{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-23-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17C-23-2","heading":"Funeral procession right-of-way; funeral escort vehicles; funeral lead vehicles.","body":"(a) Regardless of any traffic control device or right-of-way provisions prescribed by state or local ordinance, pedestrians and operators of all vehicles, except as stated in subsection (c) of this section, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which is part of a funeral procession being led by a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle.\n(b) When the funeral lead vehicle lawfully enters an intersection, either by reason of a traffic control device or at the direction of law-enforcement personnel, the remaining vehicles in the funeral procession may follow through the intersection regardless of any traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions prescribed by state or local law.\n(c) Funeral processions have the right-of-way at intersections regardless of traffic control devices subject to the following conditions and exceptions:\n(1) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right-of-way to an approaching emergency vehicle giving an audible or visible signal;\n(2) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right-of-way when directed to do so by a police officer; and\n(3) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession must exercise due care when participating in a funeral procession.","path":["CHAPTER 17C. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD.","ARTICLE 23. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17C-23-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:27Z","sha256":"903b300a24bb4ca9d26eeb5bff225637a99ef62d97e6387062b258a6f552662f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-23-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-23-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}