This case is before this Court upon the May 5, 1993, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which entered judgment on the appellees’, Raymond J. Keegan and Argent Research and Recovery Ltd. (hereinafter “Argent”), complaint for declaratory relief requested under the Freedom of Information Act, W.Va.Code, 29B-1-1, et seq. Specifically, the circuit court ordered the appellant, Larrie Bailey, the Treasurer of the State of West Virginia (hereinafter “Treasurer”), to release certain information relating to stale dated warrants.1 On appeal, the Treasurer requests that the ruling of the circuit court be reversed.

I

Argent is in the business of researching governmental records in all fifty states in an attempt to locate money owed to individuals and corporations. Argent attempts to recover the money owed to those parties, and in return, Argent receives a 10% fee from any funds recovered as payment for services rendered.

On December 31, 1991, Argent requested from the Treasurer the opportunity to inspect and review “records of outstanding vendor checks [stale dated warrants] that were issued during the past six years by the state to individuals and corporations, in payment for goods and services.” However, by letter dated January 23, 1992, the Treasurer denied Argent’s request.

As a result of the Treasurer denying Argent access to the requested information, Argent filed a- complaint for declaratory relief with the circuit court. The evidence indicated that the Treasury Department receives a list of stale dated warrants from the Board of Investments. Further evidence indicated that if a warrant is not presented for payment within six months from its date of issuance, the money is deposited by the Board into the Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property account.2

*147By order dated May 6, 1993, the circuit court concluded, in relevant part, that Argent was entitled access to the records they requested relating to the stale dated warrants. It is from this order of the circuit court that the Treasurer appeals to this Court.

II

We begin by recognizing that the Freedom of Information Act, W.Va.Code, 29B-1-3(1) [1992] provides that, “[e]very person has a right to inspect or copy any public record of a public body in this state, except as otherwise expressly provided by section four [§ 29B-1-4] of this article.”

The primary issue in this case is whether the records of the stale dated warrants are abandoned property as defined by W.Va. Code; 36-8-8b(a) [Supp.1990] and thus exempt from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, W.Va.Code, 29B-1-1, et seq.3

The Treasurer contends that the records of the stale dated warrants are abandoned property and exempt from disclosure as set forth in the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, specifically, W.Va. Code, 36-8-12a [1983], which states, in part: “Records of abandoned property kept by the State treasurer are available for inspection and copying only by an owner of such property as to the particular property he owns.... These records are exempt from the provisions of chapter twenty-mine-B [§ 29B-1-1 et seq.J of the Code.” (emphasis added).

W.Va.Code, 36-8-8b(a) [Supp.1990] sets forth criteria so as to determine what is abandoned property and when such property is to be presumed abandoned:

All tangible personal property or intangible personal property, including ... all debts owed, entrusted funds or other property held by any ..., state ... government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, shall be presumed abandoned in this state if the last-known address of the owner of the property is in this state and the property has remained unclaimed for seven years[.]

(emphasis added).4 The records requested by Argent were in reference to warrants that had been issued within the past six years. The statute clearly indicates what is abandoned property. No further analysis is needed. See Kosegi v. Pugliese, 185 W.Va. 384, 407 S.E.2d 388 (1991).

We are of the opinion that the requested records are not exempt from disclosure pursuant to W.Va.Code, 36-8-8b(a) [Supp.1990] and W.Va.Code, 36-8-12a [1983], because the records within the Treasurer’s possession are not yet abandoned property as seven years have yet to elapse since the warrants have *148been issued. Accordingly, unless records of stale dated warrants are presumed to be abandoned property as defined by W.Va. Code, 36-8-8b(a) [Supp.1990], such records of stale dated warrants are subject to disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, W.Va.Code, 29B-1-1, et seq.

For the reasons stated herein, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County is affirmed.

Affirmed.