{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/55.1-2525.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/55.1-2525.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/55.1-2525.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/55.1-2525.html"}],"law_id":73610,"edition_id":1,"section_id":73610,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2525","catch_line":"Notices to be published by administrator","history":"1960, c. 330, \u00a7 55-210.13; 1981, c. 47; 1983, c. 190; 1987, c. 236; 1988, c. 378; 1990, c. 460; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.","full_text":"A\n\nThe administrator shall cause to be published notice of the report filed under subsection D of &#xA7; 55.1-2524 once each year in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the last known address of any person to be named in the notice is located. If no address is listed or if the address is outside of the Commonwealth, the notice shall be published in the area in which the holder of the abandoned property has his principal place of business.B\n\nThe published notice shall be entitled &#8220;Commonwealth of Virginia Unclaimed Property List&#8221; and shall contain:1\n\nThe names in alphabetical order and account numbers of persons listed in the report and entitled to notice within the area as specified in subsection A; and2\n\nA statement that information concerning the amount or description of the property and the name and address of the holder may be obtained by any persons possessing an interest in the property by addressing an inquiry to the administrator.C\n\nThe administrator is not required to publish in such notice any item of less than $100 unless he deems such publication to be in the public interest.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264759,"text":"The administrator shall cause to be published notice of the report filed under subsection D of &#xA7; 55.1-2524 once each year in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the last known address of any person to be named in the notice is located. If no address is listed or if the address is outside of the Commonwealth, the notice shall be published in the area in which the holder of the abandoned property has his principal place of business.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":264760,"text":"The published notice shall be entitled &#8220;Commonwealth of Virginia Unclaimed Property List&#8221; and shall contain:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":264761,"text":"The names in alphabetical order and account numbers of persons listed in the report and entitled to notice within the area as specified in subsection A; and","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":264762,"text":"A statement that information concerning the amount or description of the property and the name and address of the holder may be obtained by any persons possessing an interest in the property by addressing an inquiry to the administrator.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":264763,"text":"The administrator is not required to publish in such notice any item of less than $100 unless he deems such publication to be in the public interest.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B2"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12710,"edition_id":1,"name":"Procedural and Administrative Matters","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12709,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":248045,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12710,"identifier":"3","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3","url":"\/55.1\/V\/25\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12709,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act","identifier":"25","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12708,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":247943,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12709,"identifier":"25","token":"55.1\/V\/25","url":"\/55.1\/V\/25\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12708,"edition_id":1,"name":"Miscellaneous","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":247771,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12708,"identifier":"V","token":"55.1\/V","url":"\/55.1\/V\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":53937,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2524","catch_line":"Report and remittance to be made by holder of funds or property presumed abandoned; holder to exercise due diligence to locate owner","url":"\/55.1-2524\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2524","metadata":false},{"id":73610,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2525","catch_line":"Notices to be published by administrator","url":"\/55.1-2525\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2525","metadata":false},{"id":66200,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2526","catch_line":"Holder relieved of liability for property paid or delivered to administrator; payment to owner by holder; proceedings against prior holder; notice to administrator and Attorney General; reimbursement of holder","url":"\/55.1-2526\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2526","metadata":false},{"id":63169,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2527","catch_line":"Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account","url":"\/55.1-2527\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2527","metadata":false},{"id":66817,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2528","catch_line":"Periods of limitation","url":"\/55.1-2528\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2528","metadata":false},{"id":81656,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2529","catch_line":"Sale of abandoned property by administrator","url":"\/55.1-2529\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2529","metadata":false},{"id":71834,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2530","catch_line":"Securities received in name of owner","url":"\/55.1-2530\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2530","metadata":false},{"id":55939,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2531","catch_line":"Disposition of funds received under chapter; 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holder to exercise due diligence to locate owner","url":"\/55.1-2524\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2524","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":66200,"structure_id":12710,"section_number":"55.1-2526","catch_line":"Holder relieved of liability for property paid or delivered to administrator; payment to owner by holder; proceedings against prior holder; notice to administrator and Attorney General; reimbursement of holder","url":"\/55.1-2526\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2526","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-2525\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 330 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1981, chapter 47; in 1983, chapter 190; in 1987, chapter 236; in 1988, chapter 378; in 1990, chapter 460; in 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0733\">733<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0745\">745<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":53937,"section_number":"55.1-2524","catch_line":"Report and remittance to be made by holder of funds or property presumed abandoned; holder to exercise due diligence to locate owner","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2524\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248051,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73610,"identifier":"55.1-2525","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2525","url":"\/55.1-2525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2525\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/3\/55.1-2525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notices to be published by administrator","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">administrator<\/span> shall cause to be published notice of the report filed under subsection D of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Report and remittance to be made by holder of funds or property presumed abandoned; holder to exercise due diligence to locate owner\" href=\"\/55.1-2524\/\">55.1-2524<\/a> once each year in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">last known address<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to be named in the notice is located. If no address is listed or if the address is outside of the Commonwealth, the notice shall be published in the area in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> of the abandoned property has his principal place of business. <a id=\"paragraph-264759\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2525\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The published notice shall be entitled &#8220;Commonwealth of Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Unclaimed Property<\/span> List&#8221; and shall contain: <a id=\"paragraph-264760\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2525\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The names in alphabetical <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> and account numbers of <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> listed in the report and entitled to notice within the area as specified in subsection A; and <a id=\"paragraph-264761\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2525\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A statement that information concerning the amount or description of the property and the name and address of the <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> may be obtained by any <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> possessing an interest in the property by addressing an inquiry to the <span class=\"dictionary\">administrator<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-264762\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2525\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">administrator<\/span> is not required to publish in such notice any item of less than $100 unless he deems such publication to be in the public interest. <a id=\"paragraph-264763\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2525\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICES TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR (\u00a7 55.1-2525)\n\nA. The administrator shall cause to be published notice of the report filed\nunder subsection D of &#xA7; 55.1-2524 once each year in a newspaper of general\ncirculation in the area in which the last known address of any person to be\nnamed in the notice is located. If no address is listed or if the address is\noutside of the Commonwealth, the notice shall be published in the area in which\nthe holder of the abandoned property has his principal place of business.\n\nB. The published notice shall be entitled &#8220;Commonwealth of Virginia\nUnclaimed Property List&#8221; and shall contain:\n\n   1. The names in alphabetical order and account numbers of persons listed in\n   the report and entitled to notice within the area as specified in subsection\n   A; and\n\n   2. A statement that information concerning the amount or description of the\n   property and the name and address of the holder may be obtained by any persons\n   possessing an interest in the property by addressing an inquiry to the\n   administrator.\n\nC. The administrator is not required to publish in such notice any item of less\nthan $100 unless he deems such publication to be in the public interest.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 330, \u00a7 55-210.13; 1981, c. 47; 1983, c. 190; 1987, c. 236;\n1988, c. 378; 1990, c. 460; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}