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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-5. Exclusions for Personal Vehicle Liability Insurance Policy

(a) A motor vehicle insurer that writes motor vehicle liability insurance in this state may exclude any and all coverage and the duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afforded under a shared vehicle owners motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including, but not limited to:
(1) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;
(2) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage;
(3) Medical payments coverage;
(4) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; and
(5) Collision physical damage coverage.
(b) Nothing in this article may be construed as invalidating or limiting an exclusion contained in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including any insurance policy in use or approved for use that excludes coverage for motor vehicles made available for rent, sharing, or hire, or for any business use.
(c) Nothing in this article may be interpreted as either limiting or restricting an insurers ability to exclude insurance coverage from any insurance policy or an insurers ability to underwrite any insurance policy pursuant to 33-6A-1
et seq
. of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-6. Recordkeeping; Use of Vehicle in Car Sharing

(a)
A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect and verify records pertaining to the use of a vehicle, including, but not limited to, times used, car sharing period pickup and drop-off locations, fees paid by the shared vehicle driver, and revenues received by the shared vehicle owner and provide that information upon request to the shared vehicle owner, the shared vehicle owners insurer, or the shared vehicle drivers insurer to facilitate a claim coverage investigation, settlement, negotiation, or litigation.
(b) The peer-to-peer car sharing program shall retain the records for a time period not less than the applicable personal injury statute of limitations.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-7. Exemption; Vicarious Liability

A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner are exempt from vicarious liability consistent with 49 U.S.C. 30106 and under any state or local law that imposes liability solely based on vehicle ownership.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-8. Contribution Against Indemnification

A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a shared vehicle that is excluded under the terms of its policy has the right to seek contribution against the motor vehicle insurer of the peer-to-peer car sharing program if the claim is:
(1) Made against the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for loss or injury that occurs during the car sharing period; and
(2) Excluded under the terms of its policy.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-9. Insurable Interest

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a peer-to-peer car sharing program has an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the car sharing period.
(b) Nothing in this section creates liability on a peer-to-peer car sharing program to maintain the coverage mandated by this article.
(c) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for:
(1) Liabilities assumed by the peer-to-peer car sharing program under a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement;
(2) Any liability of the shared vehicle owner;
(3) Damage or loss to the shared motor vehicle; or
(4) Any liability of the shared vehicle driver.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-10. Consumer Protections for Car Sharing Programs

Each car sharing program agreement made in this state shall disclose to the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver, at a minimum:
(1) Any right of the peer-to-peer car sharing program to seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the car sharing program agreement;
(2) That a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued to the shared vehicle owner for the shared vehicle or to the shared vehicle driver does not provide a defense or indemnification for any claim asserted by the peer-to-peer car sharing program;
(3) That the peer-to-peer car sharing programs insurance coverage on the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver is in effect only during each car sharing period and that, for any use of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle driver after the car sharing termination time, the shared vehicle driver and the shared vehicle owner may not have insurance coverage;
(4) The daily rate, fees, and if applicable, any insurance or protection package costs that are charged to the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver;
(5) That the shared vehicle owners motor vehicle liability insurance may not provide coverage for a shared vehicle;
(6) An emergency telephone number to personnel capable of fielding roadside assistance and other customer service inquiries; and
(7) If there are conditions under which a shared vehicle driver must maintain a personal automobile insurance policy with certain applicable coverage limits on a primary basis in order to book a shared motor vehicle.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-11. Driver S License Verification and Data Retention

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with a driver unless the driver who will operate the shared vehicle:
(1) Holds a drivers license issued pursuant to the provisions of 17B-2-1
et seq.
of this code, which authorizes the driver to operate a motor vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle; or
(2) Is a nonresident who:
(A) Has a drivers license issued by the state or country of the drivers residence that authorizes the driver in that state or country to drive a motor vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle; and
(B) Is at least the same age as that required of a resident of this state to operate a motor vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle; or
(3) Otherwise is specifically authorized by the applicable provisions of 17B-2-1
et seq.
of this code to operate a motor vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle.
(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of:
(1) The name and address of the shared vehicle driver;
(2) The number of the drivers license of the shared vehicle driver and each other person, if any, who will operate the shared vehicle; and
(3) The place of issuance of the drivers license.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-12. Responsibility for Equipment of a Shared Vehicle

