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W. Va. Code § 7-25-25 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 25 / Section 25
§7-25-25. Notice of transfer of change in ownership of property within resort area district.
Status: in_force

After the resort area district has been formed and organized, as a part of any bylaws, the district's board shall promulgate rules and regulations as a part of its bylaws which require timely notice to the District whenever ownership of property within the District has changed, along with any change in address for any notices required by this article. If a new property owner within the District fails to notify the district board of change in the property's ownership, any notice provided by the District to the previous property owner's last known address shall be deemed sufficient.
W. Va. Code § 21-1B-4 — WV Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1B / Section 4
§21-1B-4. Record-keeping requirements; employer compliance.
Status: in_force

Every employer, firm and corporation shall make such records of the persons he or she employs including records of proof of the legal status or authorization to work of all employees. Such records shall be preserved pursuant to the provisions of section five, article five-c of this chapter and shall be maintained at the place of employment. Pursuant to section three, article one of this chapter, such records shall be made available to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative for inspection and investigation as the commissioner deems necessary and appropriate for the purposes of determining whether any employer, firm or corporation has violated any provision of this article which may aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
W. Va. Code § 12-4-3A — WV Code / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 3A
§12-4-3a. Accounts of the Auditor.
Status: in_force

The Auditor shall at all times maintain and have available for public inspection a report containing monthly balances in the treasury, which balances shall include, but not be limited to, the general revenue surplus balance; the general revenue surplus appropriation account balance; the state general revenue reappropriated account balance; the state general revenue current account balance; the total state account balance; and the total general revenue.
W. Va. Code § 44C-5-2 — WV Code / Chapter 44C / Article 5 / Section 2
§44C-5-2. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This act modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7003(b).
W. Va. Code § 37-5-2 — WV Code / Chapter 37 / Article 5 / Section 2
§37-5-2. Survey of mine.
Status: in_force

The owner, tenant, or occupant of any land on which a coal mine is opened and worked, or his agent, shall permit any person interested in, or having title to, any land coterminous with that in which such coal mine is, to have ingress and egress with surveyors and assistants to explore and survey such mine at his own expense, and not oftener than once a month, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the preceding section has been violated. Every owner, tenant, occupant, or agent, who shall refuse such permission, exploration or survey, shall forfeit $20 for each refusal to the person so refused.
W. Va. Code § 10-3A-4 — WV Code / Chapter 10 / Article 3A / Section 4
§10-3A-4. Funding for the monument; authority for obtaining additional funds to complete or enhance the monument.
Status: in_force

The Division of Labor shall allocate funds in the amount of $500,000 toward the completion of the monument from any available funds that are managed or utilized by the Division of Labor. The commission shall have the authority to obtain funding through grants, charitable donations, or other appropriate means for the completion or enhancement of the monument.
W. Va. Code § 33-32-17 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 32 / Section 17
§33-32-17. Notice and registration requirements of purchasing groups.
Status: in_force

(a) A purchasing group which intends to do business in this state shall, prior to doing business, furnish notice to the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the national association of Insurance Commissioners, which such forms shall:

(1) Identify the state in which the group is domiciled;

(2) Identify all other states in which the group intends to do business;

(3) Specify the lines and classifications of liability insurance which the purchasing group intends to purchase;

(4) Identify the insurance company or companies from which the group intends to purchase its insurance and the domicile of such company;

(5) Specify the method by which, and the person or persons, if any, through whom insurance will be offered to its members whose risks are resident or located in this state;

(6) Identify the principal place of business of the groups; and

(7) Provide any other information as may be required by the commissioner to verify that the purchasing group is qualified under this article.

(b) A purchasing group shall, within ten days, notify the commissioner of any changes in any of the items set forth in this section.

