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Reporting Unclaimed Property If you are a Holder of Unclaimed Property and need to submit a report to our office, click the Holder Reporting link on the left to be taken to our Unclaimed Property website to submit your report and find more instructions.

Dormancy periods in West Virginia vary by property type. Generally, most property types have a five-year dormancy period. Accounts are considered dormant if the owner of a property has not indicated any interest in the property or if no contact has been made for the allotted dormancy period for that property.

The landlord may dispose of personal property left on the property after thirty days without incurring any liability or responsibility to the tenant or any other person if the tenant has not paid the landlord the reasonable costs of leaving the personal property on the landlord's property and has not taken possession ...

Most property types in Virginia have a dormancy period of five years. Accounts are considered dormant if the owner of a property has not indicated any interest in the property or if no contact has been made for the allotted dormancy period for that property.

By law the Unclaimed Property Division has up to ninety days after the receipt of all evidence to allow or deny the claim. The process is normally much quicker and sometimes same day approval is the case. After the claim is approved, the Auditor's Office has thirty days to issue a check to the claimant.

Holders of unclaimed property must perform due diligence to show that they attempted to find the rightful owner of unclaimed property. For any balance greater than $50, written notice must be sent to the owners last known address 60 to 120 days before the unclaimed property report is filed.