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W. Va. Code § 29-12-6 — WV Code / Chapter 29 / Article 12 / Section 6
§29-12-6. Reports to be furnished board by state officers and departments; state records.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of every officer, department and employee of the state having custody or control of any state property, activities or responsibilities, as defined in section two of this article, to make a written report thereof to the board, on forms prepared and prescribed by it, briefly describing said property, activities or responsibilities, showing the nature, location and estimated fair market value of potential liability thereof and stating whether such property, activities or responsibilities are covered by insurance and, if insured, the nature, amount and contract expiration date of such insurance and the name and address of the insuring company or companies. Such reports shall be made annually on or before May 1 and separate reports shall be made on newly acquired state property from time to time within thirty days next following the acquisition thereof. When any such insured state property is sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of, the officer, department or employee of the state having had the custody or control thereof shall make a written report of such sale, destruction or other disposition of such property to the board within thirty days next following the date of sale, destruction or other disposition thereof.

(b) The board shall assemble and organize all pertinent information and data received and obtained by it on new and continuing state property, activities and responsibilities within the insurance coverage herein contemplated and shall compile and currently maintain a summary record thereon, in such form and detail as may be found practicable, as basis for insurance services on all such state property, activities and responsibilities.
W. Va. Code § 48-26-204 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 26 / Section 204
§48-26-204. Board defined.
Status: in_force

"Board" means the Family Protection Services Board created pursuant to Chapter 53 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1989 and subsequently recodified by this article.
W. Va. Code § 48-5-404 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 5 / Section 404
§48-5-404. Advance filing of divorce petition in actions alleging abandonment or voluntary separation.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after the parties to a marriage have lived separate and apart in separate places of abode without any cohabitation or after a party is abandoned or deserted, either party living separate and apart or the party abandoned may apply for temporary relief in accordance with the provisions of part 5 of this article by instituting an action for divorce alleging that the petitioner reasonably believes that the period of living separate and apart or of abandonment will continue for the periods prescribed by the applicable provisions of sections 5-202 and 5-208.

(b) If the period of abandonment or living separate and apart continues for the period prescribed by the applicable provisions of sections 5-202 and 5-208, the divorce action may proceed to a final hearing without a new petition being filed.

(c) The petitioner shall give the respondent at least twenty days' notice of the time, place and purpose of the final hearing, unless the respondent files a verified waiver of notice of further proceedings. If the notice is required to be served, it must be served in the same manner as original process under rule 4(d) of the rules of civil procedure, regardless of whether the respondent has appeared or answered.
W. Va. Code § 46A-6C-11 — WV Code / Chapter 46A / Article 6C / Section 11
§46A-6C-11. Burden of proving exemption.
Status: in_force

In an action under this article, the burden of proving an exemption under section two of this article is on the person claiming the exemption.
W. Va. Code § 17A-10-10 — WV Code / Chapter 17A / Article 10 / Section 10
§17A-10-10. Fees upon transfer of registration and issuance of certificates of title.
Status: in_force

A fee of $10 shall be paid for a transfer of registration by an owner from one vehicle to another vehicle of the same class or for surrender of registration of one vehicle in exchange for registration of a vehicle of a different class in addition to the payment of any difference in fees as provided in section one, article four of this chapter. The Division of Motor Vehicles may adjust this fee every five years on September 1, based on the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics most current Consumer Price Index: Provided, That an increase in such fee may not exceed ten percent of the total fee amount in a single year.

A fee of $10 shall be paid for the transfer of registration from a deceased person to his or her legal heir or legatee as provided in section five, article four of this chapter. The Division of Motor Vehicles may adjust this fee every five years on September 1, based on the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics most current Consumer Price Index: Provided, That an increase in such fee may not exceed ten percent of the total fee amount in a single year.

