{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-55.1-2516","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 55.1-2516","heading":"Wages","body":"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.","path":["Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances","Subtitle V. Miscellaneous","Chapter 25. Virginia Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act","Article 1. Definitions; Property Abandoned or Assumed Abandoned"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/55.1-2516/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:29Z","sha256":"2ddfe805aeac538ffef77600ec59dc768fc1a6af60855d49f0abf5a91ed5df8d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-55.1-2515","next":"us-va/va.-code-55.1-2517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}