Trace the West Virginia custody sequence before filing
Current retained scope: Circuit-court claim route for the precise delinquent and nonentered land-sale context covered by section 11A-3-65; no generic portal or statewide form entitlement.
Sale type and custodian control
Different statutes, counties, courts, notices, and custody transitions are not interchangeable.
The former owner, heirs, or assigns file in the circuit court of the county where the real estate is located within two years after confirmation of the covered sale.
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Use the current chapter to confirm that the specific delinquent or nonentered land-sale path falls within section 11A-3-65 before using its claimant rule.
Use County Collections to locate property, certificate, and sale records; it is not represented as a direct online excess-proceeds claim form.
Record-first workflow
Verify the live official record at every step; this orientation does not decide a claimant's rights.
Match the property, certificate, county, sale, confirmation, and statutory route before calculating the claim period.
Use the county where the real estate is situated and supply proof as former owner, heir, or assign under the existing sale record.
Use the actual confirmation date; if no timely claim is filed, the statute directs the sheriff to pay the surplus to the Auditor for the general school fund.
A property or certificate search result does not prove that surplus exists or that the searcher is entitled.
No unsupported form or deadline
Use only dates and filing mechanics tied to the confirmed sale type, statute, custodian, and retained source.
Collect the sale confirmation, county, court, former-owner record, heirship or assignment evidence, surplus accounting, and filing proof.
Confirm the exact article 3 procedure and that no different land-sale provision governs the matter.
Retain the portal result, certificate, sale history, and county court identifiers without treating the portal as a claimant application.
scoped limitations
Official sources for this guide
Each factual statement is bound to one retained official source with a retained source, source record, and verification check.
Exact retained official body and source record for West Virginia Code section 11A-3-65; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Exact retained official body and source record for West Virginia Code chapter 11A article 3; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Exact retained official body and source record for West Virginia State Auditor County Collections portal; use only with the state-specific scope and limitations stated in this guide.
Former-owner, heir, and assign language is not generalized to land-sale contexts outside the retained provision.
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Call (307) 323‑4303. Do not send Social Security numbers, bank details, or original legal documents through this form.
Answers remain inside the retained scope
In the circuit court of the county where the real estate is situated.
Within two years after confirmation of the sale covered by section 11A-3-65.
The former owner, heirs, or assigns, subject to proving entitlement in the circuit court and the specific sale context.
No. It is used here only to locate property, certificate, and sale records.
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