A fee of $10 shall be paid for the issuance of a certificate of title. The Division of Motor Vehicles may adjust this fee every five years on September 1, based on the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics most current Consumer Price Index: Provided, That an increase in such fee may not exceed ten percent of the total fee amount in a single year.
W. Va. Code § 47-18-15 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 18 / Section 15
§47-18-15. Venue.
Status: in_force

Actions or proceedings under this article may be brought in the circuit court of any county in which an act on which the action or proceeding is based occurred, or in any county in which the respondent or defendant resides or transacts business.
W. Va. Code § 49-2-502 — WV Code / Chapter 49 / Article 2 / Section 502
§49-2-502. Powers of the secretary.
Status: in_force

In the care and treatment of children with special health care needs the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall, so far as funds are available for the following purposes:

(1) Locate children with special health care needs requiring medical, surgical or other corrective treatment and provide competent diagnosis to determine the treatment required.

(2) Supply to children with special health care needs treatment, including hospitalization and aftercare leading to correction and rehabilitation.

(3) Guide and supervise children with special health care needs to assure adequate care and treatment.
W. Va. Code § 8-18-15 — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 18 / Section 15
§8-18-15. Bonds to pay municipality's share of cost of improvements.
Status: in_force

Every municipality is also empowered and authorized to issue and sell its bonds, as provided in this article for the sale of other bonds, to pay any part of the cost of such improvements to be paid by the municipality, and such municipality may levy taxes in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, to pay such bonds and interest thereon: Provided, That the total indebtedness of the municipality for all purposes shall not exceed five percent of the total value of all taxable property therein.
W. Va. Code § 30-4-13 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 4 / Section 13
§30-4-13. Board authorizations shall be displayed.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prescribe the form for a board authorization, and may issue a duplicate upon payment of a fee.

(b) Any person regulated by this article shall conspicuously display his or her board authorization at his or her principal place of practice.
W. Va. Code § 17B-3-13 — WV Code / Chapter 17B / Article 3 / Section 13
§17B-3-13. Reports by health care providers.
Status: in_force

(a) Health care providers licensed and authorized pursuant to chapter thirty of the code to diagnose or treat diseases, disorders, disabilities or conditions, may notify the division in writing of the full name, date of birth and address of every person fifteen years of age or older who suffers from a physical or mental disease, disorder, disability, condition or symptoms that prevents the person from safely operating motor vehicle, and which is either:

(1) Uncontrollable (either through medication, therapy, or surgery; or by driving device or technique);

(2) Controllable, but the patient does not comply with the recommendations of the health care provider for treatment or restricted driving; or

(3) Undiagnosed but the extent of driver impairment is potentially significant based on the patient's symptoms.

(b) Reports, recommendations or opinions, findings or advice received or made by the division for the purpose of determining whether a person is qualified to be licensed to drive are for the confidential use of the division and exempt from provisions of article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code and may only be admitted in proceedings to either suspend, revoke or impose limitations on the use of a driver's license pursuant to section six, subsection (a)(5), article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code or section seven, article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code, or to reinstate the driver's license.

(c) Reports, recommendations, opinions, findings or advice received or made by the division for the purpose of determining whether a person is qualified to be licensed to drive may not be used in any proceedings to establish or prove competencies other than qualifications to operate a vehicle.

(d) A health care provider who makes a notification pursuant to subsection (a) shall be immune from any civil, administrative or criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed because of such notification if the health care provider has:

(1) Documented in the patient's record the disease, disorder, disability, condition or symptoms which may impair the patient's ability to drive a motor vehicle to a degree that precludes the safe operation of a motor vehicle;

(2) Informed the patient that their disease, disorder, disability, condition or symptoms may impair the patient's ability to drive a motor vehicle to a degree that precludes the safe operation of a motor vehicle;

(3) Advised the patient that he or she should not operate a motor vehicle; and

(4) Disclosed to the patient that the health care provider may notify the Commissioner of the patient's condition and of the patient's inability to safely operate a motor vehicle.

(e) Compliance with or failure to comply with the requirements of this section does not constitute negligence, nor may compliance or noncompliance with the requirements of this section be admissible as evidence of negligence in any civil or criminal action.
W. Va. Code § 3-1A-4 — WV Code / Chapter 3 / Article 1A / Section 4
§3-1A-4. Office and meetings of commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The office and place of meeting of the commission is the office of the Secretary of State in the State Capitol. The commission may also conduct meetings via video, telephone or Internet conferencing.

