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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3D. Theft of Cable Television Services › §61-3D-2. Acquisition of Cable Television Services

(a) A person who acquires cable television services for himself or another, whether through his own efforts or with the assistance of another, or both, by:
(1) Making or maintaining any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically or inductively, to a distribution or transmission line;
(2) Attaching or maintaining the attachment of any unauthorized device to any cable, wire or other component of a cable system or to a television receiving set connected to a cable system;
(3) Making or maintaining any unauthorized modification or alteration to any device installed by a cable system operator; or
(4) Knowingly permits another person to enter upon his or her property for the purpose of securing cable service in an unauthorized manner as described in subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) A person who subscribes to and receives cable television services through an authorized connection of a television receiving set at his dwelling and, within his dwelling, makes an authorized or an unauthorized connection of an additional television receiving set or sets or audio system which receives cable television service through such authorized connection, shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) Upon a first conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $250.
(2) Upon a second conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
(3) Upon any subsequent conviction in excess of a second conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $500, nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section four, article eleven-a of this chapter or section two-a, article three, chapter fifty of this code, the magistrate or court may order restitution not to exceed the value of unauthorized cable services received.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3D. Theft of Cable Television Services › §61-3D-3. Sale or Transfer of the Device or Plan Intended for Acquisition or Diversion

(a) A person who sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another or offers, advertises or exposes for sale to another any device, mechanism, tool or printed circuit, or any kit, plan or instructional procedure for the making of such device, mechanism, tool or printed circuit, with the knowledge that another will acquire cable television services in violation of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, shall be punishable in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A person convicted of a misdemeanor under this section shall be punished as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500.
(2) Upon a second conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $500, nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
(3) Upon a third conviction under this section, the defendant shall be fined not less than $500, nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than sixty days, nor more than one year.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3D. Theft of Cable Television Services › §61-3D-4. Evidence

Evidence that (1) the defendant had possession of or access to the location of distribution or transmission lines or other facilities of a cable system which have been tapped, altered or tampered with or to which any unauthorized connection has been made or to which any unauthorized device has been attached or (2) the defendant had possession of or access to any device installed by a cable system operator to which an unauthorized modification or alteration has been made, may be used, but shall not be required, to establish that a person violated this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-2. Penalties Cumulative

It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this article that all criminal offenses and penalties defined in this article shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other offenses and penalties provided for by law. The Legislature contemplates and authorizes separate and consecutive sentences for the offenses defined in this article and other offenses provided for or defined by law. The Legislature declares as a matter of law that for the offenses defined in this article that involve injuries or death to persons those offenses are separate offenses as to each person whose injury or death results from the conduct proscribed by this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-3. Illegal Possession of Destructive Devices, Explosive Materials or Incendiary Devices; Penalty

Any person who possesses or manufactures any explosive material without first obtaining a permit to use explosives from the office of the state Fire Marshal or who possesses or manufacturers any destructive device or incendiary device shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than one nor more than ten years or fined not more than $5,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-4. Criminal Use of Destructive Device, Explosive Material or Incendiary Device; Penalty

Any person who unlawfully and intentionally damages the property of another or attempts to damage the property of another by the use of a destructive device, explosive material or incendiary device shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than two nor more than ten years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-5. Causing Death or Injury; Penalties

(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this article which violation causes bodily injury to any person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than two nor more than ten years, or fined not more than $5,000, or both.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this article which violation causes serious bodily injury to any person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than three nor more than fifteen years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this article which violation causes the death of any person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for a definite term of years of not less than ten years nor more than forty years. No person sentenced to a period of imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-6. Causing Death or Injury to an Explosives Detection Animal; Penalty

Any person who violates the provisions of this article which violation causes death, serious or debilitating bodily injury to an explosives detection animal owned or used by a law-enforcement agency, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than one year nor more than five years or fined not more than $5,000 or both. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the law-enforcement agency, the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety or to the State Fire Marshal or other fire prevention or investigation department or agency owning the animal for any veterinary bills, and replacement costs of any disabled or killed animal.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-7. Manufacture, Purchase, Sale, Advertising for Sale, Transporting or Possession or Use of a Hoax Bomb; Possession or Use in Commission of a Felony; Penalty

