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WV Code § 61-10-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-11. Lotteries or Raffles; Penalty

If any person shall set up or promote or be concerned in managing or drawing a lottery or raffle, for money or other thing of value, or knowingly permit such lottery in any house under his control, or knowingly permit money or other property to be raffled for in such house, or to be won therein, by throwing or using dice, or by any other game of chance, or knowingly permit the sale in such house of any chance or ticket, or share of a ticket, in a lottery, or any writing, certificate, bill, token or other device purporting or intended to guarantee or assure to any person, or to entitle him to a prize, or a share of, or interest in, a prize to be drawn in a lottery, or shall, for himself or any other person, buy, sell, or transfer, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale, or with intent to exchange, negotiate, or transfer, or shall aid in selling, exchanging, negotiating, or transferring a chance or ticket, or a share of a ticket, in a lottery, or any such writing, certificate, bill, token or device, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not more than one year or be fined not exceeding $1,000, or both: Provided, however, That this section shall not be deemed to apply to that certain type or form of lottery or raffle designated and familiarly known as “policy” or “numbers.”
WV Code § 61-10-11a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-11a. “Policy” or “numbers”; Penalty

Any person who keeps, occupies or uses, or permits to be kept, occupied or used, a place, building, room, table, establishment or apparatus for “policy” or “numbers” playing or for the sale of what are commonly called “lottery policies,” or who delivers or receives money or other valuable consideration in playing “policy” or “numbers,” or in aiding in the playing thereof, or for what is commonly called a “lottery policy,” or for any writing, or document in the nature of a bet, wager, or insurance upon the drawing or selection, or the drawn or selected numbers of any “policy” or “numbers” lottery; or who shall have in his possession, knowingly, any writing, paper or document, representing or being a record of any chance, share or interest in numbers sold, drawn or selected, or to be drawn or selected in what is commonly called “policy” or “numbers,” or in the nature of a bet, wager or insurance, upon the drawing or selection, or the drawn or selected numbers of any “policy” or “numbers” lottery; or any paper, print, writing, number, device, policy slip, or article of any kind such as is commonly used in carrying on, promoting or playing the game commonly called “policy” or “numbers”; or who is the owner, agent, superintendent, janitor or caretaker of any place, building, or room where “policy” or “numbers” playing or the sale of what are commonly called “lottery policies” is carried on with his knowledge or after notification that the premises are so used, permits such use to be continued, or who aids, assists, or abets in any manner, in any of the offenses, acts or matters herein named, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall, in the discretion of the court, either be confined in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years, or be confined in jail not less than six nor more than twelve months and fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000. Upon commission of a second or subsequent offense under this section, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction shall be confined in the penitentiary of this state for a period of not less than two years nor more than ten years.
WV Code § 61-10-11b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-11b. Possession of “policy” or “numbers” Slips Unlawful

The possession, by any person other than a public officer acting in his official capacity, of any writing, paper, or document representing or being a record of any chance, share or interest in numbers, sold, given away, drawn, or selected, or to be drawn or selected, in what is commonly called “policy” or “numbers,” or in the nature of a bet, wager or insurance upon the drawing or selection, or the drawn or selected numbers of any “policy” or “numbers” lottery, or any paper, print, writing, numbers of device, policy slip, or article of any kind, such as is commonly used in carrying on, promoting or playing the game commonly called “policy” or “numbers,” is presumptive evidence of possession thereof knowingly and in violation of the provisions of section eleven-a of this article.
WV Code § 61-10-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-12. Proceeds of Lottery Forfeited to the State

All money and things of value drawn or proposed to be drawn by an inhabitant of this state, and all money or other things of value received by such person by reason of his being the owner or holder of a ticket, or a share of a ticket, in any lottery, or pretended lottery, contrary to the provisions of this article, shall be forfeited to the state.
WV Code § 61-10-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-13. Associations and Companies Trading as Bank Without Authority of Law; Penalty

All members of any association or company that shall trade or deal as a bank, or carry on banking, without authority of law, and their officers and agents therein or thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months, and fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
WV Code § 61-10-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-14. Laws on Gaming, Lotteries and Unchartered Banks Remedial

All laws for suppressing gaming, lotteries and unchartered banks shall be construed as remedial.
WV Code § 61-10-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-16. Picture or Theatrical Act Reflecting Upon Any Race or Class of Citizens; Penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or company to advertise, exhibit, display or show any picture or theatrical act in any theater or other place of public amusement or entertainment within this state, which shall in any manner injuriously reflect upon the proper and rightful progress, status, attainment or endeavor of any race or class of citizens, calculated to result in arousing the prejudice, ire or feelings of one race or class of citizens against any other race or class of citizens. Any person, corporation or company violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, and may, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not more than thirty days.
WV Code § 61-10-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-17. Lobbying on Floor of Legislature; Ejection of Lobbyist; Penalty; Jurisdiction

