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WV Code § 61-5-12a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-12a. Escape From Custody of the Commissioner of Corrections

Any person who escapes from the custody of the commissioner of corrections, regardless of where such person is confined or where such escape occurs, is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be imposed as a consecutive sentence and shall not be served concurrently with any imprisonment, confinement or detention imposed under any prior sentence being served or otherwise being discharged at the time such person commits an offense under the provisions of this section. A person charged with an offense under the provisions of this section shall not be released from the custody of the commissioner of corrections while the prosecution of the alleged offense is pending: Provided, That time served by such person after any other prior sentence has been served or otherwise discharged shall be applied to any sentence which may ultimately be imposed for an offense under this section. Venue for the prosecution of a violation of this section shall be in the county in which the escape occurs.
WV Code § 61-5-12b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-12b. Escape From Custody of the Director of Juvenile Services

(a) Any person, under the age of 18 years of age, who escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Director of Juvenile Services, regardless of where that person is confined or where the escape occurs, is guilty of a delinquent act and subject to the jurisdiction of the circuit court of the county in which the escape occurred, pursuant to §49-4-701 of this code: Provided, That upon agreement of all parties, the prosecution of the escape may be transferred to the circuit court from which the juvenile was originally committed.(b) Any person, over the age of 18 years of age or any juvenile who has been transferred to the adult jurisdiction of the committing court, who escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Director of Juvenile Services, regardless of where that person is confined or where the escape or attempted escape occurs, is guilty of escape and, if the person is detained or confined for an offense which is a felony or would have been a felony if committed by an adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility not more than five years. Any person, over the age of 18 years of age or any juvenile who has been transferred to the adult jurisdiction of the committing court, who is detained for an offense which is a misdemeanor or would have been a misdemeanor if committed by an adult is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a regional jail for not more than one year.
WV Code § 61-5-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-13. Refusal of Officer to Make, or Delay in Making, Arrest; Penalty

If any officer wilfully and corruptly refuse to execute any lawful process, requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of or charged with an offense, or shall wilfully and corruptly omit or delay to execute such process, whereby such person shall escape and go at large, such officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months, and be fined not exceeding $500.
WV Code § 61-5-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-14. Refusal of Person to Aid Officer; Penalty

If any person shall, on being required by any sheriff or other officer, refuse or neglect to assist him in the execution of his office in a criminal case, or in the preservation of the peace, or the apprehending or securing of any person for a breach of the peace, or in any case of escape or rescue, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months and be fined not exceeding $100.
WV Code § 61-5-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-15. Refusal of Person to Execute Order of Arrest by Justice; Penalty

If any person, being required by a justice, on view of a breach of the peace or other offense, to bring before him the offender, shall refuse or neglect to obey the justice, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section; and if the justice declare himself to be such, or if he be known to the offender, ignorance of his office shall not be pleaded as an excuse.
WV Code § 61-5-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-16. Refusal of Officer to Execute Act or Process of Legislature or Order of Governor; Penalty

Any officer of this state whose duty it is to execute or enforce any act of the Legislature, or any legal process or proceeding arising thereunder, or any lawful order or proclamation of the Governor of the state, and who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to execute or enforce the same, shall, for every such offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, and may, in the discretion of the court, be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
WV Code § 61-5-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-18. Officer Not Liable for Act Done Under Statute or Executive Order Afterward Declared Unconstitutional

No officer in the lawful exercise or discharge of his official duty under any act of the Legislature, or any order or proclamation of the Governor of this state, shall be held personally responsible therefor in any action, suit, prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, by reason of such act, order or proclamation being afterwards adjudged by any court of this state to be unconstitutional. Nor shall his official bond be liable in any civil proceeding therefor.
WV Code § 61-5-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-19. Compounding Offenses and Misprision; Penalties

If any person, knowing of the commission of an offense, take any money, or reward, or an engagement therefor, upon an agreement or undertaking, expressed or implied, to compound or conceal such offense, or not to prosecute therefor, or not to give evidence thereof, he shall, if such offense be a felony, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be confined in jail not more than one year and fined not exceeding $500; and if such offense be not a felony, unless it be punishable merely by a forfeiture to him he may be confined in jail not more than six months, and shall be fined not exceeding $100.
WV Code § 61-5-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-20. Exacting Excessive Fees; Penalty

If any officer, for performing an official duty for which a fee or compensation is allowed or provided by law, knowingly demand and receive a greater fee or compensation than is so allowed or provided, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding $50.
WV Code § 61-5-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-21. Issuing Fraudulent Fee Bills; Penalty

