State Treasurer Larry Pack announced today his Office’s Unclaimed Property Division returned $1.8 million worth of funds to individuals, businesses and organizations during July, the first month of Fiscal Year 2026.
“My Office is proud to start off the new fiscal year strong with returning this money to our West Virginia citizens,” Treasurer Pack said. “Our Unclaimed Property Division set a new record of returning $40.6 million during the last fiscal year. Our goal is to return even more funds this upcoming year. This is the people’s money and we’re working to get it back to them.”
The Unclaimed Property Division returned a total of $1,814,665 paid out across 1,882 claims representing 8,623 individual properties during the month of July.
During Fiscal Year 2025, the Division returned a total of $40,562,684.21, topping the previous record of $28 million set during the prior fiscal year.
Since it began in 1967, the Unclaimed Property program has returned more than $350 million to rightful owners.
The State Treasurer’s Office now has more than $472 million worth of listings in its database.
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.
What is Unclaimed Property?
Unclaimed property can include financial accounts or items of value in which the owner has not initiated any activity for one year or longer. Common examples include unpaid life insurance benefits, forgotten bank accounts and unused rebate cards. (While the title includes the word “property,” it does not however include real estate.)
West Virginia’s unclaimed property laws protect the public by ensuring money and property owed to them is returned to them, rather than remaining permanently with financial institutions, business associations, governments and other entities. The Treasurer seeks to reunite the unclaimed property, including uncashed paychecks, stocks, or safe deposit box contents, with its owner.
Nationwide, nearly 33 million people in the United States – one in every 10 – are estimated to have unclaimed property available for them to claim.
How Can I Find Unclaimed Property in My Name?
West Virginians searching for lost financial assets can go to www.WVUnclaimedProperty.gov. In addition to finding property, the website will also help you track a claim.
A demonstration of how to use the Unclaimed Property search site is available on the Treasury’s YouTube page, at: https://youtu.be/K09yQ7YNKlE.
To search for lost financial assets outside West Virginia, visit www.MissingMoney.com.