A peer-to-peer car sharing program has sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a GPS system or other special equipment that is put in or on the vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction, and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of the equipment during the sharing period not caused by the vehicle owner. The peer-to-peer car sharing program may seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to the equipment that occurs during the sharing period.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-13. Registration, Notification, and Automobile Safety Recalls

(a) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program and prior to the time when the shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall:
(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and
(2) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements of subsection (b) of this section; and
(3) Notify the shared vehicle owner that the shared vehicle owners personal insurance may exclude peer-to-peer car sharing activity.
(b)(1) If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.
(2) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.
(3) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 6F. Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › §17A-6F-14. Regulation of Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs at Airports and Airport Facilities

(a) Airports or the airport authority in this state may regulate peer-to-peer vehicle rental activity provided to airport customers as set forth in this section.
(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall, upon request of an airport or airport authority in this state, enter into an agreement with the airport or airport authority, which agreement may be a concession agreement, prior to:
(1) Listing shared vehicles parked on airport property or at airport facilities;
(2) Facilitating the use of shared vehicles to transport airport customers to or from airport property or airport facilities, regardless of whether that use is to be initiated or has a car sharing start time which occurs on or off of airport property or airport facilities; or
(3) Promoting or marketing shared vehicles to transport airport customers to or from airport property or airport facilities, regardless of whether that transportation is to be initiated or has a car sharing start time which occurs on or off of airport property or airport facilities.
(c) The agreement required in subsection (a) of this section shall set forth reasonable standards, regulations, procedures, and fees applicable to a peer-to-peer car sharing program that govern the activity of peer-to-peer car sharing on airport property or airport facilities.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 7. Special Stickers › §17A-7-1. Operation of Vehicles by Financial Institution or Wrecker Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration

The commissioner may upon application issue to a banking institution, insurance company, entity in the business of repossessing motor vehicles, finance company, or other type of lending or financial institution, or a person engaged exclusively in wrecking or dismantling vehicles, a paper sticker or decal to be affixed to the left side of the rear window of a motor vehicle or at a place on any other type vehicle as designated by the commissioner. The sticker or decal shall be of a size to be designated by the commissioner and shall be serially numbered and shall have provision thereon to indicate the date of issuance. The division shall charge a fee of $1 per sticker. The sticker or decal shall be valid for the operation of a vehicle, whether under its own power or while being towed, one time only over the streets or highways of this state, and upon being once affixed to a vehicle shall become invalid for subsequent use on that or any other vehicle. The commissioner may require, as a condition for the issuance of the permit, insurance as he or she determines appropriate.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 7. Special Stickers › §17A-7-2. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Dealers or Other Persons Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration

(a) A member of the West Virginia State Police may at any detachment office, upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the commissioner, issue to a licensed dealer or any other person other than those specified in section one of this article, a paper sticker or decal to be affixed to the left side of the rear window of a motor vehicle or to the left rear of a vehicle which is not self-propelled. Such sticker or decal shall be of a size to be designated by the commissioner and shall be serially numbered and shall have provision thereon to indicate the date of issuance thereof.
(b) A fee of $10 per sticker shall be collected. The Division of Motor Vehicles may adjust the fee for each sticker every five years on September 1, based on the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics most current Consumer Price Index: Provided, That an increase in such fee may not exceed ten percent of the total fee amount in a single year. The fees will be dispersed as follows: Half shall be deposited in the State Road Fund and half shall be deposited in the special revenue account within the Division of Highways for the maintenance of the West Virginia welcome centers and rest areas along interstate highways in this state.
(c) Such sticker or decal shall be valid for forty-eight hours after its issuance for the operation of a vehicle, whether under its own power or while being towed, one time only over the streets or highways, and upon being once affixed to a vehicle shall become invalid for subsequent use on that or any other vehicle.
(d) The provisions of this section enacted in 2017 take effect on July 1, 2017.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 7. Special Stickers › §17A-7-3. Operation of House Trailer Under Special Stickers; Application and Fees; Expiration; Issuance of Special Stickers to Holders of Class B Registration Plates