If any person authorized by law to charge fees for services performed by him and to issue fee bills therefor, fraudulently issue a fee bill for a service not performed by him or for more than he is entitled to, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding $500; and, in addition thereto, he shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this state.
WV Code § 61-5-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-22. Alteration, Concealment or Destruction of Public Record by Officer; Penalty

If any clerk of a court, or other public officer, fraudulently make a false entry, or erase, alter or destroy any record in his keeping and belonging to his office, or shall wilfully secrete any such record from any person having the right to inspect the same, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year and be fined not exceeding $1,000; and, in addition thereto, he shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this state.
WV Code § 61-5-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-23. Larceny, Concealment or Destruction of Public Record by Person Not Officer; Penalty

If any person, other than an officer in lawful charge thereof, steal, fraudulently secrete or destroy, a public record or any part thereof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year and be fined not exceeding $1,000.
WV Code § 61-5-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-24. Corrupt Summoning of Jurors to Find Biased Verdict; Penalty

A sheriff or other officer who, corruptly, or through favor or ill will, shall summon a juror, with intent that such juror shall find a verdict for or against any party to an action, or shall be biased in his conduct as such juror, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not exceeding six months and fined not exceeding $500, and shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this state.
WV Code § 61-5-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-25. Procuring the Summoning of Biased Juror by Party Other Than Officer; Penalty

If any person shall procure or attempt to procure a juror to be summoned, with intent that such juror shall find a verdict for or against either party to an action, or shall be biased in his conduct as such juror, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding $500.
WV Code § 61-5-25a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-25a. Discrimination Against Employee Summoned for Jury Duty; Penalty

It is unlawful for any person to terminate or threaten to terminate from employment, or decrease the regular compensation of employment of an employee for time the employee was not actually away from his employment because an employee received, or was served with a summons for jury duty, or was absent from work to respond to a summons for jury duty or to serve on any jury in any court of this state, the United States or any state of the United States.Any person violating 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, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than sixty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 61-5-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-26. Contempt of Court; What Constitutes Contempt; Jury Trial; Presence of Defendant

The courts and the judges thereof may issue attachment for contempt and punish them summarily only in the following cases: (a) Misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice; (b) violence or threats of violence to a judge or officer of the court, or to a juror, witness, or party going to, attending or returning from the court, for or in respect of any act or proceeding had, or to be had, in such court; (c) misbehavior of an officer of the court, in his official character; (d) disobedience to or resistance of any officer of the court, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful process, judgment, decree or order of the said court. No court shall, without a jury, for any such contempt as is mentioned in subdivision (a) of this section, impose a fine exceeding $50, or imprison more than ten days. But in any such case the court may impanel a jury (without an indictment or any formal pleading) to ascertain the fine or imprisonment proper to be inflicted, and may give judgment according to the verdict. No court shall impose a fine for contempt, unless the defendant be present in court, or shall have been served with a rule of the court to show cause, on some certain day, and shall have failed to appear and show cause.
WV Code § 61-5-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-28. Failure to Perform Official Duties; Penalty

Any person holding any office or appointment in this state, who shall wilfully fail or refuse to perform any duty required of him by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, if no other punishment be prescribed by law therefor, be fined not exceeding $100.
WV Code § 61-5-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice|§61-5-29. Failure to Meet an Obligation to Pay Support to a Minor; Penalties

(1) A person who: (a) Repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor; and (b) is subject to court order to pay any amount for the support of a minor child and is delinquent in meeting the full obligation established by the order and has been delinquent for a period of at least six months' duration is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.(2) A person who repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor by virtue of a court or administrative order and the failure results in twelve months without payment of support that remains unpaid is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 61-5A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-1. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Bribery and Corrupt Practices Act.”
WV Code § 61-5A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-3. Bribery in Official and Political Matters

A person is guilty of bribery under the provisions of this section if he offers, confers or agrees to confer to or upon another, or solicits, accepts or agrees to accept from another, directly or indirectly:(1) Any pecuniary benefit as consideration for the recipient's official action as a public servant or party official; or(2) Any benefit as consideration for the recipient's official action as a public servant in an administrative or judicial proceeding; or(3) Any benefit as consideration for a violation of a legal duty as a public servant or party official.A person is also guilty of bribery under the provisions of this section if he agrees to render or not to render official action as a public servant or party official as consideration for a pecuniary benefit being offered or conferred to or upon, or as consideration for a promise that a pecuniary benefit shall be offered or conferred to or upon, another person or a party official or a political party.
WV Code § 61-5A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-4. Unlawful Rewarding for Past Behavior

