West Virginia Code > Chapter 37B > Article 2 – Unknown and Unlocatable Interest Owners Act


37B-2-1	Short title
37B-2-2	Relationship between unknown and unlocatable interest provisions and unclaimed property provisions
37B-2-3	Definitions
37B-2-4	Report of unknown and unlocatable interest owners
37B-2-5	Unknown and unlocatable interest owners fund; duties of the State Treasurer
37B-2-6	Crediting of interest to owner’s account
37B-2-7	Rules
37B-2-8	Severability clause
37B-2-9	Effective date

Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Reserved interests: means all amounts payable for the use, development, extraction, production or sale of minerals due for an unknown or unlocatable interest owner. See West Virginia Code 37B-2-3
State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10