Upon application therefor on a form prescribed by him or her the commissioner may issue to the owner of a house trailer a special one-movement sticker of such design and content, as may be prescribed by him or her: Provided, That such special sticker shall not be issued to any house trailer or trailer dealer. Such sticker shall be valid for the movement of a house trailer one time only over the streets and highways of this state, and no more than one such sticker may be issued for the same house trailer while owned by the same person. A fee of $2 shall be received by the department for each special sticker. In order that any holder of a Class B registration plate who is engaged in the business of moving house trailers for hire may move a house trailer at the request of the owner thereof without the delay which would be incident to such owner obtaining a special one-movement sticker, any such holder may from time to time apply to the commissioner for a supply of said special one-movement stickers, and upon proper application therefor on a form prescribed by the commissioner and payment of the fee for each such sticker hereinbefore in this section prescribed, the commissioner shall issue to such holder a supply of serially numbered stickers, not in excess of twenty-five upon any one application. Before moving any such house trailer, the holder of the Class B registration plate who has obtained a supply of such special one-movement stickers shall issue such a sticker to the owner thereof and shall make certain that such sticker is affixed to the house trailer prior to the movement thereof. No refund or credit of fees paid by the holder of any such Class B registration plate for any such special one-movement sticker shall be made or allowed.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-1. Report by Police of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment

Every sheriff, chief of police, member of the department of public safety or peace officer upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered hereunder or any item of special mobile equipment has been stolen shall immediately report such theft to the department unless prior thereto information has been received of the recovery of such vehicle or item of special mobile equipment. Upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled item of special mobile equipment, or the recovery thereof, the department shall immediately report the information to the national crime information center maintained by the federal bureau of investigation. Any said officer upon receiving information that any such vehicle or item of special mobile equipment, which he has previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall immediately report the fact of such recovery to the local sheriff's office, police department, or department of public safety and to the department.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-2. Reports by Owners or Lienors of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment

The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a registered vehicle or any item of special mobile equipment which has been stolen or embezzled, may notify the department of such theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement may make such report only after having procured the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with such embezzlement.
Every owner or other person who has given any such notice must notify the department of a recovery of such vehicle or special mobile equipment.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-3. Action by Department on Report of Stolen or Embezzled Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment

The department upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vehicle or any item of special mobile equipment as hereinbefore provided shall file and appropriately index the same and shall, if the same is registered or titled, immediately suspend such registration and/or certificate of title of the vehicle or item of special mobile equipment so reported, and shall not transfer the registration of the same until such time as it is notified in writing that such vehicle or item of special mobile equipment has been recovered.
The department shall at least once each week compile and maintain at its headquarters office a list of all vehicles or items of special mobile equipment which have been stolen or embezzled or recovered as reported to it during the preceding week and such list shall be open to inspection by any peace officer or other person interested in any such vehicle or item of special mobile equipment. A copy of each such weekly list shall be forwarded to the superintendent of the department of public safety.
The department shall publish once a month a list of all vehicles or items of special mobile equipment stolen, embezzled or recovered during the previous month and shall forward a copy of the same to every sheriff and to all police departments in cities of this state with over five thousand inhabitants. Such list shall also be forwarded to the State Police department or other proper official in each state of the United States.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-4. Unlawful Taking of Vehicle

(a) Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or her own, without consent of the owner thereof, and with intent temporarily to deprive said owner of his or her possession of such vehicle, without intent to steal the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The consent of the owner of a vehicle to its taking or driving shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of such owner's consent on a previous occasion to the taking or driving of such vehicle by the same or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a party or accessory to or an accomplice in any such unauthorized taking or driving, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is, for the first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or confined in the county or regional jail not more than six months, or both; for the second offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $3,000, or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than three years, or imprisoned in a regional jail for not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned; for third or subsequent offenses, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than three years or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-5. Receiving or Transferring Stolen Vehicle

Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, receives, or transfers possession of the same from or to another, or who has in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer, is guilty of a felony.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-6. Injuring or Tampering With Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment

(a) Any person who either individually or in association with one or more persons willfully injures or tampers with any vehicle or breaks or removes any part or parts of or from a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime climbs into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest or with like intent attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of a vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended or with like intent sets in motion any vehicle while the same is at rest and unattended is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Any person, either individually or in association with one or more persons, who shall willfully injure or damage any item of special mobile equipment or break or remove any parts from an item of special mobile equipment, without the consent of the owner, which injury, damage, or breakage or removal of parts shall be of an amount of $1,000 or more, is guilty of a felony. If the injury, damage, or breakage or removal of parts shall be of an amount which is less than $1,000, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-7. Motor Vehicle or Special Mobile Equipment Without Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses

