{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-19-2h-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 19-2H-4","heading":"Application for license.","body":"(a) A person desiring to operate a captive cervid farming facility in this state must submit an application for a license to the department. The department shall provide the forms and instructions for the filing of applications.\n(b) The application form shall require submission of the following information:\n(1) The mailing address of the proposed captive cervid farming facility and the size, location and an adequate legal description of the facility;\n(2) The number of each species of cervid to be included in the proposed facility;\n(3) The biosecurity measures to be utilized;\n(4) The proposed method of flushing wild cervids from the enclosure, if applicable;\n(5) The proposed record-keeping system;\n(6) The method of verification that all wild cervids have been removed;\n(7) The current zoning of the property proposed for the facility; and\n(8) Any other information requested by the department.\n(c) The application shall be accompanied by the annual license fee as follows:\n(1) Class one license. -- For a facility to breed and propagate captive cervids, and create cervid byproducts, for sale to others, $375; or\n(2) Class two license. -- For a facility to breed, propagate, harvest or slaughter captive cervids, create cervid byproducts, permit hunting of captive cervids or sell venison to others, $750.","path":["CHAPTER 19. AGRICULTURE.","ARTICLE 2H. CAPTIVE CERVID FARMING ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-2H-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:11Z","sha256":"25a69db85b9ec9b528f640fae5e086f785c8f8b21113690b3e390a25b1c9a29f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-19-2h-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-19-2h-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}