A paper money handling apparatus 1 includes a dispenser unit to dispense paper money, a pressing unit to move between a pressing position at which the pressing unit presses dispensed paper money that is the paper money dispensed to the dispenser unit and a retraction position to which the pressing unit is retracted from the pressing position, a drive unit to move the pressing unit, a placement unit on which at least one portion of the dispensed paper money is placed, a clamp detection sensor to detect that the dispensed paper money is clamped between the pressing unit and the placement unit, a take-in carrier to take the dispensed paper money in an interior of the apparatus, a paper money detection sensor to detect presence/absence of the dispensed paper money, and a controller, when the dispensed paper money being remaining is detected by the paper money detection sensor (step S1: YES), to control the drive unit to cause the pressing unit to move to the pressing position (step S2), and when the clamp detection sensor detects the dispensed paper money being clamped (step S3: YES), the controller controls the take-in carrier to take the dispensed paper money in the interior of the apparatus (step S5).