It shall be unlawful for any person to lobby for or against any measure on the floor of either House of the Legislature while the same is in session. If any person be found so lobbying in violation of this section, it shall be the duty of the sergeant at arms to eject such person from the floor of either House of the Legislature, upon his own knowledge, or upon the complaint of any member. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200, and in addition thereto he shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where such conviction is had, for not less than ten days nor more than six months. Any of the circuit courts, criminal courts, or justices of the peace within the county of Kanawha are hereby given jurisdiction of the offense herein set forth, and the proceedings hereunder shall be conducted as for other offenses.
WV Code § 61-10-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-19. Cornering Market in Foods or Other Necessities of Life; Penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person or body of persons buying or selling any foodstuffs, fuel or any article or articles pertaining to necessities of life, either in his individual capacity or as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, or a member of a partnership, to store any such foodstuffs, fuel, article or articles for the purpose of cornering the market or affecting the market price thereof, or for the purpose of limiting the supply thereof to the public, whether temporarily or otherwise. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, and may, in the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail not exceeding one year.
WV Code § 61-10-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-20. Failure of Employers to Provide Certain Benefits for Employees

(a) In addition to any other penalty or punishment otherwise prescribed by law, any employer who is party to an agreement to pay or provide benefits or wage supplements and who without reasonable justification willfully fails or refuses to pay the amount or amounts necessary to provide the benefits or furnish the supplements within 30 days after the payments are required to be made, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. When the employer is a corporation, the president, secretary, treasurer or officer exercising responsibility for the nonpayment is guilty of the offense prohibited by this section.(b) Any person who is responsible for ensuring that an entity complies with the requirements of a retirement plan administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board pursuant to §5-10D-1 et seq. of this code, who knowingly and willfully fails to make employee or employer contributions to the retirement plan for a period of 60 days after the payment is due is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or shall be confined in jail for not more than six months, or both fined and confined.(c) Conviction of a violation of subsection (b) of this section is prima facie evidence of official misconduct.
WV Code § 61-10-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-21. Unlawful Use of Prefix Doctor or Dr. Penalty

[Repealed].
WV Code § 61-10-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-22. Bribery of Participants in Professional or Amateur Games and Horse Racing; Penalty

Whoever gives, promises or offers to any professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, hockey player or boxer or any player who participates in any professional or amateur game or sport or any jockey, driver, groom or any person participating in any horse race, including owners of racetracks and their employees, stewards, trainers, judges, starters, special policemen, any valuable thing with intent to influence him to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost a baseball, football, basketball or hockey game, boxing match or a horse race or any professional or amateur sport, or game, in which such player or participant or jockey or driver is taking part or expects to take part, or has any duty or connection therewith, or who, being either a professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, hockey player, boxer, or jockey, driver, or groom or participant in any sport or game solicits or accepts any valuable thing to influence him to lose or cause to be lost a baseball, football, basketball, hockey or boxing match, or horse race or any professional or amateur game or any professional or amateur sport in which he is taking part, or expects to take part, or has any duty or connection therewith, shall be guilty of a felony and, punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year, nor more than three years, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
WV Code § 61-10-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-23. Debt Pooling; Definition; Offenses; Penalty; Jurisdiction; Pleading and Proof

“Debt pooling” shall mean the rendering in any manner of advice or services of any and every kind in the establishment or operation of a plan pursuant to which a debtor would deposit or does deposit funds for the purpose of distributing such funds among his creditors. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit in any manner a debt pooling. It shall further be unlawful for any person, except licensed attorneys, to make any charge for a debt pooling by way of fee, reimbursement of costs, or otherwise, in excess of an amount equal to two percent of the total amount of money actually deposited pursuant to a debt pooling: Provided, That any nonprofit firm, corporation or voluntary association may make an additional charge not exceeding five percent of the total amount of money actually deposited pursuant to a debt pooling, to defray costs of counseling services furnished for the benefit of its clientele of debtors generally with respect to personal money management. Any person, whether acting as agent or otherwise, who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $250 or confined in jail not less than thirty nor more than sixty days or both. Justices of the peace and other competent courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction of offenses under this section. It shall not be necessary in any warrant issued or indictment returned under this section to allege exceptions or provisos contained in this section but in the trial of an offense subject thereto it shall be the duty of the state to negative such exceptions and provisos.
WV Code § 61-10-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-30. Open Water Wells Prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or allow any abandoned or currently used water well upon any land in which such person has any right to possession as owner, tenant or otherwise, which does not have affixed thereto a cover of sufficient strength to prevent any person from accidentally falling into such well.
WV Code § 61-10-31 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-31. Conspiracy; Construction of Section; Penalties