(a) A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, conceals, transports, causes to be transported, or possesses a motor vehicle, or a motor or engine removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the motor vehicle or part thereof, is guilty of a felony.
(b) A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, conceals, transports, causes to be transported, or possesses special mobile equipment or special mobile equipment tires from which the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed, is guilty of a felony.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-8. Altering or Changing a Manufacturer's Serial Number, Motor or Engine Number or Other Distinguishing Number or Identification Mark; Offenses

(a) A person who, with fraudulent intent, removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle or who places or stamps an actual or facsimile manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark upon a motor vehicle, except one assigned thereto by the department, is guilty of a felony.
This section shall not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark when such restoration is made under permit issued by the department, nor prevent any manufacturer from placing numbers or marks upon motor vehicles or parts thereof in the ordinary course of business.
(b) A person who removes, defaces, covers, alters or destroys, or causes to be removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed, the manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark on special mobile equipment or special mobile equipment tires, the property of another, for any reason, is guilty of a felony.
(c) The term "manufacturer's serial number, motor or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark", as used in this section and section seven of this article, means a unique number or mark placed on a vehicle or part thereof by the manufacturer so as to identify it particularly and distinguish the vehicle or part from all other such vehicles or parts.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-9. Theft of a Rental Vehicle; Penalty

(a) A person is guilty of theft of a rental vehicle when:
(1) Such person, under the terms of a written rental or lease agreement, obtains a motor vehicle and, in so doing, makes a false or fraudulent representation or utilizes a false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device; and
(2) Such person thereafter possesses such motor vehicle with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of such motor vehicle of his property.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than two years, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail not more than one year and shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) For purposes of this section, the making of a false or fraudulent representation or the utilization of a false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device shall include, but not be limited to, a false representation as to name, residence, employment, or operator's license.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-10. Unlawful Retention of Rented or Leased Vehicle After Notice

Any person who, after renting or leasing a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing which provides for the return of said vehicle to a particular place at a particular time, shall fail to return the vehicle to said place within the time specified, and is thereafter served with a written notice, or upon whom oral demand is thereafter personally made, to return said vehicle to the place specified in the written agreement within seventy-two hours from the time of the service of notice or personal communication of such demand, and who fails to return said vehicle to the lessor within said period, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be confined in jail for a period of not more than one year or be fined not more than $500 or both. The notice hereinabove provided for may be served in the same manner that any other notice may now be served under existing statutes.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-11. Unlawful Acts Relating to Certificates of Title, Blank Certificates of Title and Blank Registration Forms; Penalty

Any person who obtains unlawfully or who steals any certificate of title, blank certificate of title or blank registration form, or any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in his possession any of the above which such person knows or has reason to know has been obtained unlawfully or stolen shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-12. Recovery of Special Mobile Equipment; Chain of Custody; Sale of Unclaimed Special Mobile Equipment; Penalties

(a) When an item of special mobile equipment has been lawfully seized and remains in the custody of the law- enforcement authority having seized it, if at any time the true owner thereof shall appear and prove to the satisfaction of such law-enforcement authority his ownership of and entitlement to such item of special mobile equipment, it may be returned to such owner subject to its being made available for use in any criminal prosecution under this article.
(b) The law-enforcement authority shall take reasonable steps to locate the owner, including, but not limited to, notifying local equipment dealer, notifying equipment manufacturer and placing legal advertisements detailing confiscated equipment in newspapers. The law-enforcement authority shall take reasonable precautions to protect the equipment. The owner of the special mobile equipment shall pay the costs incurred by the law-enforcement authority for advertising, transporting and storing such special mobile equipment.
(c) If, after six months, no person has appeared and proved he is the true owner of an item of special mobile equipment seized under this article and prosecution has been instituted, the court in which such prosecution has been instituted may sell said item of special mobile equipment under such terms as are commercially reasonable: Provided, That notice of sale shall be published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area shall be the county in which such prosecution was initially instituted. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied, first, to the payment of any expenses incurred in taking possession, storing and selling such special mobile equipment; and the balance, if any, shall be paid over to the general receiver of the court in the county in which the prosecution was instituted for its application to that county's general revenues.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of article eleven of this chapter, any person convicted of a felony under the provisions of subsection (b), section six, subsection (b), section seven or subsection (b), section eight of this article shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years and fined not more than $500, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail for not more than one year and be fined not more than $500.
Notwithstanding the provisions of article eleven of this chapter, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of subsection (b), section six of this article shall be confined in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year or fined not more than $500, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws › §17A-8-13. Theft of a Motor Vehicle Offered for Sale Which Had Been Obtained for Temporary Use for Demonstration Purposes; Penalty

