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W. Va. Code § 8-35-6 — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 35 / Section 6
§8-35-6. Sale and liquidation of dissolved municipal assets.
Status: in_force

(a) If the State Auditor, as special receiver, makes a determination that a dissolved municipality’s real and/or personal property must be liquidated to satisfy its debts and liabilities then a public auction may be conducted. The property shall be sold either at an on-site public auction or by utilizing an Internet-based public auction service, or at a suitable location within the county wherein the dissolved municipality was principally located and such shall be conducted by the State Auditor. Before making such sale, notice of the time, terms, manner and either the location of the sale or the Internet-based public auction service to be utilized, together with a brief description of the property to be sold, shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provision of §59-3-1 et seq . of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section concerning sale at public auction shall not apply to the State Auditor selling or disposing of the property for public use to:

(1) The United States of America its instrumentalities, agencies or political subdivisions;

(2) The State of West Virginia, or its political subdivisions, including county boards of education, volunteer fire departments, and volunteer ambulance services; or

(3) Any authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency established by act of the State of West Virginia.

(c) For all sales made pursuant to this section, the State Auditor is not required to exclusively consider the present commercial or market value of the property.

(d) No officer or employee of the State Auditor or the Prosecuting Attorney for the county where such municipality or the majority portion of the territory thereof is located, or his or her immediate family, may purchase or acquire any property municipal assets disposed of pursuant to this section.
W. Va. Code § 22-4-23 — WV Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 23
§22-4-23. Quarry reclamation fund.
Status: in_force

(a) All funds received by the division from forfeiture of bonds, civil administrative penalties, or interest from the bond pooling fund shall be deposited into a special interest-bearing account in the state Treasury designated the Quarry Reclamation Fund. The quarry reclamation fund shall be used by the division for reclamation of abandoned quarries.

(b) If the forfeiture of a performance bond or bonding pool fund payments exceeds the cost of reclamation for which the liability was charged, any excess amount shall be deposited into the quarry reclamation fund.

(c) Reclamation projects that are to be financed by the quarry reclamation fund shall be designed by the division.

(d) The director shall administer and approve all expenditures from the quarry reclamation fund.

(e) The division shall compile a list of abandoned quarries in the state and rank them in order of need for reclamation.
W. Va. Code § 7-7-14 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 14
§7-7-14. Training of sheriffs and deputies; payment of expenses thereof by county commission.
Status: in_force

The county commission of each county is authorized, at its discretion, to expend from the general county fund, upon request and requisition by the sheriff of the county, the necessary and proper travel expenses and tuition expenses for the training of the sheriff and his or her deputies of the county in the performance of their duties, as sheriff and deputy.
W. Va. Code § 47-11F-1 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 11F / Section 1
§47-11F-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Farm Equipment Dealer Contract Act."
W. Va. Code § 19-16A-17 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 16A / Section 17
§19-16A-17. Reciprocal agreement.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may waive all or part of any license examination requirement provided for in this article on a reciprocal basis with any other state which has standards at least equal to those of West Virginia and with federal agencies whose employees are certified under a government agency plan approved by the administrator of the federal environmental protection agency and may issue a license to the applicant: Provided, That all other requirements of this article are complied with by the applicant.
W. Va. Code § 5-10-52 — WV Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 52
§5-10-52. Specific provisions relating to certain members of the Legislature and certain service by members of the Legislature.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article specifying that a legislator may be a member of the retirement system and at the same time also a member of another state or political subdivision retirement program and may receive credit in the retirement system from two or more public employments simultaneously and authorizing automatic increases in the annuities of retired legislators based upon increases in compensation paid to members of the Legislature shall not be applicable to any member of the Legislature who first becomes a member of the retirement system as a member of the Legislature during the year one thousand nine hundred seventy-one, or any year thereafter, nor shall such provisions be applicable to the computation of service, credited service or benefits for any period of service as a member of the Legislature for the year one thousand nine hundred seventy-one, or any year thereafter.
W. Va. Code § 5B-2K-6 — WV Code / Chapter 5B / Article 2K / Section 6
§5B-2K-6. Report to the Legislature.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide by December first of each year to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance an annual electronic report that provides the following:

