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VA Code § 55.1-2440 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 24 - Escheats|§ 55.1-2440. Continuation of certain statutes

The first section of Chapter 114 of the Code of 1849, and the sections following that to the seventeenth section, inclusive, of such chapter; the act passed April 12, 1852 (Chapter 18, Acts 1852); the act passed April 7, 1858 (Chapter 39, Acts 1858); and the Acts of 1857-8, as amended by the act passed March 30, 1860 (Acts of 1859-60) are continued in force.Code 1919, § 522; Code 1950, § 55-201; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2441 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 24 - Escheats|§ 55.1-2441. Pendency of escheat proceedings no bar to condemnation proceedings

Notwithstanding any provision contained in this chapter, the Commissioner of Highways or any locality or other political subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth possessing the power of eminent domain, for a public purpose in accordance with the law and notwithstanding the pendency of any proceeding brought for the escheat of any land wanted and needed by such Commissioner of Highways or such locality or other political subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth for such purpose, may institute, maintain, and conduct to final judgment condemnation proceedings to acquire in fee simple such land or such lesser estate, title, or interest therein as is wanted and needed for such public purpose, provided, however, that the escheator in whose name such escheat proceedings is pending and the Commonwealth are made codefendants to such condemnation proceedings, together with the owner, if known, of the land proposed to be condemned in such proceeding. The pendency of such escheat proceedings shall not constitute a bar or defense to such condemnation proceedings, nor to any proceeding therein seeking a right of entry as provided in § 25.1-223, in Chapter 3 (§ 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1, or in Article 1 (§ 33.2-1000 et seq.) of Chapter 10 of Title 33.2. No escheator, after being served with notice of the filing of any such condemnation proceeding, shall sell or dispose of any land sought to be acquired in such condemnation proceeding except upon order entered by the court in which such condemnation proceeding is pending. The funds paid into court as compensation or damages for the land so taken or damaged shall, after payment of taxes and other claims constituting valid liens against the land so taken, be ordered distributed to the party entitled thereto or be ordered paid to the escheator of such land, or to the State Treasurer, as the court may direct.1968, c. 699, § 55-201.1; 2003, c. 940; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2501 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2501. Property presumed abandoned; general rule

All tangible and intangible property, including any income or increment thereon, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after it became payable is presumed abandoned, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. Property is payable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.1984, c. 121, § 55-210.2:1; 1985, c. 294; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2502 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2502. Taking custody of intangible unclaimed property; general rules

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other law of the Commonwealth, intangible property is subject to the custody of the Commonwealth as unclaimed property if the conditions leading to a presumption of abandonment as described in §§ 55.1-2501, 55.1-2503, and 55.1-2505 through 55.1-2521 are satisfied and:1. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in the Commonwealth;2. The records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property, and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the Commonwealth;3. The records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner, and it is established that (i) the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in the Commonwealth or (ii) the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth and has not previously paid the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property;4. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property, and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth;5. The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation, and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of the Commonwealth; or6. a. The transaction out of which the property arose occurred in the Commonwealth, and (i) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown or (ii) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property; andb. The holder is a domiciliary of a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.1984, c. 121, § 55-210.2:2; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2504 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2504. Traveler's checks and money orders

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sum payable on a traveler's check that has been outstanding for more than 15 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 15 years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, that has been outstanding for more than seven years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within seven years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.B. No holder may deduct from the amount of any traveler's check or money order any charges imposed by reason of the failure to present those instruments for payment unless (i) there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the property pursuant to which the issuer may impose those charges and (ii) the issuer regularly imposes those charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel those charges with respect to such property.C. Any sum payable on a traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, described in this section shall not be subjected to the custody of the Commonwealth as unclaimed property unless:1. The records of the issuer show that the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in the Commonwealth;2. The issuer has its principal place of business in the Commonwealth, and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or3. The issuer has its principal place of business in the Commonwealth, the records of the issuer show the state in which the traveler's check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased, and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property, or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provisions of subsection C relating to the requirements for subjecting certain written instruments to the custody of the Commonwealth apply to sums payable on traveler's checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state prior to January 1, 1974.1984, c. 121, § 55-210.3:02; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2505 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2505. Checks, drafts, and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations

Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except money orders, traveler's checks, and other similar instruments subject to § 55.1-2504, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including cashier's checks and certified checks, that has been outstanding for more than five years after it was payable, or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within five years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the banking or financial organization.A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charges imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose those charges and the holder regularly imposes those charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel those charges with respect to such instruments.1984, c. 121, § 55-210.3:2; 1985, c. 294; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2506 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2506. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository

All tangible and intangible property held in a safe deposit box or any other safekeeping repository in the Commonwealth in the ordinary course of the holder's business and all proceeds resulting from the lawful sale of this property shall be presumed abandoned if unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired.1985, c. 294, § 55-210.3:3; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2508 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2508. Intangible personal property held by insurance corporation subject to § 55.1-2501

An insurance corporation holding any other intangible personal property not covered by subsection A of § 55.1-2507 or § 55.1-2509 shall be otherwise subject to § 55.1-2501.1981, c. 47, § 55-210.4:1; 2003, cc. 750, 765; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2509 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2509. Unclaimed demutualization proceeds

Unclaimed property payable or distributable in the course of the demutualization of an insurance company is presumed abandoned five years after the earlier of (i) the date of last contact with the policyholder or (ii) the date the property became payable or distributable. The report filed on November 1, 2003 will include demutualization distribution property for which there has been no policyholder contact for the five years prior to June 30, 2003.2003, cc. 750, 765, § 55-210.4:2; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2510 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2510. Deposits held by utilities

