CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) – State Treasurer Larry Pack announced today his Office’s Unclaimed Property Division returned more than $5 million worth of funds to individuals, businesses and other organizations during the month of February, the fourth highest month in program history.
“My Office is thrilled to continue returning funds at the fastest pace in state history,” Treasurer Pack said. “This is the people’s money, and we’re working diligently to get it back to them. I encourage everyone to keep checking our unclaimed property data base because you never know if there may be unclaimed property funds in your name.”
The Unclaimed Property Division returned a total of $5,057,686 paid out across 1,661 claims representing 5,800 individual properties during the month of February
A monthly record of $8.5 million in unclaimed property was returned in November 2024. Since the fiscal year began on July 1, the Office’s Unclaimed Property Division has returned more than $28.5 million to rightful owners.
The Office currently has more than $468 million worth of listings in its unclaimed property database.
Treasurer Pack is encouraging West Virginia Cash Now recipients to deposit their unclaimed property checks before the checks stale-date this month. As of March 1, about 66 percent of the checks (or over 1,500 checks) totaling $1.8 million have been deposited since the checks were mailed to 2,357 recipients in September 2024.
According to the Unclaimed Property Division, there are still 778 checks totaling more than $966,256 that remain outstanding.
The West Virginia Cash Now program launched in 2022 as a new, automated system for sending unclaimed property to its rightful owners – without the need for those individuals to file paperwork with the State Treasurer’s Office.
For more information about the unclaimed property program or to find out if the Office is holding any money for you or your family, visit www.WVUnclaimedProperty.gov.
