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WV Code § 36-4-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-10. Covenant to Pay Taxes

A covenant by the lessee in a lease "to pay the taxes," or a covenant of like import, shall have the effect of a covenant that all taxes, levies, and assessments upon the demised premises, or upon the lessor on account thereof, shall be paid by the lessee or those claiming under him Provided, however, That no assessment for a permanent local improvement, such as paving the street or sidewalk, or other such improvement, and no tax levied upon the income of the lessor derived from such leased premises, shall be chargeable to the lessee, unless it is expressly so provided in the lease.
WV Code § 36-4-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-11. Covenant Against Assignment

In a lease, a covenant by the lessee "that he will not assign or sublet without leave," or a covenant of like import, shall have the same effect as a covenant that the lessee will not, during the term, assign, transfer, set over, or sublet, the premises, or any part thereof, to any person, without the consent in writing of the lessor, his representatives or assigns.
WV Code § 36-4-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-12. Covenant for Repairs

In a lease, a covenant by the lessee "that he will leave the premises in good repair," or a covenant of like import, shall, subject to the provisions of the following section, have the same effect as a covenant that the demised premises will, at the expiration or other sooner determination of the term, be peaceably surrendered and yielded up unto the lessor, his representatives or assigns, in good and substantial repair and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
WV Code § 36-4-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-13. Effect of Destruction of Buildings

No covenant or promise by a lessee that he will leave the premises in good repair shall have the effect, if the buildings or other structures are destroyed by fire or otherwise, in whole or part, without fault or negligence on his part, of binding him to erect such buildings again, or to pay for the same or any part thereof, unless there be other words showing it to be the intent of the parties that he should be so bound.
WV Code § 36-4-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-14. Covenant for Quiet Enjoyment

A covenant by a lessor, "for the lessee's quiet enjoyment of his term," or a covenant of like import, shall have the same effect as a covenant that the lessee, his personal representatives and lawful assigns, paying the rent reserved, and performing his or their covenants, shall peaceably possess and enjoy the demised premises, for the term granted, without any interruption or disturbance from any person whatever.
WV Code § 36-4-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-15. Covenant for Reentry for Default of Lessee

If in a lease it be provided that "the lessor may reenter for default in the payment of rent or for the breach of covenants," or if the lease contains words of like import, such words shall have the effect of an agreement that if the rent reserved, or any part thereof, be unpaid on or after the day specified in the deed for the payment thereof, or if any of the other covenants on the part of the lessee, his personal representatives or assigns, be broken, then, in either of such cases, the lessor, or those entitled in his place, at any time afterwards, into and upon the demised premises, or any part thereof, in the name of the whole, may reenter and the same again have, repossess and enjoy, as of his or their former estate.
WV Code § 36-4-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-16. Covenants Shall Run With Land

Each of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned in this article, as well as the covenant of seisin, when used in a conveyance of land, delivered after the date when this code shall take effect, shall be considered as a covenant running with the land, whether such covenants have heretofore been so considered or not, unless a contrary intent shall be apparent from the conveyance.
WV Code § 36-4-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-17. Construction of Covenants

The legal scope and effect of the covenants mentioned in this article, and the person or persons by and against whom such covenants may be enforced, shall be determined according to the rules of law applicable to such cases, and the plain intent and meaning of the parties.
WV Code § 36-4-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-18. Recorded Disclaimer of Unlawful Restrictions

The clerk of the county commission shall execute, record and post in a prominent place in the county record room a document that disclaims the validity and enforceability of certain restrictions and covenants in deeds. The document shall contain a disclaimer in substantially the following form:"Except as provided in section eight, article eleven-a, chapter five of the Code of West Virginia, it is the law of this state that certain covenants or restrictions that are based on race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, familial status, blindness, handicap or national origin are invalid and unenforceable. If an invalid covenant or restriction is contained in a document that is recorded in this county, the invalid covenant or restriction is void notwithstanding its recordation."
WV Code § 36-4-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 4. Covenants|§36-4-19. Solar Energy Covenants Unenforceable; Penalty