(a) A person is guilty of theft of a motor vehicle when:
(1) Such person, under the terms of an oral agreement, obtains, for demonstration purposes, the temporary use of a motor vehicle offered for sale and, in so doing, makes a false or fraudulent representation or utilizes a false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device; and
(2) Such person thereafter possesses such motor vehicle with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of such motor vehicle of his property.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail not more than one year and shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) For purposes of this section, the making of a false or fraudulent representation or the utilization of a false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device shall include, but not be limited to, a false representation as to name, residence, employment, or operator's license.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-1. Fraudulent Applications

Any person who fraudulently uses a false or fictitious name in any application for the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, or knowingly makes a false statement, or knowingly conceals a material fact, or otherwise commits a fraud in any such application shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-2. Operation of Vehicles Without Evidences of Registration; Use of Temporary Facsimile; Penalty

(a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway any vehicle required to be registered under this article unless there shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon or shall be in the possession of the operator when and as required by this chapter a valid registration card and registration plate or plates issued therefor by the department for the current registration year, except as otherwise expressly permitted in this chapter.
(b) In the event that the registration plate or plates originally issued are lost, destroyed or stolen, a temporary facsimile of the plate or plates, showing the number of the same, may be attached to the vehicle by the owner for a period of not more than fifteen days, or until a new plate or plates are issued by the department, whichever is earlier: Provided, That no such facsimile shall be used and no such vehicle shall be driven upon the highways of this state, until the owner shall have notified in writing the West Virginia state police of the loss of such registration plate or plates.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500; and upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or confined in the county or regional jail not more than six months, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-3. Improper Use of Evidences of Registration

No person shall lend to another any certificate of title, registration card, registration plate, special plate, or permit issued to him if the person desiring to borrow the same would not be entitled to the use thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit the use of any of the same by one not entitled thereto, nor shall any person display upon a vehicle any registration card, registration plates, or permit not issued for such vehicle or not otherwise lawfully used thereon under this chapter. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-4. False Evidences, Forgery, etc., of Title and Registration

It is a felony for any person to commit any of the following acts:
(1) To alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title, registration card, registration plate, or permit issued by the department;
(2) To forge or counterfeit any such document or plate purporting to have been issued by the department;
(3) To alter or falsify with fraudulent intent or forge any assignment upon a certificate of title;
(4) To hold or use any such document or plate knowing the same to have been so altered, forged, or falsified.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-5. Authority of Division to Suspend or Revoke Registration, Certificate, etc.

The division is hereby authorized to suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, registration card or registration plate or any nonresident or other permit in any of the following events:
(1) When the division is satisfied that such registration or that such certificate, card, plate or permit was fraudulently or erroneously issued;
(2) When the division determines that a registered vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways;
(3) When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked;
(4) When a registration card, registration plate or permit is knowingly displayed upon a vehicle other than the one for which issued;
(5) When the division determines that the owner has committed any offense under this article involving the registration or the certificate, card, plate or permit to be suspended or revoked;
(6) When the vehicle is operated by a commercial motor carrier whose authority to operate in interstate commerce has been denied or suspended by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or
(7) When the division is so authorized under any other provision of law.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 9. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension or Revocation of Registration › §17A-9-6. References Elsewhere to This Section Shall Be Read, Construed and Understood to Mean §17a-6-18

Whenever in this code or elsewhere in law reference is made to this section, such reference shall henceforth be read, construed and understood to mean section eighteen, article six of this chapter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-1. Classification of Vehicles for Purpose of Registration

