GL accounts…' : 'Select GL account…' }}</option>
-            @for (gl of glAccounts; track gl.id) {
-              <option [value]="gl.gl_code">{{ gl.gl_code }} — {{ gl.name }}</option>
-            }
-          </select>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="voucher-lookup-box">
-          <label class="toolbar-label"><mat-icon class="mini-icon">receipt</mat-icon> Voucher / Receipt No</label>
-          <div class="lookup-input-group">
-            <input
-              type="text"
-              class="lookup-input font-mono"
-              placeholder="Voucher no. (e.g. CR/001/2608/0001)"
-              [(ngModel)]="voucherNo"
-              [disabled]="lookingUp || submitting"
-              (keyup.enter)="lookupVoucher()"
-            />
-            <button
-              mat-flat-button
-              color="primary"
-              type="button"
-              class="find-btn"
-              [disabled]="!voucherNo.trim() || !glAccountNo.trim() || lookingUp || submitting"
-              (click)="lookupVoucher()"
-            >
-              @if (lookingUp) {
-                <mat-spinner diameter="14"></mat-spinner>
-              } @else {
-                <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
-                <span>Find</span>
-              }
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
+      <button
+        mat-stroked-button
+        type="button"
+        class="voucher-search-toggle-btn"
+        [disabled]="submitting"
+        (click)="openVoucherSearch()"
+      >
+        <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
+        <span>Search a Voucher Not Listed Below</span>
+      </button>
     </div>
 
     <!-- ENTRY FEE RECEIPT SECTION (If charge exists) -->
@@ -575,3 +539,82 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 }
+
+<!-- SEARCH VOUCHER POPUP -->
+@if (voucherSearchOpen) {
+  <div class="modal-backdrop animate-fade-in" (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">
+    <div class="voucher-modal-dialog voucher-search-dialog" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <div class="header-title font-accent">
+          <mat-icon class="m-icon">search</mat-icon>
+          <span>Search a Voucher</span>
+        </div>
+        <button type="button" mat-icon-button class="close-btn" (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">
+          <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="modal-body">
+        <p class="voucher-search-hint">
+          For a receipt not already listed above — one taken on an earlier day, or a slip the member is holding.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="lookup-toolbar">
+          <div class="gl-select-box">
+            <label class="toolbar-label"><mat-icon class="mini-icon">account_tree</mat-icon> GL Account</label>
+            <select
+              class="custom-select"
+              [(ngModel)]="glAccountNo"
+              [disabled]="lookingUp || submitting || loadingGlAccounts"
+            >
+              <option value="" disabled>{{ loadingGlAccounts ? 'Loading GL accounts…' : 'Select GL account…' }}</option>
+              @for (gl of glAccounts; track gl.id) {
+                <option [value]="gl.gl_code">{{ gl.gl_code }} — {{ gl.name }}</option>
+              }
+            </select>
+          </div>
+
+          <div class="voucher-lookup-box">
+            <label class="toolbar-label"><mat-icon class="mini-icon">receipt</mat-icon> Voucher / Receipt No</label>
+            <div class="lookup-input-group">
+              <input
+                type="text"
+                class="lookup-input font-mono"
+                placeholder="Voucher no. (e.g. CR/001/2608/0001)"
+                [(ngModel)]="voucherNo"
+                [disabled]="lookingUp || submitting"
+                (keyup.enter)="lookupVoucher()"
+              />
+              <button
+                mat-flat-button
+                color="primary"
+                type="button"
+                class="find-btn"
+                [disabled]="!voucherNo.trim() || !glAccountNo.trim() || lookingUp || submitting"
+                (click)="lookupVoucher()"
+              >
+                @if (lookingUp) {
+                  <mat-spinner diameter="14"></mat-spinner>
+                } @else {
+                  <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
+                  <span>Find</span>
+                }
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        @if (errorMsg) {
+          <div class="alert-box alert-error">
+            <mat-icon>error_outline</mat-icon>
+            <span>{{ errorMsg }}</span>
+          </div>
+        }
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" mat-stroked-button (click)="closeVoucherSearch()">Close</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.scss b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.scss
index 361dd3acc..e0ff13114 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.scss
@@ -253,6 +253,36 @@ $danger-border: #fecaca;
   }
 }
 
+.voucher-search-toggle-btn {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: $accent-blue;
+  border-color: $primary-border;
+
+  mat-icon {
+    font-size: 17px;
+    width: 17px;
+    height: 17px;
+  }
+}
+
+.voucher-search-hint {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: $text-muted;
+  margin: 0 0 0.85rem;
+}
+
+// The shared .lookup-toolbar normally goes two-column above 680px of BROWSER width, which says
+// nothing about how wide this popup itself is -- at the popup's own ~36rem, two columns crowd the
+// GL Account select against the voucher input. Single column reads better at this popup's width,
+// full stop, rather than reintroducing a container query for one dialog.
+.voucher-search-dialog .lookup-toolbar {
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+}
+
 /* Lookup Toolbar - Wide Layout */
 .lookup-toolbar {
   display: grid;
diff --git a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.ts
index 370bc5708..51298aee5 100644
--- a/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shares/shares-account-view/apply-collection-dialog/apply-collection-dialog.component.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ export class ApplyCollectionDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   voucherNo = '';
   lookingUp = false;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the voucher-search popup is open.
+   *
+   * The GL Account / Voucher No lookup is for the exception — a receipt the unattributed list and
+   * the member's own list do not carry — so it sits behind a button rather than on screen whether or
+   * not anyone needs it, exactly like the receipt-detail popup already does for the same reason.
+   */
+  voucherSearchOpen = false;
+
+  openVoucherSearch(): void {
+    this.errorMsg = '';
+    this.voucherSearchOpen = true;
+  }
+
+  closeVoucherSearch(): void {
+    this.voucherSearchOpen = false;
+    this.errorMsg = '';
+  }
+
   /** GL account the deposit was posted to — required, and always picked by hand. Never resolved
    *  from a share product's accounting setup, so a broken or missing product mapping can never
    *  make a genuine voucher unreachable. */
@@ -427,6 +446,9 @@ export class ApplyCollectionDialogComponent implements OnInit {
       if (res.gl_code) {
         this.glAccountNo = res.gl_code;
       }
+      // Found it -- the popup has done its job, so it closes rather than sitting open over a
+      // receipt that now already shows, ticked, in the table behind it.
+      this.voucherSearchOpen = false;
     });
   }