It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to conspire (1) to commit any offense against the state or (2) to defraud the state, the state or any county board of education, or any county or municipality of the state, if, in either case, one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of the conspiracy.Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, limit, repeal or affect the provisions of section eight, article nine, chapter three; section two, article one, chapter five; section thirty-eight, article three, chapter five-a; section seven, article seven, chapter twenty; section sixteen, article six, chapter sixty; sections seven, eight, nine and ten, article six, chapter sixty-one; or section one, article eight, chapter sixty-two; all of this code. It shall not be a defense to any prosecution under this section thirty-one that the conduct charged or proven is also a crime under any other provision or provisions of this code or the common law.Any person who violates the provisions of this section by conspiring to commit an offense against the state which is a felony, or by conspiring to defraud the state, the state or any county board of education, or any county or municipality of the state, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or, in the discretion of the court, by both such imprisonment and fine. Any person who violates the provisions of this section by conspiring to commit an offense against the state which is a misdemeanor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or, in the discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine.
WV Code § 61-10-32 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-32. Unlawful Contact With a Division of Corrections Employee or Member of the Parole Board; Penalty

(a) It shall be unlawful for a former inmate of the Division of Corrections to make a telephone call to a Division of Corrections employee or member of the Parole Board when the employee has requested in writing to that former inmate that he or she not call and the former inmate has actually been served with a copy of the written request. (b) It shall be unlawful for a former inmate of the Division of Corrections to willfully and repeatedly follow a Division of Corrections employee or member of the Parole Board with whom he or she seeks to establish a personal or social relationship when the Division of Corrections employee or member of the Parole Board has expressed to the former inmate that he or she wishes not to have contact with the former inmate. (c) It shall be unlawful for a former inmate of the Division of Corrections to harass or make credible threats against a Division of Corrections employee or member of the Parole Board.(d) Any offense committed under subsection (a) may be deemed to have occurred at the place at which the telephone call was made, or the place at which the telephone call was received.(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for a first offense, be fined not more than $500. Any person violating this section for a second offense shall be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.(f) For purposes of this section:(1) "Harass" means willful conduct directed at a specific person or persons which would cause a reasonable person mental injury or emotional distress;(2) "Credible threat" means a threat of bodily injury made with apparent ability to carry out the threat and with the result that a reasonable person would believe that the threat would be carried out;(3) "Bodily injury" means substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition;(4) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, stepparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, child, stepchild, sibling, or any person who regularly resides in the household or within the prior six months regularly resided in the household.(g) Upon conviction, the court may issue an order restraining the defendant from any contact with the victim for a period not to exceed ten years. The length of any restraining order shall be based upon the seriousness of the violation before the court, the probability of future violations, and the safety of the victim or his immediate family. The duration of the restraining order may be longer than five years only in cases when a longer duration is necessary to protect the safety of the victim or his or her immediate family.(h) It is a condition of bond for any person accused of the offense described in this section that the person is to have no contact, direct or indirect, verbal or physical with the alleged victim.
WV Code § 61-10-33 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy|§61-10-33. Prohibition Against Selling a Pure Caffeine Product

(a) "Pure caffeine product" means a product that is comprised of ninety percent or more caffeine and is manufactured into a crystalline, liquid, or powdered form. "Pure caffeine product" does not include any of the following that contains caffeine and is formulated, manufactured, and labeled in accordance with the laws and regulations enforced by the United States Food and Drug Administration:(1) Coffee, tea, soft drink, energy drink, or any other caffeine-containing beverage;(2) Any energy product.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no person shall knowingly possess, sell or offer for sale a pure caffeine product.(c) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a person from possessing, selling or offering for sale any product manufactured in a unit-dose form such as a pill, tablet, or caplet, but only if each unit dose of the product contains not more than two hundred fifty milligrams of caffeine.(d) Nothing in this section prohibits either of the following:(1) Possession of a product described in subsection (c);(2) Possession of a pure caffeine product by any of the following:(A) A food processing establishment;(B) A manufacturer of a drug that is available without a prescription;(C) A laboratory that is licensed by the Board of Pharmacy;(D) A laboratory of any agency or department of this state that performs testing, analysis, and other laboratory services on behalf of the state; and(E) A postal or delivery service that transports or delivers a pure caffeine product to an entity specified in subsections (A) to (D) of this section.(e) A person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100.
WV Code § 61-11-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes|§61-11-1. Classification of Offenses

Offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors. Such offenses as are punishable by confinement in the penitentiary are felonies; all other offenses are misdemeanors.The word “penitentiary” as used in this section shall mean and include any and all institutions provided by the state for the confinement of persons sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, notwithstanding that transfers of such persons from any one of such institutions to another may be authorized.
WV Code § 61-11-1a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes|§61-11-1a. Sentence of Female Felons

Upon conviction of a female for a felony and, subsequent sentence of confinement, the trial court shall sentence her to the custody of the state department of corrections.
WV Code § 61-11-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes|§61-11-2. Capital Punishment Abolished

Capital punishment is hereby abolished for all offenses against the laws of the State of West Virginia, and no person heretofore or hereafter convicted of any offense in violation of said laws shall be executed, irrespective of whether the crime was committed, the conviction had, or the sentence imposed, before or after the enactment of this section.
WV Code § 61-11-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes|§61-11-3. Punishment for Common-Law Offenses

A common-law offense for which punishment is prescribed by statute shall be punished only in the mode so prescribed.
WV Code § 61-11-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes|§61-11-4. Corruption of Blood and Forfeiture of Estate Abolished

No suicide or attainder of felony shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.