Virginia Statutes
§ 55.1-2516 — Wages
Virginia § 55.1-2516
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 55.1Property and Conveyances
Subtitle VMiscellaneous
Ch. 25Virginia Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act
Art. 1Definitions; Property Abandoned or Assumed Abandoned
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-2516 (2026).
Text
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.
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Legislative History
1983, c. 190, § 55-210.8:2; 2019, c. 712.
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Virginia § 55.1-2516, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/55.1/55.1-2516.