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The State Treasurer is responsible for implementing the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Under this legislation, the Treasurer is the custodian of all unclaimed property in the state. Unclaimed property includes items such as bank accounts, matured insurance policies, stocks, bonds, safe deposit box contents, weapons, and a wide variety of other items abandoned by their original owners. The property is collected, processed, and kept or auctioned under the Treasurer's authority. Money from this program is deposited in the state's general revenue account or held indefinitely, until the original owner or their heirs can be found. The state holds approximately 400,000 accounts worth $100,000,000. Since 1997, the Unclaimed Property Division has returned approximately $60 million to rightful owners and collected over $92 million from businesses.

The mission of the Unclaimed Property Division is to communicate, educate, and implement programs, seminars, and procedures necessary to most effectively and efficiently carry out the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The intent of the Act is to protect the property rights of the owners, provide a custodial service for the owners abandoned property, and to return the highest level of property to the owners as well as enhance revenue collections for the State of West Virginia.

NOTE: The West Virginia Unclaimed Property Division DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEES for unclaimed property searches. All unclaimed property accounts, claimed by the rightful owner, are paid in full in accordance with the West Virginia Code. Potential owners of unclaimed property who are contacted by persons or corporations seeking to provide unclaimed property search services for a fee should first contact the Unclaimed Property Division for a "FREE" search of WV Unclaimed Property records.