(c) The purchasing group shall register with and designate the commissioner, ( or other appropriate authority ) , as its agent solely for the purpose of receiving service of legal documents or process: Provided, That these requirements do not apply in the case of a purchasing group which:

(1) Was domiciled before April 1, 1986, in any state of the United States; and

(2) Is domiciled on and after October 27, 1986, in any state of the United States and which:

(A) Before October 27, 1986, purchased insurance from an insurance carrier licensed in any state; and

(B) Since October 27, 1986, purchased its insurance from an insurance carrier licensed in any state;

(3) Which was a purchasing group under the requirements of the product liability risk retention act of 1981, before October 27, 1986; and

(4) Which does not purchase insurance that was not authorized for purposes of an exemption under that act, as in effect before October 27, 1986.

(d) Each purchasing group that is required to give notice pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall also furnish such information as may be required by the commissioner to:

(1) Verify that the entity qualifies as a purchasing group;

(2) Determine where the purchasing group is located; and

(3) Determine appropriate tax treatment.

(e) The Insurance Commissioner shall promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code regarding the amount of all registration or filing fees required by this section.
W. Va. Code § 61-7A-4 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 7A / Section 4
§61-7A-4. Confidentiality; limits on use of registry information.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the Superintendent of the State Police, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, the circuit clerks, and the Administrator of the Supreme Court of Appeals may provide notice to the central state mental health registry and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established pursuant to Section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, 18 U. S. C. §922, that a person: (i) Has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution ; (ii) has been adjudicated as a mental defective ; or (iii) has regained the ability to possess a firearm by order of a circuit court in a proceeding under section five of this article.

(b) The information contained in the central state mental health registry is to be used solely for the purpose of records checks related to firearms purchases and for eligibility for a state license or permit to possess or carry a concealed firearm.

(c) Whenever a person's name and other identifying information has been added to the central state mental health registry, a review of the state concealed handgun registry shall be undertaken and if such review reveals that the person possesses a current concealed handgun license, the sheriff of the county issuing the concealed handgun license shall be informed of the person's change in status.
W. Va. Code § 61-2-9 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 2 / Section 9
§61-2-9. Malicious or unlawful assault; assault; battery; penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any person, or by any means cause him or her bodily injury with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, he or she, except where it is otherwise provided, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in a state correctional facility not less than two nor more than ten years. If the act is done unlawfully, but not maliciously, with the intent aforesaid, the offender is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall either be imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than one nor more than five years, or be confined in jail not exceeding twelve months and fined not exceeding $500.

(b) Assault. — Any person who unlawfully attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another or unlawfully commits an act that places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in jail for not more than six months or fined not more than $100, or both fined and confined.

(c) Battery. — Any person who unlawfully and intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature to the person of another or unlawfully and intentionally causes physical harm to another person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in jail for not more than twelve months or fined not more than $500, or both fined and confined.

(d) Any person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section who has, in the ten years prior to the conviction, been convicted of a violation of either subsection (b) or (c) of this section where the victim was a current or former spouse, current or former sexual or intimate partner, a person with whom the defendant has a child in common, a person with whom the defendant cohabits or has cohabited, a parent or guardian or the defendant’s child or ward at the time of the offense or convicted of a violation of section twenty-eight of this article or has served a period of pretrial diversion for an alleged violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section or section twenty-eight of this article when the victim has a present or past relationship, upon conviction, is subject to the penalties set forth in section twenty-eight of this article for a second, third or subsequent criminal act of domestic violence offense, as appropriate.
W. Va. Code § 17-29-15 — WV Code / Chapter 17 / Article 29 / Section 15
§17-29-15. No street hails.
Status: in_force

§17-29-15. No street hails.

A transportation network company driver may not solicit or accept street hails.
W. Va. Code § 64-6-4 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 6 / Section 4
§64-6-4. West Virginia State Police.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §15-2-5 of this code, modified by the West Virginia State Police to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 24, 2025, relating to the West Virginia State Police (West Virginia State Police Career Progression System, 81 CSR 03), is authorized.

(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §15-2-18 of this code, modified by the West Virginia State Police to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 24, 2025, relating to the West Virginia State Police (contracted police or security services, 81 CSR 05), is authorized.

