{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-5-8","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 18-5-8","heading":"Condemnation of land necessary for educational purposes.","body":"The board shall purchase by condemnation or otherwise, the land necessary for school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages, and other educational purposes, and may make necessary expenditures for the improvement of the land.\nThe board may petition the circuit court to condemn such lands, or easements in such lands, necessary or convenient for educational purposes for school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages, or extensions, improvements, or additions thereto. The rights, powers, and privileges of eminent domain in a board shall be coextensive with the rights, powers, and privileges of the state.\nCondemnation proceedings shall be in the name of the board and according to the provisions of chapter fifty-four of the code.","path":["CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.","ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/18-5-8/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:35Z","sha256":"cf26004c3527311cd154266e34e757ec3a3687b06ab474de473e2fc11b653ede","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-5-7b","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18-5-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}