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- W. Va. Code § 55-3-6 · Equitable defenses; adverse possession.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3A-1 · Petition for summary relief for wrongful occupation of residential rental property.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3A-2 · Defenses available.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3A-3 · Proceedings in court; final order; disposition of abandoned personal property.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-1 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-2 · Tenancy of factory-built home site.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-3 · Termination of tenancy.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-4 · Petition for summary relief for wrongful occupation of residential rental property.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-5 · Defenses available.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-6 · Proceedings in court; final order; disposition of abandoned personal property.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3B-7 · Waiver.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-1 · Short title; findings.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-2 · Squatters defined: squatters not tenants; squatting constitutes criminal trespass; petition and eviction not appropriate remedies for squatters; remedy is arrest for trespass.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-3 · Limited Alternative Remedy to Remove Squatter from Residential and Commercial Real Properties.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-4 · Criminal mischief; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-5 · Making false statement to detain real property; false complaint; civil causes of action; immunity.
- W. Va. Code § 55-3C-6 · Fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-1 · When ejectment a proper remedy.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-2 · Venue
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-3 · Interest of plaintiff.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-4 · Parties defendant.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-5 · How action commenced.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-6 · Declaration.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-7 · Joinder of parties plaintiff.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-8 · Service of declaration and notice; order of publication.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-9 · Rule to plead; default judgment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-10 · Plea or demurrer; issue on plea; evidence admissible.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-11 · Equitable title of vendee as defense.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-12 · Payment or performance by mortgagor as defense.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-13 · Notice of equitable defense; resort to equity not barred.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-14 · Consent rules not to be used; what plaintiff must prove generally.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-14a · When proof required of location of reservations or exceptions contained in instruments of title.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-15 · What plaintiff must prove against cotenant.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-16 · Extent of possession under patent, deed or other writing.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-17 · Verdict as to parties.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-18 · Verdict as to premises.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-19 · Judgment; assignment of dower.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-20 · Change in plaintiff's right pending action; additional party plaintiff.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-21 · Mesne profits and damages.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-22 · How damages assessed.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-23 · Claim for improvements.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-24 · Balance as between damages and improvements.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-25 · Postponing assessment of damages and allowance for improvements.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-26 · Effect of judgment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-27 · Effect of judgment as to persons under disability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-28 · Right to recover mesne profits and damages against person other than defendant.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-29 · Default or surrender by tenant for life.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-30 · Right of entry not tolled by descent cast.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-31 · Petition for ascertainment and designation of boundary line or lines of real estate.
- W. Va. Code § 55-4-31a · Resolution of boundary disputes; corrective deeds; petition for ascertainment and designation of boundary line or lines of real estate.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-1 · Method of asserting claim.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-2 · Valuation of improvements made by defendant before notice of title.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-3 · Liability of defendant for annual value of premises and damages -- Assessment of damages for plaintiff.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-4 · Same -- For what period defendant liable.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-5 · Verdict for balance after damages set off against improvements; entry of judgment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-6 · Judgment lien.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-7 · Reimbursement of life tenant by remainderman or reversioner.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-8 · Exception as to mortgagees and trustees.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-9 · Plaintiff may require his estate only to be valued -- By entry on record.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-10 · Same -- How estimated.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-11 · Same -- Relinquishment of estate to defendant at value ascertained.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-12 · Same -- Same -- How value paid; sale of land for failure to make payments; deficiency.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-13 · Same -- Same -- Disposition of value when party under disability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-5-14 · Same -- Same -- Eviction of defendant; recovery of amount paid.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-1 · Immediate recovery of possession of personal property; notice and prejudgment hearing.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-2 · Finding of fact by court or magistrate; bond; order for seizure.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-3 · Seizure of property by officer.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-4 · Return of property to defendant upon execution of bond.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-5 · Exception to sufficiency of sureties.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-6 · Verdict and judgment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-6-7 · Execution.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-1 · Seduction.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-2 · Insulting words.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-3 · Unlawful seizure or attachment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-4 · Action of replevin abolished.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-5 · Action for death by wrongful act.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-6 · By whom action for wrongful death to be brought; amount and distribution of damages; period of limitation.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-7 · Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-8 · Personal injury action where injuries result in death.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-8a · Actions which survive; limitations; law governing such actions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-9 · Violation of statutes.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-10 · Trespass abolished; trespass on the case to lie in lieu thereof.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-11 · Suits against unincorporated common carriers.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-11a · Settlement, release or statement within twenty days after personal injury; disavowal; certain expressions of sympathy inadmissible as evidence.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-12 · Liability of one joint tort-feasor not affected by release to, or accord and satisfaction with, another.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-13 · §55-7-13.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-13a · Modified comparative fault standard established.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-13b · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-13c · Liability to be several; amount of judgment; allocation of fault.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-13d · Determination of fault; imputed fault; when plaintiff’s criminal conduct bars recovery; burden of proof; damages; stay of action; limitations; applicability; severability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-14 · Liability of visual or sound broadcasting stations for defamatory statements.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-15 · Aid to victim of accident, emergency, or disaster; immunity from civil liability, definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-16 · Immunity from liability for ski patrol rendering emergency care.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-17 · Aid by trained emergency services personnel; entities, immunity from civil liability; definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-18 · Limiting liability of home care service providers, daycare centers and residential care facilities disclosing certain employment information.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-18a · Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former employees.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-19 · Liability of health care providers who render services at school athletic events; limiting liability; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-20 · Limiting civil liability of nonprofits for arranging passage on excursion trains.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-21 · Creating presumption of good faith for court-appointed licensed psychologists and psychiatrists conducting a child custody evaluation; method for assigning court and legal fees.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-22 · Civil relief for persons resisting certain criminal activities.