{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-9-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 38-9-1","heading":"Persons entitled to homestead; value.","body":"Any husband, wife, parent or other head of a household residing in this state, or the infant children of deceased or insane parents, owning a homestead shall by operation of law have a homestead exemption therein to the value of $5,000, subject to the provisions of section forty-eight, article six of the Constitution of this state.","path":["CHAPTER 38. LIENS.","ARTICLE 9. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/38-9-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:18Z","sha256":"35a43f55764f95dc75fd8f3415daf0c1b7384fe08ad7cfa3964deb1930f0416e","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-8-15","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-38-9-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}