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WV Code § 47-25-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 25. Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|§47-25-13. Effective Date

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the provisions of this article take effect on January 1, 2010. The provisions of section twelve of this article take effect on the effective date of this article.
WV Code § 47-26-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 26. Pawnbrokers|§47-26-1. Definitions

(a) "Pawnbroker" means any person, partnership, association or corporation or employee thereof advancing money in a pawn transaction in exchange for collateral in the property of the pledgor. Pawnbroker does not mean any bank which is regulated by the West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions; the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other federal or state authority; and all affiliates thereof and any bank or savings and loan association whose deposits or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund or other fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation all affiliates thereof, any state or federally chartered credit union, and any finance company subject to licensing and regulation by the West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions.(b) "Pawn transaction" means a transaction between a pawnbroker and a pledgor where the pledgor's property is placed in the possession of the pawnbroker as security for money or other valuable consideration provided to the pledgor on the condition that the pledgor may pay a pawn charge and redeem his or her property within a predetermined time frame. Pawn transactions do not include those transactions where securities, titles or printed evidence of indebtedness are used as security for the transaction.(c) "Pledgor" means a person who delivers the pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker.(d) "Purchase" or "purchase transaction" means the transfer and delivering of goods by a person to a pawnbroker by acquisition for value, consignment or trade for other goods. This definition does not include purchases by pawnbrokers of items not used or intended for resale, consignment or trade of the item to another.
WV Code § 47-26-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 26. Pawnbrokers|§47-26-2. Purchase and Pawn Transaction Records

(a) All pawnbrokers shall make and maintain a transaction report on all purchase or pawn transactions, except for refinance pawn transactions or merchandise bought from a manufacturer or wholesaler with an established place of business. The required transaction report shall include the following:(1) The date of the transaction;(2) The name of the seller;(3) The name of the clerk who handled the transaction;(4) The corresponding pawn ticket number;(5) The terms of the loan or purchase;(6) A copy of the seller's or pledger's government photo identification and type; Provided, That if the seller or pledger does not have a government issued photo identification, the pawnbroker shall have a photograph of the seller or pledger; and(7) A detailed description of the property.(b)For purposes of meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, a detailed description of the property shall include the following:(1)In the case of firearms, the description shall include the brand, model, caliber, type, and serial number;(2) In the case of jewelry, the type of jewelry presented, the karat weight, whether it is made of white gold, yellow gold or other precious metals, and other description of the stones, shape, cut, and oddities, etc. which are sufficient to describe the article of jewelry;(3) In the case of other types of articles and property, the description shall include the type of article, brand, model and serial number on the article, or any other such identifying information or description to which is sufficient to specifically describe the item or property.(c) The seller or pledger shall be required to sign the pawn transaction statement or purchase transaction statement; and a signed statement from the seller or pledger affirming ownership shall appear on the bill of sale or pawn ticket that is completed by the seller or pledger at the time of the transaction.(d) The pawnbroker shall maintain the original of all purchase or pawn transaction statements for three years, and shall make the original copies of the purchase or pawn transaction statements available for inspection by law-enforcement officers and law-enforcement agencies upon request during the posted hours of operation of the business.(e) The information required to be collected pursuant to this section is confidential, is not public record, and should only be disclosed as provided in this section or otherwise provided by law: Provided, That the confidential nature of this information in no way impedes the pawnbroker's duty to accurately collect and timely provide the information to law enforcement.
WV Code § 47-26-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 26. Pawnbrokers|§47-26-3. Penalties; Pawnbroker

A pawnbroker who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $200 for each offense.
WV Code § 47-26-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 26. Pawnbrokers|§47-26-4. County and Municipal Regulation of Pawnbrokers

This article may not be construed to prohibit or otherwise limit any county or municipality of this state from adopting an ordinance, to the extent that the ordinance does not conflict or create lesser requirements than this article or any other provision of this code, establishing additional requirements of pawnbrokers within its jurisdiction. Pawnbrokers located in a county or municipality in which an ordinance establishes reporting requirements to local law-enforcement officials are not required to provide duplicate information to other law-enforcement officials pursuant to section three of this article.
WV Code § 47-27-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 27. Court Reporter Services|§47-27-1. Fair Trade Standards for Use of Court Reporter Services