(a) Any person who knowingly manufactures, purchases, sells, advertises for sale, transports or possesses a hoax bomb with intent to violate any provision of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be incarcerated in a county or regional jail for not less than six months nor more than one year, or fined $5,000, or both.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person who possesses or uses a hoax bomb to commit or attempt to commit any felony shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than one nor more than ten years, or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-8. Theft of Explosive Material From Storage Magazines or Buildings; Penalty

Any person who breaks and enters or shall enter without breaking any storage magazine, shop, office, storehouse, warehouse or any other building or out-house adjoining thereto, any railcar, boat, vessel or motor vehicle within the jurisdiction of any county within this state where explosive material is stored, with the intent to commit larceny shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than one nor more than ten years or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-9. Receipt, Possession, Storage, Sale or Transportation of Stolen Explosive Material; Penalty

Any person who receives, conceals, transports, ships, stores, barters, sells or disposes of any explosive material knowing or have reason to know that such materials is stolen is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than one nor more than ten years or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-10. Wanton Endangerment Involving Destructive Devices, Explosive Materials or Incendiary Devices; Penalty

Any person who wantonly performs any act with a destructive device, explosive material or incendiary device which creates substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for not less than two years nor more than ten years or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-11. Exemptions

(a) Unless specifically prohibited by any provision of this code or the laws of the United States, nothing in this article prohibits the authorized manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, use or possession of any explosive material by any person holding a permit for such issued by the office of the State Fire Marshal. Any person performing a lawful activity pursuant to or regulated by the terms of a permit issued by the Division of Environmental Protection, or any office thereof, is exempt from the provisions of this article.
(b) Unless specifically prohibited by any other provision of this code or the laws of the United States, nothing in this section prohibits the authorized manufacture, transportation, distribution, use or possession of any explosive, destructive device or incendiary device by a member of the armed forces or law-enforcement officers whenever such persons are acting lawfully and in the line of duty; nor shall it prohibit the manufacture, transportation, distribution, use or possession of any explosive material, destructive device or incendiary device to be used solely for lawful scientific research or lawful educational purposes. Any person engaged in otherwise lawful blasting activities failing to obtain a permit or in possession of an expired permit issued by the office of the State Fire Marshal is not in violation of the article.
(c) Nothing contained in this article applies to sparkling devices or novelties or to the sale, purchase, possession, use, transportation or storage of fireworks as regulated in article three-e, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-12. Contraband, Seizure, Forfeiture

Any destructive device, explosive material, incendiary device or hoax bomb possessed, involved in, used or intended to be used in a violation of this article or any violation of any criminal law or regulation of this state are hereby declared to be contraband and any property interest therein shall be vested in the State of West Virginia. Said contraband may be seized by the office of the state Fire Marshal or other law-enforcement agency conducting said investigation and upon application to the circuit court of the county in which said contraband is seized be forfeited to the State of West Virginia for destruction or for training purposes by the office of the state Fire Marshal or other law-enforcement agency.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 3E. Offenses Involving Explosives › §61-3E-13. Legislative Findings

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the seizure and use of items under the provisions of this article is not contemplated to be a forfeiture as the same is used in section five, article XII of the Constitution of West Virginia and to the extent that such seizure and use may be found to be such a forfeiture, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the proceeds from a seizure and use under this article is not part of net proceeds as the same is contemplated by section five, article XII of the Constitution of West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-1. Forgery of Public Record, Certificate, Return or Attestation of Court or Officer; Penalty

If any person forge a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk of a court, notary public, judge, justice, or any public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or utter or attempt to employ as true such forged record, certificate, return or attestation, knowing the same to be forged, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-2. Forgery of Official Seals; Keeping or Concealing Instrument for Forging Same; Penalty

If any person forge, or keep or conceal any instrument for the purpose of forging, the seal of a court, or of any public office or body politic or corporate in this state, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-3. Counterfeiting; Penalty

If any person forge any coin, current by law or usage in this state, or any note or bill of a banking institution, or fraudulently make any base coin, or a note or bill purporting to be the note or bill of a banking institution, when such banking institution does not exist; or utter or attempt to employ as true, or sell, exchange or deliver, or offer to sell, exchange or deliver, or receive on sale, exchange, or delivery, with intent to utter or employ or to have the same uttered or employed as true, any such false, forged, or base coin, note or bill, knowing it to be so, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-4. Making Plates, etc., for Forgery; Possession of Same; Penalty

