{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-16","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-19-16","heading":"Prohibited acts; sale or purchase of parts prohibited.","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who knowingly buys or sells, for valuable consideration, a part for transplantation or therapy is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of not more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.\n(b) A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of not more than five years.\n(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from charging reasonable amounts for the costs of removing, processing, preserving, quality control, storing, transporting, implanting or disposing of a part.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 19. ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-19-16/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:35Z","sha256":"a3f1b1ddfa37c05c7849baa2e77222f766c9670aa0957d7e45cca5198b1a4601","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-15","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-19-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}