(a) The purpose of this article is to ensure the integrity of the use of court reporter services by establishing standards for private court reporters and entities providing or arranging for court reporting services. It is declared the policy of the State of West Virginia that fair, ethical and impartial selection and use of court reporting services are integral to the equitable administration of justice.(b) For purposes of this article, "court reporter" means private court reporters providing court reporting services, as well as businesses, entities or firms that provide or arrange for court reporting services, and "original transcript" means the original transcription requested by a party along with a certified copy of same for purposes of filing with a court.(c) The provisions described in this article apply to court reporting services performed in this state that are:(1) Provided by a court reporter, wherever based, in connection with a legal proceeding commenced or maintained in this state; and(2) Provided by a court reporter based in this state, whether the parties appear in person or by remote means.(d) The provisions of this article do not apply to the conduct of official court reporters or their substitutes, appointed by judges pursuant to section one, article seven, chapter fifty-one of this code, when acting in their official capacities, reporters of government proceedings not relating to a legal proceeding, local or federal courts, providing real-time services for hard-of-hearing litigants, the provision of pro bono services to litigants who would qualify for the same through West Virginia Legal Aid or other similar organizations, workers' compensation proceedings or legal proceedings recorded with sound-and-visual devices. A legal proceeding includes, but is not limited to, the following:(1) A court proceeding;(2) A deposition;(3) An arbitration hearing; and(4) An examination under oath.(e) Court reporters, businesses, entities, insurers or firms providing or arranging for court reporting services are subject to the provisions of this section even if the businesses, entities, insurers or firms are not subject to registration or other regulatory oversight in the state.
WV Code § 47-27-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 27. Court Reporter Services|§47-27-2. Prohibited Conduct

(a) A legal proceeding may not be reported by:(1) An individual who engages in a prohibited action as provided in this section;(2) A party to the action;(3) A relative, employee or attorney of one of the parties;(4) Someone with a financial interest in the action or its outcome; or(5) A relative, employee or attorney of someone with a financial interest in the action or its outcome.(b) Court reporters may not:(1) Base the compensation for the court reporting services on the outcome of the proceeding or otherwise giving the court reporter or court reporting business, entity or firm a financial interest in the action. Court reporters or businesses, entities or firms providing or arranging for court reporting services may not offer or provide court reporting services where payment for those services will be made contingent on the outcome of the action.(2) Enter into an agreement, whether formal or informal, for court reporting services which restricts the noticing attorney or party to a legal proceeding from selecting and using the court reporter of his or her own choosing or otherwise requires the noticing attorney or party to a legal proceeding to select or use a court reporter not of his or her own choosing. Before accepting an assignment for court reporting services, the court reporter is obligated to make reasonable efforts to ascertain whether any arrangement exists which is prohibited under this article .(3) Allow the format, content or body of the transcript as certified by the court reporter to be manipulated in a manner that increases the cost of the transcript.(4) Charge a fee for the electronic copy or paper copy of a transcript that is more than fifty-five percent of the cost of the original transcript, except by agreement of all parties to a legal proceeding. This prohibition does not apply to real-time court reporting services or accelerated transcript delivery requests made by the party requesting a copy of the transcript when the party requesting the original has not requested accelerated delivery.(5) Require the attorney purchasing the original or a copy of the transcript to purchase extra services that were neither ordered nor desired from the court reporter as a condition for the sale of the transcript.
WV Code § 47-27-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 27. Court Reporter Services|§47-27-3. Disclosure and Limitations on Practices

