HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack visited Huntington to present a significant financial boost to the Cabell County Board of Education. On Thursday morning, Treasurer Pack delivered an unclaimed property check worth $33,624.31 to Cabell County Schools Superintendent Tim Hardesty and Treasurer Drew Rottgen.
Supporting Public Education
The funds, recovered from stale-dated and miscellaneous checks, were turned over to the State Treasurer’s Office’s Unclaimed Property Division. Treasurer Pack emphasized the importance of returning these funds to support local schools.
“Our public schools are in dire need of additional funding to meet all their challenges,” said Treasurer Pack. “That’s why it’s important to get this money back to support our students and educators.”
How the Funds Will Be Used
Superintendent Hardesty announced that the recovered funds would be added to the district’s general fund, where they will be allocated to various educational initiatives.
“This money will go back to our students,” Hardesty said. “We receive a lot of funding requests from schools that need money for their classrooms, and unclaimed property like this helps us address those needs. Unexpected funds like these are a great help for covering unbudgeted expenses throughout the year.”
Unclaimed Property Program Success
The presentation in Huntington is part of the broader success of the State Treasurer’s Office Unclaimed Property Division. In December alone, the division returned over $1.6 million to individuals, businesses, and organizations across the state. November set a monthly record, with $8.5 million in unclaimed property returned.
Since the fiscal year began on July 1, more than $22.2 million has been returned to rightful owners. Statewide, the office holds $472.5 million worth of unclaimed property, with Cabell County alone accounting for more than 212,000 unclaimed property listings worth over $27 million.
Treasurer Pack encouraged West Virginians to check the unclaimed property database, noting, “There are so many ways property gets left behind, so I encourage everyone to check our database because you never know if there may be unclaimed funds in your name.”
About the Program
The Treasurer’s Office launched the West Virginia Cash Now program in 2022, an automated system designed to send unclaimed property directly to rightful owners without requiring them to file paperwork. Recipients of unclaimed property checks have until mid-March to deposit them before they become stale-dated.
For more information or to search for unclaimed property, visit www.WVUnclaimedProperty.gov.
