{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17A-9-5","heading":"Authority of division to suspend or revoke registration, certificate, etc.","body":"The division is hereby authorized to suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, registration card or registration plate or any nonresident or other permit in any of the following events:\n(1) When the division is satisfied that such registration or that such certificate, card, plate or permit was fraudulently or erroneously issued;\n(2) When the division determines that a registered vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways;\n(3) When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked;\n(4) When a registration card, registration plate or permit is knowingly displayed upon a vehicle other than the one for which issued;\n(5) When the division determines that the owner has committed any offense under this article involving the registration or the certificate, card, plate or permit to be suspended or revoked;\n(6) When the vehicle is operated by a commercial motor carrier whose authority to operate in interstate commerce has been denied or suspended by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or\n(7) When the division is so authorized under any other provision of law.","path":["CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.","ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST REGISTRATION LAWS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-9-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:16Z","sha256":"d9a93b0bcf3415d92c1d99a44e1c55d3abbf8d4fa4231f00592531dc8bbceefc","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17a-9-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}