CHARLESTON — State Treasurer Larry Pack announced checks totaling nearly $3 million have been sent to more than 2,300 recipients as part of the fourth year of the “West Virginia Cash Now” unclaimed property program, which automatically reunites certain individuals with their lost or unclaimed funds.

“The West Virginia Cash Now program aims to get more unclaimed property money into the pockets of our citizens. I’m proud my Office has returned more than $13 million to rightful owners over the past four years,” Pack said. “I want to encourage everyone who receives a check from my Office this week, be sure to open it and deposit it. This program is legitimate, and the money is yours.”

A total of 2,339 individuals will receive checks this year, representing a total of $2,939,794.25 returned to rightful owners.

West Virginia Cash Now launched in 2022 as a new, automated system for sending unclaimed property to its rightful owners — without the need for those individuals to file paperwork with the State Treasurer’s Office. The program allows the Unclaimed Property Division to quickly issue checks to residents who have addresses and contact information that are readily verifiable in legal databases.

Since the program began, there have been 16,213 checks issued for $13,805,672.53. The State Treasurer’s Office currently has about $473 million worth of listings in its database. To learn more about the unclaimed property program, visit www.WVUnclaimedProperty.gov.