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, accept or agree to accept, directly or indirectly, a pecuniary benefit for:(1) Having engaged in official action as a public servant; or(2) Having violated a legal duty as a public servant.(b) It shall also be unlawful for any person to offer, confer or agree to confer, directly or indirectly, a pecuniary benefit, the receipt of which is prohibited by subsection (a) of this section.
WV Code § 61-5A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-5. Threats in Official and Political Matters

It shall be unlawful for any person to threaten harm to another with intent to influence the official action of a public servant in a pending or prospective administrative or judicial proceeding before such public servant, or with intent to influence a public servant or party official to violate his legal duty as a public servant or party official.
WV Code § 61-5A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-7. Trading in Public Office

It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit, accept or agree to accept, or agree that any political party or political party committee or other person shall accept, or offer, confer or agree to confer, any pecuniary benefit as consideration for approval or disapproval by a public servant or party official of a person for appointment, employment, advancement or retention as a public servant or for nomination as a candidate for public office.
WV Code § 61-5A-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-8. Certain Matters Not to Constitute Defense

It shall be no defense to any prosecution under the provisions of section three or section five of this article that a person whom the actor sought to influence or otherwise affect or deal with was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because he was a candidate for office, or had not yet assumed office or his position of employment, or lacked authority or jurisdiction, or the matter was not yet before him or for any other reason was not qualified to act in the desired way.
WV Code § 61-5A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-9. Penalties; Disqualification to Hold Office; Statute of Limitations for Misdemeanor Offenses

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section three of this article shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished, if an individual, by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, and, if a corporation, by a fine of not exceeding $50,000. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of section three of this article shall also be forever disqualified from holding any office or position of honor, trust or profit of government in this state.(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section four of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon, conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in jail not less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or, in the discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine.(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section five of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in jail not less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or, in the discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine, unless such person threatened to commit a crime or made a threat with the purpose to influence an administrative or judicial proceeding, in which event, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony and, shall be punished as specified in subsection (a) of this section for a violation of any of the provisions of section three of this article.(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section six or section seven of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in jail not less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or, in the discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine.(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section nine, article eleven of this chapter or any other provision of law to the contrary, a prosecution for a misdemeanor under the provisions of this article shall be commenced within six years after the offense was committed.
WV Code § 61-5A-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-10. Construction; Certain Other Code Provisions Not Affected; Article Not to Affect Offenses Committed Under Other Statutory Provisions

Under no circumstances whatever shall this article be construed as superseding or in any way affecting the provisions of (1) chapter three of this code dealing with bribery and other corrupt practices and criminal offenses in connection with elections, election officials, voters or voting in elections; (2) sections seventeen and eighteen, article two, chapter fifteen of this code; (3) section nine, article two-a, chapter eighteen of this code; and (4) sections fifteen and twenty-two, article ten of this chapter sixty-one; and the specific types of bribery, corrupt practices and criminal offenses covered by the statutory provisions referred to in this section shall continue to be governed by such statutory provisions and not by this article.The provisions of this article shall govern and control as to any offenses committed in violation thereof on and after the effective date of this article, and the provisions of sections four, five, six and seven, article five of this chapter, shall govern and control as to any offenses committed in violation of said sections four, five, six and seven prior to the effective date of this article five-a, with like effect as to such prior offenses as if this article five-a had not been enacted.
WV Code § 61-5A-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 5A. Bribery and Corrupt Practices|§61-5A-11. Severability

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
WV Code § 61-6-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 6. Crimes Against the Peace|§61-6-1. Suppression of Riots and Unlawful Assemblages

All members of the West Virginia State Police, the Division of Protective Services, all sheriffs within their respective counties and all mayors within their respective jurisdiction, may suppress riots, routs and unlawful assemblages. It shall be the duty of each of them to go among, or as near as may be with safety, to persons riotously, tumultuously, or unlawfully assembled, and in the name of the law command them to disperse; and if they shall not thereupon immediately and peaceably disperse, such member of the West Virginia State Police, or of the Division of Protective Services, sheriff or mayor giving the command, and any other present, shall command the assistance of all persons present, and of all or any part of other law-enforcement personnel available to him or her, as need be, in arresting and securing those so assembled. If any person present, on being required to give his or her assistance, depart, or fail to obey, he or she shall be deemed a rioter.