{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-14-2b-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 14-2B-2","heading":"Legislative findings; purpose and intent.","body":"The Legislature finds and declares that it is a violation of the public policy of this state to permit a person who commits a crime to thereafter gain a monetary profit from the commission of that crime. Consequently, the Legislature finds that when a person convicted of a crime later profits as a result of the commission of that crime, such profits should be used to compensate those crime victims who were damaged as a result of the commission of the crime, as well as the taxpayers who paid for the prosecution or incarceration of the defendant, or both.","path":["CHAPTER 14. CLAIMS DUE AND AGAINST THE STATE.","ARTICLE 2B. DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME PROFITS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/14-2B-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:33Z","sha256":"f92f25c15583355772fcc4940bf877090de0f4f7966bca3b42296a6ff484a8eb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-14-2b-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-14-2b-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}