Any deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility services to be furnished, less any lawful deductions, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made is presumed abandoned.1960, c. 330, § 55-210.5; 1981, c. 47; 1983, c. 190; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2511 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2511. Intangible interest in business association

A. Any intangible interest in a business association, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned five years after the date of the most recent dividend or other distribution unclaimed by the apparent owner with respect to the stock or other interest or, if a dividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest, or the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, five years after the date of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or communication that was returned as undeliverable or five years after the date the holder discontinued the mailings to the apparent owner, whichever occurs earlier. With respect to such interest, the business association shall be deemed the holder.B. Any dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a person at the time the stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution attaches is considered abandoned at the same time.1970, c. 158, § 55-210.6:1; 1980, c. 293; 1981, c. 47; 1991, c. 357; 1995, c. 624; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2512 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2512. Refunds held by business associations

Except to the extent otherwise ordered by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, any sum that a business association has been ordered to refund by a court or administrative agency that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund, regardless of whether the final determination or order requires any person entitled to a refund to make a claim for it, is presumed abandoned.1984, c. 121, § 55-210.6:2; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2513 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2513. Property of business associations held in course of dissolution

All intangible property distributable in the course of a voluntary or involuntary dissolution of a business association that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the date for specified final distribution is presumed abandoned.1960, c. 330, § 55-210.7; 1981, c. 47; 1983, c. 190; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2514 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2514. Intangible personal property held in fiduciary capacity

A. All intangible personal property, and any income or increment thereon, held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within five years after it became payable, increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, corresponded in writing concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with and prepared by the fiduciary or an employee of the fiduciary.B. Funds in an individual retirement account, a retirement plan for self-employed individuals, or a similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue laws of the United States are not payable under this section unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.C. For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless such person's agreement with the business association provides otherwise. A person who is so deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.1960, c. 330, § 55-210.8; 1981, c. 47; 1982, c. 331; 1984, c. 121; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2515 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2515. Gift certificates and credit balances

A. Except as described in subsection B, a gift certificate or credit balance issued in the ordinary course of the issuer's business that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after such gift certificate or credit balance became payable is presumed abandoned.B. The following property is exempt from the provisions of this chapter and shall not be assessed by the administrator as unclaimed property: (i) credit balances payable to a business association; (ii) outstanding checks resulting from or attributable to the sale of goods or services to a business association; (iii) promotional incentives; and (iv) credits, gift certificates, coupons, layaways, and similar items, provided that such credits, gift certificates, coupons, layaways, and similar items are redeemable in merchandise, in services, or through future purchases.1983, c. 190, § 55-210.8:1; 1988, cc. 595, 643; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2516 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2516. Wages

Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business, that have remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after such unpaid wages became payable are presumed abandoned.1983, c. 190, § 55-210.8:2; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2517 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2517. Intangible property held for owner by public agency

All intangible property held for the owner by any government or governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, or public authority that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable is presumed abandoned.1960, c. 330, § 55-210.9; 1980, c. 293; 1982, c. 331; 1983, c. 190; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2518 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2518. Property held by courts

All intangible property held for the owner by any state or federal court that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable is presumed abandoned.1983, c. 190, § 55-210.9:1; 1985, c. 294; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2519 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2519. Responsibilities of general receiver and clerk

The general receiver, if one has been appointed, and the clerk of each circuit court shall be responsible for identifying moneys held by them in their respective accounts that have remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after such moneys became payable and for petitioning the court to remit such money to the administrator. There shall be no obligation to report or remit funds deposited as compensation and damages in condemnation proceedings pursuant to § 25.1-237 prior to a final court order or pursuant to § 33.2-1019.1988, c. 841, § 55-210.9:2; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2520 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2520. Employee benefit trust distribution

A. All employee benefit trust distributions and any income or other increment thereon are abandoned to the Commonwealth under the provisions of this chapter if the owner has not, within 10 years after it became payable, accepted such distribution, corresponded in writing concerning such distribution, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the fiduciary of the trust or custodial fund or administrator of the plan under which such trust or fund is established.B. An employee benefit trust distribution and any income or other increment thereon shall not be presumed abandoned to the Commonwealth under the provisions of this chapter if, at the time such distribution becomes payable to a participant in an employee benefit plan, (i) such plan contains a provision for forfeiture or expressly authorizes the trustee to declare a forfeiture of a distribution to a beneficiary thereof who cannot be found after a period of time specified in such plan and (ii) the trust or fund established under the plan has not terminated prior to the date on which such distribution would become forfeitable in accordance with such provision.1981, c. 47, § 55-210.10:1; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2521 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2521. Holder of tangible or intangible personal property may voluntarily report such property

Any holder of tangible or intangible personal property the owner of which is unlocatable may voluntarily report the property to the administrator, prior to the statutory due dates, whereupon the property shall be presumed abandoned under this chapter.1981, c. 47, § 55-210.10:2; 1983, c. 190; 2019, c. 712.
VA Code § 55.1-2522 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 25 - Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 55.1-2522. Certain property not presumed abandoned in the Commonwealth

If specific property that is subject to the provisions of §§ 55.1-2501, 55.1-2503, 55.1-2507, 55.1-2511, 55.1-2513, 55.1-2514, 55.1-2520, and 55.1-2521 is payable to an owner whose last known address is in another state by a holder that is subject to the jurisdiction of that state, the specific property is not presumed abandoned in the Commonwealth and subject to this chapter if:1. It may be claimed as abandoned or escheated under the laws of such other state; and2. The laws of such other state make reciprocal provision that similar specific property is not presumed abandoned or escheatable by such other state when payable to an owner whose last known address is within the Commonwealth by a holder that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.1960, c. 330, § 55-210.11; 1981, c. 47; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.