(1) A summary of grant assistance applications received and relevant statistics relating to actions taken by the commission and grants awarded;

(2) An analysis of types of grants or public, private and nonprofit grants available but not applied for that if received could be utilized to benefit coal field communities;

(3) Recommendations regarding appropriations to the Coalfield Community Grant Facilitation Fund for the upcoming fiscal year; and

(4) Any recommended legislation or policy actions needed to facilitate greater receipt of grant funding to coalfield communities.
W. Va. Code § 33-40-11 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 40 / Section 11
§33-40-11. Immunity.
Status: in_force

There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, the commissioner or the agency of the Insurance Commission or its employees or agents for any action taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties under this article.
W. Va. Code § 7-25-26 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 25 / Section 26
§7-25-26. Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

This article being necessary for the public health, safety and welfare and economic development, it shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose hereof.
W. Va. Code § 17A-6F-5 — WV Code / Chapter 17A / Article 6F / Section 5
§17A-6F-5. Exclusions for personal vehicle liability insurance policy.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor vehicle insurer that writes motor vehicle liability insurance in this state may exclude any and all coverage and the duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afforded under a shared vehicle owner’s motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including, but not limited to:

(1) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;

(2) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage;

(3) Medical payments coverage;

(4) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; and

(5) Collision physical damage coverage.

(b) Nothing in this article may be construed as invalidating or limiting an exclusion contained in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including any insurance policy in use or approved for use that excludes coverage for motor vehicles made available for rent, sharing, or hire, or for any business use.

(c) Nothing in this article may be interpreted as either limiting or restricting an insurer’s ability to exclude insurance coverage from any insurance policy or an insurer’s ability to underwrite any insurance policy pursuant to § 33-6A-1 et seq . of this code.
W. Va. Code § 38-5B-14 — WV Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5B / Section 14
§38-5B-14. Supreme court of appeals authorized to prescribe forms of suggestee executions.
Status: in_force

In aid of the better administration of this article the Supreme Court of Appeals is hereby authorized to prescribe forms of suggestee executions conformable to the provisions hereof. Forms so prescribed shall be followed in the preparation of all suggestee executions issued under this article from and after a date to be fixed by the Supreme Court of Appeals in promulgating the same, which shall be not less than thirty nor more than ninety days after their certification as hereinafter provided. Copies of forms so prescribed shall be certified by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals to the clerk of each court of record in the state. It shall thereupon be the duty in turn of each such clerk to furnish each court not of record within the circuit, district, or other territorial area constituting the territorial jurisdiction of his court, by registered mail, with true copies of the forms and at the same time to inform such court of the time when the action of the Supreme Court of Appeals in prescribing the forms shall take effect.
W. Va. Code § 18-10A-6A — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 10A / Section 6A
§18-10A-6a. West Virginia Rehabilitation Services Special Account; expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a separate account which shall be designated the “West Virginia Rehabilitation Services Special Account”. The director of rehabilitation services shall deposit promptly into the account all fees received for services provided by the West Virginia Rehabilitation Center from whatever source, including the federal government, state government or from other third-party payers or personal payments.

(b) A five-year West Virginia rehabilitation services long-range plan shall be developed by the director and shall be adopted by the Secretary of Commerce. The West Virginia rehabilitation services’ long-range plan shall be updated and revised at least every two years.

(c) The director may expend the moneys deposited in the West Virginia Rehabilitation Services Special Account in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with the laws of this state necessary for the development of the five-year long-range plan and subsequent revisions.