Vehicles subject to registration under the provisions of this chapter shall be placed in the following classes for the purpose of registration:
Class A. Motor vehicles of passenger type and trucks with a gross weight of ten thousand pounds or less;
Class B. Motor vehicles designated as trucks with a gross weight of more than ten thousand pounds, truck tractors or road tractors;
Class C. All trailers and semitrailers, except house trailers and trailers or semitrailers designed to be drawn by Class A motor vehicles and having a gross weight of less than two thousand pounds;
Class G. Motorcycles and parking enforcement vehicles;
Class H. Motor vehicles operated regularly for the transportation of persons for compensation under a certificate of convenience and necessity or contract carrier permit issued by the Public Service Commission;
Class J. Motor vehicles operated for transportation of persons for compensation by common carriers, not running over a regular route or between fixed termini;
Class M. Mobile equipment as defined in subdivision (oo), section one, article one of this chapter;
Class R. House trailers;
Class T. Trailers or semitrailers of a type designed to be drawn by Class A vehicles and having a gross weight of less than two thousand pounds; and
Class X. Motor vehicles designated as trucks having a minimum gross weight of more than eight thousand pounds and a maximum gross weight of eighty thousand pounds, used exclusively in the conduct of a farming business, engaged in the production of agricultural products by means of: (a) The planting, cultivation and harvesting of agricultural, horticultural, vegetable or other products of the soil; or (b) the raising, feeding and care of livestock, poultry, bees and dairy cattle. A farm truck may be used only for the transportation of agricultural products produced by the owner of the truck, for the transportation of agricultural supplies used in the production or for private passenger use.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-2. Registration Fees of Motor Vehicles Used for Transportation of Property and Persons Determined by Declared Gross Weight

The declared gross weight as stated in the application for registration shall be the basis for determination of fees to be paid for operation of trucks used separately and not in combination with other vehicles in transportation of property.
The basis for determination of fees to be paid for operation of trucks, truck tractors, and road tractors used in combination with other vehicles for the transportation of property shall be the combined declared gross weight of the truck, truck tractor, or road tractor and the vehicle to be drawn by such truck, truck tractor or road tractor; the declared gross weight of the entire combination of truck, truck tractor, or road tractor and the trailer or semitrailer to be drawn by such motive vehicle to be considered as one unit for purpose of determining the fees to be paid for such truck, truck tractor, or road tractor.
The basis for determination of fees to be paid for operation of Class H vehicles shall be the manufacturer's declared weight plus one hundred and fifty pounds for each seat.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-3b. Motorcycle Safety Fee

Upon the annual registration of any motorcycle, the division shall collect a motorcycle safety fee of $6.50, in addition to the registration fee specified in section three of this article. The division shall deposit $5.50 of the motorcycle safety fee into the State Treasury and credit the moneys to the motorcycle safety fund. The division shall deposit the remaining $1 of the motorcycle safety fee into the State Treasury and credit the moneys collected to the motorcycle license examination fund established in section seven-c, article two, chapter seventeen-b of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-3c. Additional Registration Fees for Alternative Fuel Vehicles

(a) The annual registration fee for a vehicle fueled with hydrogen or natural gas is $200.
(b) The annual registration fee for a vehicle operating on a combination of electricity and petrochemical fuels is $100.
(c) The annual registration fee for a vehicle operating exclusively on electricity is $200.
(d) The fees imposed by this section are in addition to any other fee set forth in this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-4. Registration Fees for Vehicles Equipped With Other Than Pneumatic Tires

Any vehicle subject to registration hereunder which is equipped with tires of a type other than pneumatic tires shall pay double the fee set forth in section three for vehicles of its class.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions › Article 10. Fees for Registration, Licensing, etc. › §17A-10-5. Public Service Commission Assessment Must Be Paid Before Vehicle Registered; Suspension of Registration Cards and Plates Issued to Motor Carriers; Privilege to Exchange Suspended Registration Cards and Plates

The commissioner shall not register any vehicle subject to economic regulation by the Public Service Commission unless the assessment for such vehicle provided for in section six, article six, chapter twenty-four-a of this code shall have been paid and notice of such payment shall have been received by the commissioner in the manner provided by said section.
The commissioner shall suspend any registration card and registration plate issued by the department under authority of this section for any vehicle subject to economic regulation by the Public Service Commission, pursuant to chapter twenty-four-a of this code, upon receiving certification in writing from the Public Service Commission that said commission has canceled, suspended or revoked the certificate of convenience and necessity, permit or other operating authority of the motor carrier to whom or to which such registration card and registration plate were issued under the authority provided by the first paragraph of this section: Provided, That the motor carrier to whom or to which said registration card and registration plate were issued shall have the privilege of receiving in exchange for any such suspended registration card and registration plate a registration card and registration plate for a vehicle of a different class as provided by section one of article four of this chapter.