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- W. Va. Code § 40-3-27 · §40-3-27.
- W. Va. Code § 40-3-28 · §40-3-28.
- W. Va. Code § 40-3-29 · §40-3-29.
- W. Va. Code § 40-3-30 · §40-3-30.
- W. Va. Code § 40-3-31 · §40-3-31.
- W. Va. Code § 40-3-32 · §40-3-32.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-1 · Who may make will and as to what property.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-2 · Who may not make will.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-3 · Must be in writing; witnesses.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-4 · Execution of power of appointment.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-5 · Wills of personal estate by soldiers, sailors or nonresidents.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-6 · Revocation by divorce; no revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-7 · Revocation generally.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-8 · Revival after revocation.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-9 · Effect of subsequent conveyance.
- W. Va. Code § 41-1-10 · On what wills chapter operates; when re-executed wills deemed to be made.
- W. Va. Code § 41-2-1 · Competency of witnesses who are beneficiaries.
- W. Va. Code § 41-2-2 · Creditors may be witnesses.
- W. Va. Code § 41-2-3 · Executor may be witness.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-1 · When will takes effect.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-2 · When advancement deemed satisfaction of devise or bequest.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-3 · Death of devisee or legatee before testator.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-4 · Failure or invalidity of devise or bequest.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-5 · Construction of devises in general terms.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-6 · Operation of devise or bequest as exercise of power of appointment.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-7 · Courts of equity may construe wills.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-8 · Testamentary additions to trusts.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-9 · Effect on existing wills.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-10 · Uniformity of application and construction.
- W. Va. Code § 41-3-11 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 41-4-1 · Where no child living when will made.
- W. Va. Code § 41-4-2 · Where child living when will made.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-1 · Custodian of will to deliver same to clerk of county court or executor; liability for neglect.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-2 · Clerk to notify executor and beneficiaries, and to keep will safe in his office.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-3 · Compelling production of will and offer of probate.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-4 · Place of probate.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-5 · Procedure for probate in solemn form.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-6 · Hearing and decision.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-7 · Appeal from probate order -- When to be taken; procedure.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-8 · Appeal from probate order -- Other testamentary papers to be produced; jury trial if desired.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-9 · Order as bar to suit in equity.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-10 · Ex parte procedure to probate; appeal.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-11 · Impeachment or establishment of will -- By person who was not party to prior proceeding; trial by jury.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-12 · Impeachment or establishment in court -- By person under disability or nonresident.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-13 · Ancillary administration; Probate or recordation of foreign will.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-14 · When depositions admissible.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-15 · Proof of will while testator living.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-16 · Statements of particulars in will contests.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-17 · Probated wills to be recorded and indexed.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-18 · Recording in other counties; duty of personal representative or devisee.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-19 · Title of bona fide purchasers of real estate from heirs.
- W. Va. Code § 41-5-20 · Title to real estate devised by wills; rights of devisees and bona fide purchasers.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-1 · General definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-2 · Intestate estate.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3 · Share of spouse.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3a · Share of heirs other than surviving spouse.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3b · Requirement that heir survive decedent for one hundred twenty hours.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3c · No taker.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3d · Representation.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3e · Kindred of half blood.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3f · Afterborn heirs.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-3g · Advancements.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-4 · Alienage.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-5 · From whom children born out of wedlock inherit.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-6 · Legitimation by marriage.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-7 · Issue legitimate though marriage null.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-8 · Posthumous children to take.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-9 · Establishment and recordation of descent.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-10 · Individuals related to decedent through two lines.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-11 · When a parent may not inherit from a child.
- W. Va. Code § 42-1-12 · When a child may inherit from a parent who has been barred from inheritance.
- W. Va. Code § 42-2-1 · §42-2-1.
- W. Va. Code § 42-2-2 · §42-2-2.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-1 · Right to elective share.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-2 · Augmented estate.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-3 · Right of election personal to surviving spouse.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-3a · Waiver of right to elect; other rights.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-4 · Proceeding for elective share; time limit.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-5 · §42-3-5.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-6 · Charging spouse with owned assets and gifts received; liability of others for balance of elective share.
- W. Va. Code § 42-3-7 · Entitlement of spouse; premarital will.
- W. Va. Code § 42-4-1 · §42-4-1.
- W. Va. Code § 42-4-2 · Homicide bars acquisition of estate or insurance money.
- W. Va. Code § 42-4-3 · §42-4-3.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-1 · No sufficient evidence of survivorship.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-2 · Beneficiaries of another person's disposition of property.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-3 · Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-4 · Insurance policies.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-5 · Article not retroactive.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-6 · Article does not apply if decedent provides otherwise.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-7 · Uniformity of interpretation.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-8 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-9 · Repeal of inconsistent laws.
- W. Va. Code § 42-5-10 · Severability.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-3 · Scope.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-4 · Article supplemented by other law.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-5 · Power to disclaim; general requirements; when irrevocable.
- W. Va. Code § 42-6-6 · Disclaimer of interest property.