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- W. Va. Code § 61-5-13 · Refusal of officer to make, or delay in making, arrest; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-14 · Refusal of person to aid officer; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-15 · Refusal of person to execute order of arrest by justice; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-16 · Refusal of officer to execute act or process of Legislature or order of Governor; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-17 · Obstructing officer; fleeing from officer; making false statements to officer; interfering with emergency communications; penalties; definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 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.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-18 · Officer not liable for act done under statute or executive order afterward declared unconstitutional.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-19 · Compounding offenses and misprision; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-20 · Exacting excessive fees; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-21 · Issuing fraudulent fee bills; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-22 · Alteration, concealment or destruction of public record by officer; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-23 · Larceny, concealment or destruction of public record by person not officer; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-24 · Corrupt summoning of jurors to find biased verdict; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-25 · Procuring the summoning of biased juror by party other than officer; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-25a · Discrimination against employee summoned for jury duty; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-26 · Contempt of court; what constitutes contempt; jury trial; presence of defendant.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-27 · Intimidation of and retaliation against public officers and employees, jurors, and witnesses; fraudulent official proceedings and legal processes against public officials and employees; making public threats directed at inciting lawless action penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-27a · Fraudulent official proceedings; causing a public employee or official to file a fraudulent legal process; impersonation of a public official, employee or tribunal; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-28 · Failure to perform official duties; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-29 · Failure to meet an obligation to pay support to a minor; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-30 · Causing death or injury to public safety animals; criminal penalties; right of self-defense; exception; and restitution.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5-31 · Bystanders shall stand 30 feet back from first responders engaged in the lawful performance of their duties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-3 · Bribery in official and political matters.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-4 · Unlawful rewarding for past behavior.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-5 · Threats in official and political matters.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-6 · Gifts or gratuities to public servants prohibited; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-7 · Trading in public office.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-8 · Certain matters not to constitute defense.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-9 · Penalties; disqualification to hold office; statute of limitations for misdemeanor offenses.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-10 · Construction; certain other code provisions not affected; article not to affect offenses committed under other statutory provisions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-5A-11 · Severability.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-1 · Suppression of riots and unlawful assemblages.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-1a · Control of riots and unlawful assemblages.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-1b · Disorderly conduct; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-2 · Commitment and recognizance of rioters.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-3 · Failure of member of West Virginia State Police officer, officer of the Division of Protective Services, mayor, or sheriff to exercise powers at riots and unlawful assemblages; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-4 · Summoning of persons to aid in suppressing riots and unlawful assemblages.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-5 · Death of person in suppression of riots and unlawful assemblages.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-6 · Destruction of building by rioters; penalty therefor and for rioting without such injury.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-7 · Conspiracy to inflict injury to persons or property; infliction of injury or death in pursuance thereof; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-8 · Release or rescue of person in custody charged or convicted under §61-6-7; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-9 · Intimidation of witness for state in conspiracy prosecutions; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-10 · Reward for arrest in conspiracy cases; employment of special policemen and detectives.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-11 · §61-6-11.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-12 · Mobs and lynchings; penalties; liability of county or city.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-13 · Disturbance of religious worship; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-14 · Disturbance of schools, societies, and other assemblies; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-14a · Loitering on school property; penalty; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-15 · §61-6-15.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-16 · §61-6-16.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-17 · False reports concerning bombs or other explosive devices; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-18 · Camping upon governmental grounds or lawns; penalties; public nuisance.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-19 · Willful disruption of governmental processes; offenses occurring at State Capitol Complex; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-20 · Falsely reporting an emergency incident; making threats of a crime of violence.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-21 · Prohibiting violations of an individual's civil rights; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-22 · Wearing masks, hoods or face coverings.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-23 · Shooting range; limitations on nuisance actions; noise ordinances.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-24 · Threats of terrorist acts, conveying false information concerning terrorist acts and committing terrorist hoaxes prohibited; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-6-25 · Falsely reporting child abuse.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-1 · Legislative findings.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-3 · Carrying a deadly weapon without provisional license or other authorization by persons under twenty-one years of age; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-4 · License to carry deadly weapons; how obtained.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-4a · Provisional license to carry deadly weapons; how obtained.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-5 · Revocation of license.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-6 · Exemptions from licensing fees.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-6a · Reciprocity and recognition; out-of-state concealed handgun permits.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-7 · Persons prohibited from possessing firearms; classifications; right of nonprohibited persons over 18 years of age to carry concealed deadly weapons; offenses and penalties; reinstatement of rights to possess; offenses; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-8 · Possession of deadly weapons by minors; prohibitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-9 · Possession of machine guns, penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-10 · Deadly weapons for sale or hire; sale to prohibited persons; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-11 · Brandishing deadly weapons; threatening or causing breach of the peace; criminal penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-11a · Possessing deadly weapons on premises of educational facilities; reports by school principals; suspension of driver’s license; possessing deadly weapons on premises housing courts of law and family law courts.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-12 · Wanton endangerment involving a firearm.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-13 · §61-7-13.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-14 · Right of certain persons to limit possession of firearms on premises.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-15 · Persons prohibited from committing violent crime while wearing body armor; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-15a · Use or presentation of a firearm during commission of a felony; penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-16 · Chief officer certification to transfer or make certain firearms; definitions; appeal.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7-17 · Construction of article.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7A-1 · Legislative intent.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7A-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7A-3 · Persons whose names are to be supplied to the central state mental health registry.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7A-4 · Confidentiality; limits on use of registry information.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7A-5 · Petition to regain right to possess firearms.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-2 · Legislative findings and intent.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-3 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-4 · Federal commandeering prohibited.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-5 · Prohibitions on police activity.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-6 · Prohibition on court action.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-7 · Permitted activities.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-8 · Attorney General authorized and directed to challenge unconstitutional federal actions related to firearms.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-9 · Attorney General to publish model policies.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7B-10 · Law-enforcement immunity.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7C-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7C-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 61-7C-3 · Limitations on negligent marketing claims.