{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-5-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 42-5-4","heading":"Insurance policies.","body":"Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.","path":["CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION.","ARTICLE 5. UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/42-5-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:28Z","sha256":"98591519be0855ae41773692f6bde3e82962ab6824df0d8b22ac3beb32b7bd67","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-5-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-5-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}