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Generally, if the property in question has not had any activity within a certain period of time, e.g., three years for most properties, and the holder is unable to locate the property owner, it is considered abandoned and must be reported to the Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer's Office.

File a Claim Online! If you would prefer a faster option to file your claim, you can go to .wvtreasury.com and click the Unclaimed Property SEARCH button. You will be directed to the Unclaimed Property website where you can search for your property and file your claim online.

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.

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 ...

Proceedings in court; final order; disposition of abandoned personal property. (a) If at the time of the hearing there has been no appearance, answer or other responsive pleading filed by the tenant, the court shall make and enter an order granting immediate possession of the property to the landlord.