(a) It is the policy of the state to promote and encourage the residential and commercial use of solar energy systems and to remove obstacles thereto to promote energy efficiency and pollution reduction. Therefore, any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any governing document of a housing association executed or recorded after the effective date of this section that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation or use of a solar energy system is void and unenforceable: Provided, That a housing association may, by vote of its members, establish or remove a restriction that prohibits or restricts the installation or use of a solar energy system.(b) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Solar energy system" means a system affixed to a building or buildings that uses solar devices, which are thermally isolated from living space or any other area where the energy is used, to provide for the collection, storage, or distribution of solar energy; and(2) "reasonable restriction" means those restrictions that do not effectually result in a prohibition of their use by eliminating the system's energy conservation benefits or economic practicality.(c) This section does not apply to provisions that impose reasonable restrictions on solar energy systems including restrictions for historical preservation, architectural significance, religious or cultural importance to a given community. Nothing in this section precludes the regulation of solar energy systems by state and local authorities which may establish land use, health and safety standards. Nothing in this section precludes housing associations from restricting or limiting the installation of solar energy systems installed in common areas and common structures.
WV Code § 36-5-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 5. Release or Disclaimer of Powers of Appointment|§36-5-1. Release or Disclaimer of General Power of Appointment

Any general power, whether exercisable by will, by deed, by will or deed, or otherwise, to appoint property, whether real or personal or both, may be released or disclaimed by the person or persons having such power, with or without consideration, wholly or partially. Any such power may be released or disclaimed with respect to the whole or any part of the property subject thereto; and any such power may also be released or disclaimed in such manner as to reduce, limit, or restrict the persons or objects, or classes of persons or objects, to or among any one or more of whom, but no others, the property subject to such power may be appointed by an exercise thereof, as fully as the creator of such power himself could have so reduced, limited or restricted the same and with like effect as if he had.
WV Code § 36-5-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 5. Release or Disclaimer of Powers of Appointment|§36-5-2. Method of Effecting Release or Disclaimer of Power of Appointment

Any release or disclaimer mentioned in section one of this article may be effected by a written instrument signed and acknowledged as a deed by the person or persons having the general power to appoint mentioned in that section; and such instrument may be delivered by filing it for record in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county wherein the will, deed or other instrument creating such power is recorded. Such clerk shall record such instrument of release or disclaimer as a deed is recorded, index it, and note a reference to the record thereof on the margin of the record of the will, deed or other instrument creating such power.
WV Code § 36-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 5. Release or Disclaimer of Powers of Appointment|§36-5-3. Release or Disclaimer of Other Than General Power of Appointment

Any other power than a general one, whether exercisable by will, by deed, by will or deed, or otherwise, to appoint property, real or personal or both, may be released or disclaimed to the extent that a release or disclaimer thereof would not be contrary to any manifest intent or purpose of the creator of such power expressly set forth in the will, deed or other instrument creating such power; and to the extent so releasable or disclaimable it may be released or disclaimed in like manner as above provided in this article for the release or disclaimer of a general power of appointment, and with like effect.
WV Code § 36-5-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 5. Release or Disclaimer of Powers of Appointment|§36-5-4. Validity of Release or Disclaimer of Power of Appointment Heretofore Made

Any release or disclaimer of a general or other releasable or disclaimable power of appointment heretofore made in conformity with the provisions of the foregoing sections of this article shall be as valid, binding and effective as if hereafter so made.
WV Code § 36-5-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 5. Release or Disclaimer of Powers of Appointment|§36-5-5. Other Methods of Release or Disclaimer of Power of Appointment Not Affected

Nothing in this article contained shall affect the validity of any release or disclaimer of any power of appointment heretofore or hereafter lawfully effected in any other form or manner.
WV Code § 36-6-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 6. Uniform Principal and Income Act|§36-6-1. To 36-6-17

Repealed.Acts, 2000 Reg. Sess., Ch. 273.
WV Code § 36-7-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-1. Definitions