If any person engrave, stamp, or cast, or otherwise make or mend any plate, block, press or other thing adapted and designed for the forging and false-making of any writing or other thing, the forging or false-making whereof is punishable by this article; or if such person have in his possession any such plate, block, press, or other thing, with intent to use, or cause or permit it to be used, in forging or false-making any such writing or other thing, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more ten years.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-5. Forging or Uttering Other Writing; Penalty; Creation of Unauthorized Demand Draft

(a) If any person forge any writing, other than such as is mentioned in the first and third sections of this article, to the prejudice of another's right, or utter or attempt to employ as true such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not more than one year and be fined not exceeding $500.
(b) It is a violation of this section to create a demand draft under the purported authority of another person for the purpose of charging the other person's account with a bank or other financial institution, or to utter or attempt to employ as true such demand draft, if the demand draft is created with the intent to defraud, and either or both of the following elements is present:
(1) The person does not, in fact, have the authority to charge the other person's account; or
(2) The amount of the demand draft exceeds the amount authorized to be charged.
(c) If a person creates a demand draft without authority or which exceeds the amount authorized to be charged to an account, and the demand draft contains the account holder's printed or typewritten name or account number, or a notation that the account holder authorized the draft, or a statement ?No signature required", ?Authorization on file", ?Signature on file", or words to that effect, the demand draft is the equivalent of a check on which the drawer's signature is forged or altered.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term ?demand draft" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in section one hundred four, article three, chapter forty-six of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-6. Possession of Counterfeit With Intent to Utter; Penalty

If any person have in his possession forged bank notes, or pieces of forged or base coin, such as are mentioned in the third section of this article, knowing the same to be forged or base, with intent to utter or employ the same as true, or to sell, exchange, or deliver them, so as to enable any other person to utter or employ them as true, he shall, if the number of such notes or pieces of coin in his possession, at the same time, be ten or more, be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, and if the number thereof be less than ten, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not less than six months nor more than one year and be fined not exceeding $500.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-7. Unauthorized Currency; Penalty

If any person shall, without authority of law, issue any note or other security purporting that money or other thing of value is payable by or on behalf of such person, with intent thereby to create a circulating medium, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months and fined not more than $500; and the acceptance of any such note or security shall not operate as a payment of any debt or claim due or to become due to the person so accepting the same: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the giving of checks, promissory notes, single bills, bonds, orders, drafts or bills of exchange for a debt or claim due or to become due.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 4. Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency › §61-4-8. Passing or Receiving Unauthorized Currency Knowingly; Penalty

If any person not punishable under the provisions of the preceding section shall knowingly pass or receive in payment any such note or security, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-1. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury Defined

(a) Any person who is under an oath or affirmation which has been lawfully administered and who willfully testifies falsely regarding a material matter in a trial of any person, corporation or other legal entity for a felony, or before any grand jury which is considering a felony indictment, shall be guilty of the felony offense of perjury.
(b) Any person who induces or procures another person to testify falsely regarding a material matter in a trial of any person, corporation or other legal entity for a felony, or before any grand jury which is considering a felony indictment, shall be guilty of the felony offense of subornation of perjury.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-2. False Swearing Defined

To wilfully swear falsely, under oath or affirmation lawfully administered, in a trial of the witness or any other person for a felony, concerning a matter or thing not material, and on any occasion other than a trial for a felony, concerning any matter or thing material or not material, or to procure another person to do so, is false swearing and is a misdemeanor.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-3. Penalties for Perjury, Subordination of Perjury, and False Swearing

A person convicted of perjury or subordination of perjury shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, and a person convicted of false swearing shall be fined not more than $1,000, and, in the discretion of the court, confined in jail not more than one year. And in either case the person convicted shall be adjudged forever incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this state, or of serving as a juror.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-4. Bribery or Attempted Bribery; Penalty

If any person shall bribe, by directly or indirectly giving to or bestowing upon, or shall attempt to bribe by directly or indirectly giving to or bestowing upon, any executive, legislative, judicial, or ministerial officer of this state, or any member of the Legislature, after his election or appointment and either before or after he shall have been qualified or shall have taken his seat, any gift, gratuity, money, testimonial or other valuable thing, or shall make promise thereof, in order to influence him in the performance of any of his official, public duties, or with intent to influence his act, vote, opinion, decision or judgment on any matter, question, cause or proceeding, or to induce or procure him to vote or withhold his vote on any question or proceeding which is then or may thereafter be pending, or may by law come or be brought before him in his official capacity, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, and shall, moreover, be forever disqualified from holding any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this state.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-5. Demanding or Receiving Bribes; Penalty