(a) Prior to the commencement of a legal proceeding, and at any time during or following the conclusion of a legal proceeding, an attorney or a party to that legal proceeding has the right to an itemized statement of all rates and charges for all services that have been or will be provided by the court reporter or business, entity or firm providing or arranging for court reporting services to any party to the legal proceeding.(b) A court reporter shall certify on the certification page of each transcript of a legal proceeding, the following: "I certify that the attached transcript meets the requirements set forth within article twenty-seven, chapter forty-seven of the West Virginia Code."(c) Each transcript of a legal proceeding shall conform to the following minimum standards:(1) No fewer than twenty-four typed lines on standard 8-1/2 by 11 inches pages. (2) No fewer than nine characters to the typed inch. (3) A full line of text shall be no less than fifty-six characters and/or spaces unless timestamping is used, in which case no fewer than forty-eight characters and/or spaces shall be used on a full line of text. (4) Timestamping may only be printed on a transcript under any of the following circumstances: (A) When a deposition is videotaped; (B) when requested by counsel on the record; and (C) when a transcript will have not less than forty-eight characters per line. (5) The page numbers, headers and footers do not count as a line of text. Line numbers and the spaces preceding text do not count as a character. (6) Each question and answer to begin on a separate line. (7) Each question and answer to begin no more than five spaces from the left-hand margin with no more than five spaces from the question and answer to the text. (8) Carry-over question and answer lines to begin at the left-hand margin. (9) Colloquy material to begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin, with carryover colloquy to the left-hand margin. In colloquy, text shall begin no more than two spaces after the colon following speaker identification. (10) Quoted material to begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin, with carry-over lines to begin no more than ten spaces from the left-hand margin. (11) Parentheticals and exhibit markings to begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin, with carry-over lines to begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin. (d) The provisions of sections one, two or three of this article may not be waived or otherwise modified.
WV Code § 47-27-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 27. Court Reporter Services|§47-27-4. Penalties for Violations; Civil Actions; and Damages

A court reporter or the entity that produces and bills for the transcript which violates the provisions of sections two or three of this article is subject to civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction as follows: Any party to a civil action, a court reporter, attorney or other person who has been subject to a violation of the provisions of sections two or three of this article may recover, payable to the prevailing party, a civil penalty for any willful violation of this section and the court shall assess a civil penalty of no less than $2,500 for each violation: Provided, That no more than one civil penalty under this section may be assessed in any one matter pending before the court; and if the court finds that the court reporter has engaged in a course of repeated and willful violations of this section, it may assess an additional civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation of this section. For any action filed pursuant to this section, the court, in its discretion, may award all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney fees, court costs and fees, to the prevailing party.
WV Code § 47-28-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 28. Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications|§47-28-1. Short Title

This article may be known and cited as the Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications Act.
WV Code § 47-28-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 28. Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications|§47-28-2. Definitions

As used in this article:(1) "Legal advertisement" means a solicitation for legal services regarding the use of medications through television, radio, newspaper or other periodical, outdoor display, or other written, electronic, or recorded communications wherein the advertisement solicits clients or potential clients for legal services.(2) "Person" means an individual or entity, including, but not limited to: (i) Attorneys; (ii) law firms; or (iii) third parties who solicit potential clients on behalf of attorneys or law firms, which pays for or authorizes a legal advertisement that solicits potential clients for attorneys or law firms under this article.(3) "Protected health information" has the meaning given such term in 45 C.F.R. 160.103 (2013). (4) "Solicit" means an offer to provide legal services regarding the use of medications by written, recorded, or electronic communication or by in-person, telephone, or real-time electronic contact.
WV Code § 47-28-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 28. Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications|§47-28-3. Deceptive Legal Advertising Practices

