West Virginia Unclaimed Funds

West Virginia is currently holding over $200 million dollars in unclaimed funds!

Unclaimed funds are any asset that has remained unclaimed for a specific period of time, usually three to five years.

 

Unclaimed funds consists of:

• • utility deposits
  • unredeemed stock
  • uncashed checks
  • safe deposit box contents
  • savings accounts
  • checking accounts

… and many other items.


There are many reasons why funds go unclaimed including:

• changing jobs and not claiming a final paycheck
• moving and not getting back your utility deposit
• forgetting about a savings or checking account
• not knowing about an insurance check

The list of reasons is almost endless, but it happens ever day.

Over the years, West Virginia has returned more than $191 million in unclaimed funds.

You can do a search for West Virgina unclaimed funds here.

If you find money in your name you can start the claim process online.

If you don’t want to search online you can call the West Virginia State Treasure’s Office toll free at 1-800-542-8687 and conduct a name search that way.

You can also use the contact information below:

Unclaimed Property Division
322 70th Street SE
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
304-558-5000 Toll Free: 800-642-8687

The West Virginia State Treasurer also has an online auction for unclaimed funds.  This is done to free up valuable storage storage space.  So, the office periodically auctions off contents of safety deposit boxes held in unclaimed funds accounts.  The proceeds from the auction are then held in the account of the original property owner.

You can access the online unclaimed funds auction here.

Did you know you can make money finding unclaimed money for other people?

There is a little known business that lets you do that. Unclaimed money finders locate people that don’t know they money being held for them and help them to recover it.

In return, they charge a commission after the money is recovered.

Please click here if you would like to learn more about this business.