West Virginia Code
Article 8. Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
§36-8-21. Retention of Records

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a holder required to file a report under section seven of this article shall maintain the records containing the information required to be included in the report for ten years after the holder files the report, unless a shorter period is provided by rule of the administrator.
(b) A business association or financial organization that sells, issues or provides to others for sale or issue in this state, traveler's checks, money orders or similar instruments other than third-party bank checks, on which the business association or financial organization is directly liable, shall maintain a record of the instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the state and date of issue, for three years after the holder files the report.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 36. Estates and Property

Article 8. Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

§36-8-1. Definitions

§36-8-2. Presumptions of Abandonment

§36-8-2a. Escheat of United States Savings Bonds

§36-8-3. Contents of Safe Deposit Box or Other Safekeeping Depository

§36-8-4. Rules for Taking Custody

§36-8-5. Dormancy Charge

§36-8-6. Burden of Proof as to Property Evidenced by Record of Check or Draft

§36-8-7. Report of Abandoned Property

§36-8-8. Payment or Delivery of Abandoned Property

§36-8-9. Notice and Publication of Lists of Abandoned Property

§36-8-10. Custody by State; Recovery by Holder; Defense of Holder

§36-8-11. Crediting of Dividends, Interest and Increments to Owner's Account

§36-8-12. Public Sale of Abandoned Property

§36-8-13. Deposit of Funds

§36-8-14. Claim of Another State to Recover Property

§36-8-15. Filing Claim With Administrator; Handling of Claims by Administrator

§36-8-16. Action to Establish Claim

§36-8-17. Election to Take Payment or Delivery

§36-8-18. Destruction or Disposition of Property Having No

§36-8-19. Periods of Limitation

§36-8-20. Requests for Reports and Examination of Records

§36-8-21. Retention of Records

§36-8-22. Enforcement

§36-8-23. Interstate Agreements and Cooperation; Joint and Reciprocal Actions With Other States

§36-8-24. Interest and Penalties

§36-8-25. Records of Abandoned Property

§36-8-26. Foreign Transactions

§36-8-27. Transitional Provisions

§36-8-28. Rules

§36-8-29. Uniformity of Application and Construction

§36-8-30. Short Title

§36-8-31. Severability Clause

§36-8-32. Effective Date

§36-8-33. Report by Administrator