(b) The commission shall hold such meetings as may be called by the chairman, the Governor or the Secretary of State.
W. Va. Code § 51-2-4 — WV Code / Chapter 51 / Article 2 / Section 4
§51-2-4. Special terms -- When and how held.
Status: in_force

If any term of such court has ended without dispatching all its business, or if there be a failure to hold any term, or whenever he thinks the public interest requires it, the judge of the circuit court may, by a warrant directed to the clerk, appoint a special term thereof and prescribe in such warrant whether a grand or petit jury, or both, are to be summoned to attend such term. The clerk shall enter the warrant in the order book of the court, inform the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff of such appointment, post a copy of the warrant at the door of the courthouse, and issue all proper process returnable to such special term; and the sheriff shall execute such process, and summon a grand or petit jury, or both, as may be prescribed in the warrant. Any such special term may be held in any county, although at the time the same is held a term of the circuit court is being held, or required to be held, in any other county of the same judicial circuit, and it may be held by the judge of another circuit, or by a special judge elected by the attorneys practicing in such court in the manner prescribed by law.
W. Va. Code § 56-3-7 — WV Code / Chapter 56 / Article 3 / Section 7
§56-3-7. Officer's receipt of process.
Status: in_force

Every officer who attends a court shall, within five days after the end of any rules, go to the clerk's office and receive all process, orders and decrees to be executed by him and give receipts therefor. For any failure so to do he shall forfeit $50.
W. Va. Code § 30-38B-1 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 38B / Section 1
§30-38B-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Unfair Real Estate Services Agreements Act".
W. Va. Code § 47-9-30 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 9 / Section 30
§47-9-30. Sharing of distributions.
Status: in_force

Distributions of cash or other assets of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners and classes of partners in the manner provided in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement does not so provide, distributions shall be made on the basis of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept by section five of this article, of the contributions made by each partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and have not been returned.
W. Va. Code § 33-6-25 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 6 / Section 25
§33-6-25. Proof of loss forms.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall furnish, upon written request of any person claiming to have a loss under an insurance contract issued by such insurer, forms of proof of loss for completion by such person.
W. Va. Code § 33-28-6 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 28 / Section 6
§33-28-6. Outline of coverage.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of individual accident and sickness insurance policies or subscriber contracts of hospital, medical and dental service corporations, no such policy or subscriber contract shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless:

(1) In the case of a direct response insurance product, the outline of coverage described in subsection (b) of this section accompanies the policy or subscriber contract; and

(2) In all other cases, the outline of coverage described in subsection (b) of this section is delivered to the applicant at the time application is made and an acknowledgment of receipt or certificate of delivery of such outline is provided the insurer or hospital, medical or dental service corporation with the application. In the event the policy or subscriber contract is issued on a basis other than that applied for, the outline of coverage properly describing the policy or subscriber contract must accompany the policy or subscriber contract when it is delivered and clearly state that it is not the policy or subscriber contract for which application was made.

(b) The commissioner shall, by promulgation of appropriate rules and regulations in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of the code, prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by subsection (a) of this section. "Format" means style, arrangement and overall appearance, including such items as the size, color and prominence of type and the arrangement of text and captions. Such outline of coverage shall include:

(1) A statement identifying the applicable category or categories of coverage provided by the policy or subscriber contract as prescribed in section five of this article;

(2) A description of the principal benefits and coverage provided in the policy or subscriber contract;

(3) A statement of the exceptions, reductions and limitations contained in the policy or subscriber contract;

(4) A statement of the renewal provisions, including any reservation by the insurer or hospital, medical or dental service corporation of a right to change premiums; and

(5) A statement that the outline of coverage is a summary of the policy or subscriber contract issued or applied for and that the terms of the policy or subscriber contract should be consulted to determine governing contractual provisions.
W. Va. Code § 33-63-6 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 63 / Section 6
§33-63-6. Effective date.
Status: in_force

This article shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
W. Va. Code § 11-10E-1 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 10E / Section 1
§11-10E-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Tax Shelter Voluntary Compliance Act."
W. Va. Code § 61-2-8 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 2 / Section 8
§61-2-8. Abortion; penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person other than a licensed medical professional, as defined in §16-2R-2 of this code, who knowingly and willfully performs, induces, or attempts to perform or induce an abortion, as defined in §16-2R-2 of this code, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than three nor more than 10 years.