(a) Specifically prohibited legal advertising practices. A person engages in an unfair or deceptive act or practice if, in a legal advertisement, the person does any of the following: (1) Fails to contain the statement: "This is a paid advertisement for legal services."; (2) Presents a legal advertisement as a "consumer medical alert", "health alert", "consumer alert", "public service health announcement", or substantially similar phrase suggesting to a reasonable recipient that the advertisement is offering professional, medical, or government agency advice about pharmaceuticals or medical devices rather than legal services; (3) Displays the logo of a federal or state government agency in a manner that suggests affiliation with the sponsorship of that agency; (4) Uses the word "recall" when referring to a product that has not been recalled by a government agency or through an agreement between a manufacturer and government agency; (5) Fails to identify the sponsor of the legal advertisement; or (6) Fails to indicate the identity of the attorney or law firm that will represent clients, or how potential clients or cases will be referred to attorneys or law firms that will represent clients if the sponsor of the legal advertisement may not represent persons responding to the advertisement. (b) Disclosures and warnings for protection of patients. (1) A legal advertisement soliciting clients for legal services in connection with a prescription drug or medical device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shall include the following warning: "Do not stop taking a prescribed medication without first consulting with your doctor. Discontinuing a prescribed medication without your doctors advice can result in injury or death.".(2) A legal advertisement soliciting clients for legal services in connection with a prescription drug or medical device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shall disclose that the subject of the legal advertisement remains approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, unless the product has been recalled or withdrawn. (c) Appearance of required statements, disclosures, and warnings. Any words or statements required by this section to appear in an advertisement must be presented clearly and conspicuously. (1) Written disclosures shall be clearly legible and, if televised or displayed electronically, shall be displayed for a sufficient time to enable the viewer to easily see and fully read the disclosure or disclaimer. (2) Spoken disclosures shall be plainly audible and clearly intelligible. (d) A person who willfully and knowingly violates this section engages in an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violation of 46A-6-101 et seq. of this code.
WV Code § 47-28-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 28. Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications|§47-28-4. Wrongful Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information for Solicitation of Legal Services Regarding the Use of Medications

(a) Use or disclosure of protected health information for legal solicitation. A person shall not use, cause to be used, obtain, sell, transfer, or disclose to another person without written authorization protected health information for the purpose of soliciting an individual for legal services regarding the use of medications. (b) Enforcement. (1) A violation of this section is a violation of West Virginias health privacy laws or 46A-6-101 et seq. of this code.(2) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, a person who willfully and knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.(c) Construction. This section does not apply to the use or disclosure of protected health information to an individuals legal representative, in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding, or as otherwise permitted or required by law. (d) Nothing in this section creates or implies liability on behalf of a broadcaster who holds a license for over-the-air terrestrial broadcasting from the federal communications commission, or against a cable operator as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(5).
WV Code § 47-28-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 28. Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications|§47-28-5. Authority of Judiciary or State Bar to Regulate Practice of Law

This article does not limit or otherwise affect the authority of the judiciary or the Lawyer Disciplinary Board to regulate the practice of law, enforce the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, or discipline persons admitted to the bar.
WV Code § 47A-1-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47A. West Virginia Lending and Credit Rate Board|Article 1. Lending and Credit Rate Board|§47A-1-2. Board Staff, Offices, Funding

Under the direction of the chairperson of the board, the board shall be entitled to utilize the staff of the West Virginia banking department and the offices of the board shall be those of the West Virginia banking department, in order to defray the cost of the board's operations. On or before the first day of July of each year, the commissioner of banking may charge and collect from each supervised financial organization and supervised lender a yearly fee of $50 and pay it into the special revenue account of the division of banking. The fees paid into this account shall be utilized to pay the costs and expenses of the board and all incidental costs and expenses necessary for its operations.
WV Code § 47A-1-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47A. West Virginia Lending and Credit Rate Board|Article 1. Lending and Credit Rate Board|§47A-1-3. Report to and Review by Legislature; Validity of Contracts; Usury

On or before January 15, of each calendar year commencing with January 15, 1982, the board shall prepare a report to the Legislature detailing its (i) activities during the prior year including all rules and regulations adopted or modified during the year, (ii) recommendations regarding legislative action on rates of interest, finance charges, and usury in light of the credit needs of West Virginia's residents and businesses, and (iii) plans for staffing and organization of the board. Unless the Legislature or committee of the Legislature delegated to review the report and actions of the board specifically rejects certain portions of the report or certain prior or proposed acts of the board, the board may continue to implement prior actions or implement proposed aspects of its actions which are within the scope of its duties under this article.Contracts made in good faith in conformity with an order of the board setting the maximum rates of interest and finance charge are valid, notwithstanding that after such contract is made or finance charge is received, such order is amended or rejected by the Legislature. No person who contracts for or receives a finance charge in good faith in conformity with an order of the board is liable in any action or suit for any penalty, forfeiture or recovery based on a charge of usury, notwithstanding that after such contract is made or finance charge is received, such order is amended or rejected by the Legislature.