(c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §15-2-6 of this code, modified by the West Virginia State Police to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 24, 2025, relating to the West Virginia State Police (West Virginia State Police Member Grievance Procedure, 81 CSR 08), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 24A-2-4B — WV Code / Chapter 24A / Article 2 / Section 4B
§24A-2-4b. Motor carriers transporting solid waste; origin of waste disclosure; penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) The operator-driver of every solid waste motor carrier vehicle which arrives at a commercial solid waste facility, including, but not limited to, commercial landfills and transfer stations, in this state is required to declare, in writing and under oath, the name of the county and state of origin of the solid waste being deposited at the commercial solid waste facility. The operator-driver of the solid waste motor carrier vehicle shall give a copy of this completed declaration form to the operator of the commercial landfill or of the transfer station, to the West Virginia Public Service Commission and to the county solid waste authority.

(b) The Public Service Commission shall prepare and provide commercial solid waste facility operators with a uniform disclosure form for use in effecting this provision.

(c) Any operator-driver of a solid waste motor carrier vehicle who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.

(d) Any owner of a solid waste motor carrier vehicle which deposits solid waste in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $1,000.
W. Va. Code § 30-12-6 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 12 / Section 6
§30-12-6. Certificate of registration.
Status: in_force

Every registered architect having a place of business or employment within the state shall display his or her certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in such place of business or employment. A new certificate of registration, to replace a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, shall be issued by the board upon payment of a fee established in accordance with section three of this article and such certificate shall be stamped or marked "duplicate."
W. Va. Code § 31A-8F-10 — WV Code / Chapter 31A / Article 8F / Section 10
§31A-8F-10. No concurrent maintenance of federal branches or agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) No foreign bank which is licensed under this article to establish and maintain a West Virginia state agency shall concurrently maintain a federal branch or federal agency office in this state.

(b) No foreign bank which maintains a federal branch or federal agency office in this state shall concurrently be licensed under this article to maintain a West Virginia state agency office.
W. Va. Code § 32-1-101 — WV Code / Chapter 32 / Article 1 / Section 101
§32-1-101. Sales and purchases.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly

(1) To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud;

(2) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or

(3) To engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
W. Va. Code § 6-9C-9 — WV Code / Chapter 6 / Article 9C / Section 9
§6-9C-9. Procedural rules.
Status: in_force

A public agency may adopt rules for conducting a virtual meeting under this article, comparable to rules for conducting an in-person meeting of the public agency. The rules may include:

(1) The means by which the public agency will inform members of the public that a virtual meeting will be held;

(2) The effect of a technical or quality problems that interferes with meeting or access to a meeting by a member of the public agency or the public;

(3) The means by which a record considered at a meeting is made available to the public agency and, if required by other law, the public;

(4) The means for access to a meeting by an individual with a disability; and

(5) The process by which a person may object under §6-9C-7 of this code to the conduct of a meeting on the ground that the procedure denies the person due process of law.
W. Va. Code § 18A-4-3 — WV Code / Chapter 18A / Article 4 / Section 3
§18A-4-3. State minimum annual salary increments for principals and assistant principals.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any salary increments for principals and assistant principals, in effect on January 1, 2008, and paid from local funds, and in addition to the county schedule in effect for teachers, the county board shall pay each principal a principal's salary increment and each assistant principal an assistant principal's salary increment as prescribed by this section from state funds appropriated for the salary increments.

(b) State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.

(c) The salary increment in this section for each principal shall be determined by multiplying the basic salary for teachers in accordance with the classification of certification and of training of the principal as prescribed in this article by the appropriate percentage rate prescribed in this section according to the number of teachers supervised.

STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT

RATES FOR PRINCIPALS

EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2008

No. of Teachers

Supervised Rates

1-7 10.0%

8-14 10.5%

15-24 11.0%

25-38 11.5%

39-57 12.0%

58 and up 12.5%

STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT

RATES FOR PRINCIPALS

EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2008

No. of Teachers

Supervised Rates

1-7 11.0%

8-14 11.5%

15-24 12.0%

25-38 12.5%

39-57 13.0%

58 and up 13.5%

(d) The salary increment in this section for each assistant principal shall be determined in the same manner as that for principals using the number of teachers supervised by the principal under whose direction the assistant principal works, except that the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate prescribed for the principal.

(e) Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum employment terms.

(f) For the purpose of determining the number of teachers supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for the second school month of the prior school term and the number of teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time equivalency basis: Provided, That if there is a change in circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county board shall determine what is a reasonable number of supervised teachers in order to establish the appropriate increment percentage rate.

(g) No county may reduce local funds allocated for salary increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on January 1, 2008, and used in supplementing the state minimum salaries as provided in this article, unless forced to do so by defeat of a special levy, or a loss in assessed values or events over which it has no control and for which the county board has received approval from the state board prior to making the reduction.

(h) Nothing in this section prevents a county board from providing, in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than those required by this section.
W. Va. Code § 14-1-20 — WV Code / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 20
§14-1-20. Lands of state — List by clerk.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the county courts shall transmit to the Auditor a list of all lands in their respective counties obtained by the state, under the provisions of §14-1-16 of this code, and set forth in such list all the information which they can obtain in relation to the lands mentioned therein. For each tract of land or lot so mentioned by any clerk of the county court, he or she shall receive $1 from the Treasury.
W. Va. Code § 33-14-2 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 14 / Section 2
§33-14-2. Employee groups.
Status: in_force

The lives of a group of individuals may be insured under a policy issued to an employer, or to the trustees of a fund established by an employer, which employer or trustees shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer, subject to the following requirements:

(a) The employees eligible for insurance under the policy shall be all of the employees of the employer, or all of any class or classes thereof determined by conditions pertaining to their employment. The policy may provide that the term "employees" shall include the employees of one or more subsidiary corporations and the employees, individual proprietors and partners of one or more affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships if the business of the employer and of such affiliated corporations, proprietors or partnerships is under common control through stock ownership, contract or otherwise. The policy may provide that the term "employees" shall include the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor or a partnership. The policy may provide that the term "employees" shall include retired employees. No director of a corporate employer shall be eligible for insurance under the policy unless such person is otherwise eligible as a bona fide employee of the corporation by performing services other than the usual duties of a director. No individual proprietor or partner shall be eligible for insurance under the policy unless he is actively engaged in and devotes a substantial part of his time to the conduct of the business of the proprietor or partnership. A policy issued to trustees may provide that the term "employees" shall include the trustees or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with such trusteeship. A policy issued to insure the employees of a public body may provide that the term "employees" shall include elected or appointed officials.

(b) The premium for the policy shall be paid either from the employer's funds or from funds contributed by the insured employees, or both. Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, a policy on which no part of the premium is to be derived from funds contributed by the insured employees shall insure all eligible employees, except those who reject coverage in writing.

(c) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on any person as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

(d) The policy must cover at least two employees at date of issue.

(e) The amounts of insurance under the policy must be based upon some plan precluding individual selection either by the employees or by the employer or trustees.
W. Va. Code § 33-28-1 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 28 / Section 1
§33-28-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and cited as the "West Virginia Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards Act."
W. Va. Code § 7-25-18 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 25 / Section 18
§7-25-18. Exemption of public property from assessments.
Status: in_force

No lots or parcels of land owned or controlled by the United States, this state, any municipality, county, county board of education, resort area district or other public body shall be subject to any assessments under this article.
W. Va. Code § 20-15-7 — WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 15 / Section 7
§20-15-7. Liability of participants.
Status: in_force

Any participant is liable for injury, loss or damage resulting from violations of the duties established in section five of this article where the violation of duty is causally related to the injury, loss or damage suffered.