{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-1-21","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-1-21","heading":"Alien may own land.","body":"Any alien may take by devise, inheritance, gift or purchase, and hold, convey, devise or otherwise dispose of land within this state as if he were a citizen, and if an alien owner of land within this state shall die, his land shall descend in the same manner as if he were a citizen.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 1. CREATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-1-21/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:59Z","sha256":"38dc17ce9983f98d25f658c15366d98b3112c518d9cafd64f7994f95bb6d8fe5","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-1-20a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-1-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}