Tangible personal property held in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository in this state in the ordinary course of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, are presumed abandoned if the property remains unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other depository.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 36. Estates and Property
Article 8. Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
§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
§36-8-6. 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
§36-8-14. 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
§36-8-23. 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