{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-8-17","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-8-17","heading":"Election to take payment or delivery.","body":"(a) The administrator may decline to receive property reported under this article which the administrator considers to have a value less than the expenses of notice and sale.\n(b) A holder, with the written consent of the administrator and upon conditions and terms prescribed by the administrator, may report and deliver property before the property is presumed abandoned. Property so delivered must be held by the administrator and is not presumed abandoned until it otherwise would be presumed abandoned under this article.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 8. UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-8-17/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:01Z","sha256":"29e9c2dedc1723720bf1237bf0dfba5c85a0d224e2ba8e00323dd178a286b540","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-8-16","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-8-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}