In this article:(1) "Adult" means an individual who has attained the age of twenty-one years.(2) "Benefit plan" means an employer's plan for the benefit of an employee or partner.(3) "Broker" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person's own account or for the account of others.(4) "Conservator" means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.(5) "Court" means any circuit court.(6) "Custodial property" means (i) any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this article and (ii) the income from and proceeds of that interest in property. (7) "Custodian" means a person so designated under section nine or a successor or substitute custodian designated under section eighteen of this article.(8) "Financial institution" means a bank, trust company, savings institution or credit union, chartered and supervised under state or federal law.(9) "Legal representative" means the personal representative or conservator of an individual.(10) "Member of the minor's family" means the minor's parent, step-parent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.(11) "Minor" means an individual who has not attained the age of twenty-one years.(12) "Person" means an individual, corporation, organization or other legal entity.(13) "Personal representative" means an executor, administrator, successor, personal representative or special administrator of a decedent's estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.(14) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.(15) "Transfer" means a transaction that creates custodial property under section nine of this article.(16) "Transferor" means a person who makes a transfer under this article.(17) "Trust company" means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity authorized to exercise general trust powers.
WV Code § 36-7-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-2. Scope and Jurisdiction

(a) This article applies to a transfer that refers to this article in the designation under subsection (a), section nine, by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, the minor or the custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is located in this state. The custodianship so created remains subject to this article despite a subsequent change in residence of a transferor, the minor or the custodian, or the removal of custodial property from this state.(b) A person designated as custodian under this article is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state with respect to any matter relating to the custodianship.(c) A transfer that purports to be made and which is valid under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or a substantially similar act of another state is governed by the law of the designated state and may be executed and is enforceable in this state if at the time of the transfer, the transferor, the minor or the custodian is a resident of the designated state or the custodial property is located in the designated state.
WV Code § 36-7-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-3. Nomination of Custodian

(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in substance by the words:"As custodian for ______________ (name of minor) under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines or is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment or in a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with or delivered to the payor, issuer or other obligor of the contractual rights.(b) A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind may be made under subsection (a), section nine of this article.(c) The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create custodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under section nine of this article. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, upon the occurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property pursuant to section nine of this article.
WV Code § 36-7-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-4. Transfer by Gift or Exercise of Power of Appointment

A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section nine of this article.
WV Code § 36-7-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-5. Transfer Authorized by Will or Trust

(a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to section nine of this article to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust.(b) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under section three of this article to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.(c) If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under section three of this article or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under subsection (a), section nine of this article.
WV Code § 36-7-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-6. Other Transfer by Fiduciary

(a) Subject to subsection (c), a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section nine of this article in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not contain an authorization to do so.(b) Subject to subsection (c), a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to section nine of this article.(c) A transfer under subsection (a) or (b) may be made only if (i) the personal representative, trustee or conservator considers the transfer to be in the best interest of the minor, (ii) the transfer is not prohibited by or inconsistent with provisions of the applicable will, trust agreement or other governing instrument and (iii) the transfer is authorized by the court if it exceeds $10,000 in value.
WV Code § 36-7-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-7. Transfer by Obligor

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person not subject to section five or six of this article who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a minor not having a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to section nine of this article.(b) If a person having the right to do so under section three of this article has nominated a custodian under that section to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.(c) If no custodian has been nominated under section three of this article, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline or are ineligible to serve, a transfer under this section may be made to an adult member of the minor's family or to a trust company unless the property exceeds $10,000 in value.
WV Code § 36-7-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-8. Receipt for Custodial Property

A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this article.
WV Code § 36-7-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-10. Single Custodianship

A transfer may be made only for one minor, and only one person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under this article by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.
WV Code § 36-7-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 36. Estates and Property|Article 7. Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|§36-7-11. Validity and Effect of Transfer

(a) The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed in this article is not affected by:(1) Failure of the transferor to comply with subsection (c), section nine concerning possession and control;(2) Designation of an ineligible custodian, except designation of the transferor in the case of property for which the transferor is ineligible to serve as custodian under subsection (a), section nine; or(3) Death or incapacity of a person nominated under section three or designated under section nine as custodian or the disclaimer of the office by that person.(b) A transfer made pursuant to section nine is irrevocable, and the custodial property is indefeasibly vested in the minor, but the custodian has all the rights, powers, duties and authority provided in this article and neither the minor nor the minor's legal representative has any right, power, duty or authority with respect to the custodial property except as provided in this article.(c) By making a transfer, the transferor incorporates in the disposition all the provisions of this article and grants to the custodian, and to any third person dealing with a person designated as custodian, the respective powers, rights and immunities provided in this article.