(d) The director may expend the moneys deposited in the West Virginia Rehabilitation Services Special Account as provided in the long-range plan at such times and in such amounts as the director determines to be necessary for the purpose of maintaining or improving the delivery of rehabilitation services: Provided, That during the budget preparation period which occurs prior to the convening of the Legislature, the director shall submit for inclusion in the executive budget document and budget bill his or her recommended capital expenditures, recommended priorities, estimated costs, and request for appropriations for maintaining or improving the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services.

(e) The director shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the status of the West Virginia Rehabilitation Services Special Account, including the previous year’s expenditures and projected expenditures for the next year.
W. Va. Code § 30-34-6 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 34 / Section 6
§30-34-6. Powers of the board; fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) Adopt rules pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, as may be necessary to enable it to effect the provisions of this article;

(2) Employ such personnel as necessary to perform the functions of the board, including an administrative secretary, and pay all personnel from the board of respiratory care fund;

(3) Establish relicensure requirements, rules of probation for licensees, and other procedures as deemed appropriate;

(4) Secure the services of resource consultants, as deemed necessary by the board, who shall receive travel and other necessary expenses, consistent with state laws and policies, while engaged in consultative service to the board and who shall be reimbursed exclusively from the board of respiratory care fund;

(5) Fix appropriate and reasonable fees for mandatory licensure, which shall be no greater than $200 for initial licensure or $150 for annual license renewal. All fees shall be reviewed periodically and modified as necessary.

(b) The board shall designate one person to accept and deposit moneys paid to the board. The money so collected shall be deposited with the treasurer of the state and credited to an account to be known as the "board of respiratory care fund." Expenditures from the fund shall be for the purposes set forth in this article and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code and upon the fulfillment of the provisions set forth in article two, chapter five-a of this code: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, expenditures are authorized from collections rather than pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature. No part of the state's General Revenue Fund shall be expended to carry out the purposes of this article.

(c) The board may contract with other state boards or state agencies to share offices, personnel and other administrative functions as authorized under this article.
W. Va. Code § 9-8-4 — WV Code / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 4
§9-8-4. Eligibility verification.
Status: in_force

All applications for benefits must be processed through a system as set forth in this article. Complete applications, including the interview, shall be processed within 10 days of receipt or the maximum period required by federal law. Prior to determining eligibility, the department shall access information for every applicant from federal, state, and other sources: Provided, That such access does not violate any federal law.
W. Va. Code § 4-2A-8 — WV Code / Chapter 4 / Article 2A / Section 8
§4-2A-8. Out-of-state expenses.
Status: in_force

In addition to reimbursement for travel expenses as authorized in section six of this article, each member of the Legislature traveling from West Virginia to an out-of-state point or points and returning incident to the performance of his or her duties as a member of the Legislature or any committee of the Legislature, whether the committee is operating under general law or resolution, where the travel has been duly authorized, is entitled to be reimbursed, upon submission of an expense voucher for the travel, for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred incident to the travel, but the total of any and all reimbursed expenses, exclusive of reimbursement for travel expenses, shall not under any circumstances exceed the actual cost of housing at the least expensive available single rate and meal and miscellaneous expenses of $55 per day. A receipt for the amount paid for housing and for travel by any public transportation to and from West Virginia shall be submitted with the expense voucher, but a receipt is not required to be submitted with any expense voucher for meal and miscellaneous expenses.
W. Va. Code § 37-6-24 — WV Code / Chapter 37 / Article 6 / Section 24
§37-6-24. Record of reentry; publication of certificate.
Status: in_force

