{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3b-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-3B-4","heading":"Activation of Silver Alert.","body":"The following criteria shall be met before the State Police activate the Silver Alert:\n(1) The person is a senior citizen;\n(2) The person is believed to be missing, regardless of circumstance;\n(3) A person who has knowledge that the person is missing has submitted a missing person’s report to the State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency;\n(4) The missing person may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury;\n(5) The missing person is domiciled or believed to be located in the State of West Virginia;\n(6) The missing person is, or is believed to be, at a location that cannot be determined by an individual familiar with the missing person, and the missing person is incapable of returning to the missing person’s residence without assistance; and\n(7) There is sufficient information available to indicate that a Silver Alert would assist in locating the missing person.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 3B. SILVER ALERT PLAN."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-3B-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:46Z","sha256":"6f9789e93924c52400c1f7113dbd57ef85dd6c6158d7912752879f5f4f2bcacb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3b-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3b-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}