(b) A person who was formerly a licensed medical professional, as defined in §16-2R-2 of this code and whose license has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of §16-2R-7 of this code, and who knowingly and willfully performs, induces, or attempts to perform or induce a subsequent abortion, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than three nor more than 10 years.

(c) This section shall not be construed to subject any pregnant female upon whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced to a criminal penalty for any violation of this section as a principal, accessory, accomplice, conspirator, or aider and abettor.

(d) The amendments to this section enacted during the third extraordinary session of the Legislature, 2022, shall be effective 90 days from passage.
W. Va. Code § 24-2-22 — WV Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2 / Section 22
§24-2-22. Service outage communication plans.
Status: in_force

(a) Each utility shall have an outage communication plan in place to notify customers of any planned and any unexpected disruption of utility services. Such outage communication plan shall, at a minimum, include a methodology for advance notification to all affected customers for planned service disruptions, methods of communication, and notification content requirements concerning the outage, including an estimate of the duration and end of the outage.

(b) Each utility shall file its outage communication plan with the commission.
W. Va. Code § 17C-25-11 — WV Code / Chapter 17C / Article 25 / Section 11
§17C-25-11. Enforcement of aeronautics laws.
Status: in_force

All law enforcement officers shall enforce and assist in the enforcement of this article and all other laws of this state relating to aeronautics. Law enforcement officers may inspect and examine at reasonable hours any aircraft, the credentials of any person engaged in aeronautics required by the laws of this state or of the United States to have in his or her possession credentials evidencing his or her authority or permission to engage in aeronautics, any premises and the buildings and other structures thereon, where airports, air navigation facilities, or other aeronautical activities are operated or conducted.
W. Va. Code § 17B-3-11 — WV Code / Chapter 17B / Article 3 / Section 11
§17B-3-11. Mandatory revocation of license of certain blind persons.
Status: in_force

The department shall forthwith revoke the license of any operator or chauffeur upon receipt of certification by the commissioner of welfare that he is a blind person receiving public assistance or that his application for public assistance because of blindness has been approved by the state department of welfare.
W. Va. Code § 47-1A-18 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1A / Section 18
§47-1A-18. Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates a provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for a first offense, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500; for a second or subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, such fine and imprisonment to be within the discretion of the court.
W. Va. Code § 48-7-401 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 7 / Section 401
§48-7-401. Lis pendens.
Status: in_force

PART 4. LIS PENDENS.

Upon the commencement of an action under the provisions of this article, any party claiming an interest in real property in which the other party has an interest, may cause a notice of lis pendens to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county commission of the county wherein the property is located.
W. Va. Code § 61-11A-7 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 11A / Section 7
§61-11A-7. Severability.
Status: in_force

The provision of subsection (cc), section ten, article two, chapter two of this code shall apply to the provisions of this article to the same extent as if the provision of said subsection were set forth in extenso herein.
W. Va. Code § 14-2B-1 — WV Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2B / Section 1
§14-2B-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Crime Profits Act".
W. Va. Code § 16-5L-19 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5L / Section 19
§16-5L-19. Facility posting of long-term care ombudsman program information.
Status: in_force

Every long-term care facility in this state shall provide each resident with a copy and shall post in a conspicuous location in at least ten-point type a notice of information on the long-term care ombudsman program. Such notice shall include: (1) The name, address and telephone number of the designated long-term care ombudsman program serving the region in which the facility is located; (2) a brief description of the services provided by the long-term care ombudsman program; and (3) a statement as to the penalties for willful interference and retaliation as provided in section eighteen of this article. The form and wording of the notice shall be approved by the state long-term care ombudsman program.