{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-35-13","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-35-13","heading":"Penalties and fines.","body":"(a) The director may impose a civil penalty of not less than $250 and not more than $5,000 for each separate violation of this article or any rules promulgated hereunder. In any case where a person fails to halt work following the issuance of a cease and desist order by the director, the violation shall be presumed to be willful and the person shall be assessed a civil penalty by the director of not less than $10,000 nor more than $25,000 for an initial violation and not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for each subsequent violation. Failure to pay a civil penalty imposed by the director within thirty days of receipt of notification constitutes a separate violation.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule promulgated hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $50,000, or confined in the county or regional jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 35. LEAD ABATEMENT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-35-13/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:41Z","sha256":"854653ee64e28c2376eadfa88caee960e2a3f36a170ea09da5b83252b53d6303","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-35-12","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-36-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}