{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-13-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 22-13-15","heading":"Exceptions as to criminal liabilities.","body":"The criminal liabilities provided for in section fourteen of this article may not be imposed for any violation resulting from accident or caused by an act of God, war, strike, riot or other catastrophe as to which negligence or willful conduct on the part of such person was not the proximate cause.","path":["CHAPTER 22. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.","ARTICLE 13. NATURAL STREAMS PRESERVATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22-13-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:26:03Z","sha256":"19ada4b80b2226d302d323f607a570ecda07def34cfc6c9a597453c9e0d2dc8e","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-13-14","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22-14-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}