Where actual reentry shall be made, the party, by or for whom the same shall be made, shall return a written act of reentry, sworn to by the sheriff or other officer acting therein, to the clerk of the county court of the county wherein the lands or tenements shall be, who shall record the same in the deed book, and shall deliver, to the party making the reentry, a certificate setting forth the substance of such written act, and that the same had been left in his office to be recorded, which certificate shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty- nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be such county. Such publication shall be proved by affidavit to the satisfaction of such clerk, who shall note the fact on the margin of the deed book against the record of the act of reentry in the words, "Publication made and proved according to law, A ........... B .........., Clerk," and shall return the original act of reentry to the party entitled thereto. Such written act of reentry, when recorded, and the record thereof, or a duly certified copy from such record, shall be evidence in all cases of the facts therein set forth.
W. Va. Code § 8-15-21 — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 15 / Section 21
§8-15-21. Noncompetitive examination for filling vacancy; provisional appointment.
Status: in_force

Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in a paid fire department and there is no list of individuals eligible for appointment after a competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate an individual to the firemen's civil service commission for noncompetitive examination; and if such nominee shall be certified by the said commission as qualified, after such noncompetitive examination and a medical examination, he may be appointed provisionally, to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination, in the manner prescribed in section twenty of this article; but such provisional appointment shall not continue for a longer period than three months, nor shall successive provisional appointments be made to the same position, under the provisions of this section.
W. Va. Code § 46-2A-524 — WV Code / Chapter 46 / Article 2A / Section 524
§46-2A-524. Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract.
Status: in_force

(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in section 2A-523(1) or section 2A-523(3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor may:

(a) Identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor's or the supplier's possession or control; and

(b) Dispose of goods (section 2A-527(1)) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished.

(2) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
W. Va. Code § 19-1-13 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 13
§19-1-13. Annual reporting to the Legislature.
Status: in_force

On or before January 31 of each year, the commissioner shall file a report with the President of the State Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance detailing the activities of the department, including all boards and commissions under the commissioner’s authority, during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include all donations, gifts, contributions, grants, and appropriations of money, services, materials, real estate, or other things of value accepted and received by the department. A copy of the commissioner’s annual report shall also be provided to the Division of Archives and History to be kept as a permanent record of the state.
W. Va. Code § 60-3-3 — WV Code / Chapter 60 / Article 3 / Section 3
§60-3-3. Warehouses.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish and manage as many warehouses as may be necessary, but not more than four, for the storage of alcoholic liquors and the supply of state stores and agencies.
W. Va. Code § 6-4-3 — WV Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 3
§6-4-3. Judges and appointive officers.
Status: in_force

The credentials of the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the circuit, intermediate, criminal, common pleas, and other inferior courts, and of all persons appointed to office by the Governor, shall consist of a certificate or commission issued by the Governor under the great seal of the state, showing the election or appointment of such person to the office.
W. Va. Code § 61-8B-18 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 8B / Section 18
§61-8B-18. Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

The executive council of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute, created by the provisions of section six, article four, chapter seven of this code, shall promulgate rules in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, for the administration of the forensic medical examination fund, establishing qualifications for medical personnel performing a forensic medical examination and any other rules necessary to the implementation of this program. The institute shall also create and distribute to all licensed medical facilities, law-enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys' offices the instructional manuals and forms necessary to perform forensic medical examinations and to receive payment from the fund. From the effective date of this section until the date of the promulgation of these rules, the executive council of the West Virginia prosecuting attorneys institute may file rules as emergency rules in accordance with the applicable provisions of this code in order to govern during this period of time the administration of the fund.
W. Va. Code § 64-9-6 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 9 / Section 6
§64-9-6. Contractor Licensing Board.
Status: in_force

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-42-5 of this code, relating to the Contractor Licensing Board (West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act, 28 CSR 02), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 53-5-6 — WV Code / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 6
§53-5-6. Injunction by circuit court or judge where award thereof refused by court of limited jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

When a court of limited jurisdiction authorized to grant injunctions, or a judge thereof, shall refuse to award an injunction, a copy of the orders entered in the proceedings in court, and the original papers presented to the court or to the judge in vacation, with his order of refusal, may be presented to the circuit court of the county in which such court of limited jurisdiction is, or to the judge of such circuit court in vacation, who may thereupon award the injunction.