Any executive, legislative, judicial or ministerial officer, or member of the Legislature, who shall demand, receive or accept any gift, gratuity, money, testimonial or other valuable thing, or shall exact any promise to make such gift or to pay to him money, testimonial or other valuable thing, or to do any act beneficial to such officer or member of the Legislature, from any person, company or corporation, under an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment or decision shall be given or withheld in any particular manner upon a particular side of any question, cause or proceeding, which is, or may be by law brought before him in his official capacity, or that in such capacity he shall make any particular nomination or appointment, or for any vote or influence he may give or withhold as such officer or member of the Legislature, or that such officer will fail to perform or improperly perform any of his official, public duties, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years; and in addition thereto such officer or member of the Legislature shall forfeit the office then held by him and shall be forever disqualified from holding any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this state.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-6. Receiving Bribe by Officer in Delay of Service of Process; Penalty

If any officer authorized to serve legal process receive any money or other thing of value for omitting or delaying to perform any duty pertaining to his office, 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.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-7. Bribery of Commissioner of Court, Auditor, Justice of the Peace, Arbitrator, Umpire, Juror, or Other County Official, Either Elected or Appointed; Penalty

Any person who gives or offers, directly or through any other person or persons, or promises, directly or indirectly, to give any money or other thing of value to a commissioner appointed by a court, Auditor, justice of the peace, arbitrator, umpire, juror (although not impaneled), or other county official, either elected or appointed, with intent to bias his opinion or influence his decision in relation to any matter in which he is acting or is to act; and any such commissioner, Auditor, justice of the peace, arbitrator, umpire, juror, or other county official, either elected or appointed, who corruptly takes or receives such money or other thing of value, or who agrees to take such money or other thing of value to bias or influence his opinion or action or both, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, and fined in addition thereto not exceeding $5,000.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-9. Permitting Escape; Refusal of Custody of Prisoner; Penalties

If a jailer or other officer, or private correctional officer aid or voluntarily suffer a prisoner convicted or charged with felony to escape from his custody, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years. If any such jailer or other officer, or private correctional officer negligently, but not voluntarily, suffer a person convicted of or charged with felony, or voluntarily or negligently suffer a person convicted of or charged with an offense not a felony, to escape from his custody, or willfully refuse to receive into his custody any person lawfully committed thereto, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not less than six months, or be fined not exceeding $1,000, or both such fine and confinement.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-10. Persons in Custody of Institutions or Officers

Whoever escapes or attempts to escape by any means from the custody of a county sheriff, the director of the Regional Jail Authority, an authorized representative of said persons, a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, employee of the Division of Corrections, court bailiff, or from any institution, facility, or any alternative sentence confinement, by which he or she is lawfully confined, if the custody or confinement is by virtue of a charge or conviction for a felony, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a correctional facility for not more than five years; and if the custody or confinement is by virtue of a charge or conviction for a misdemeanor, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, he or she shall be confined in a county or regional jail for not more than one year.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-11. Escapes and Aiding in Escapes; Terms of Confinement in Addition to Previous Sentence

The terms of confinement specified in section eleven, article four, chapter twenty-five of this code or in sections eight, nine and ten of this article shall be in addition to the period or periods of confinement to which any person convicted under this section may be subject to and shall commence at the expiration of any such former sentence.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment › Article 5. Crimes Against Public Justice › §61-5-17a. Obstructing a Law-Enforcement Officer, Probation Officer, Parole Officer, Courthouse Security Officer, Correctional Officer, the State Fire Marshal, a Deputy or Assistant Fire Marshal, Firefighter, or Emergency Medical Service Personnel Causing Death; Penalty

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any person who knowingly, willfully, and forcibly obstructs or hinders a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or assistant fire marshal, firefighter, or emergency medical service personnel lawfully acting in his or her official capacity and thereby proximately causes the death of a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or assistant fire marshal, firefighter, or emergency medical service personnel so acting, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of 15 years to life.
(b) For purposes of this section, "forcibly" means actions which involve the use of physical force.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.