{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-27-504","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-27-504","heading":"Provisions in protective order for person witnessing or reporting domestic violence.","body":"When the person to be protected is a person who reported or was a witness to the domestic violence, the terms of a protective order may order:\n(1) The respondent to refrain from abusing, contacting, telephoning, communicating, harassing, verbally abusing or otherwise intimidating the person to be protected;\n(2) The respondent to refrain from entering the school, business or place of employment of the person to be protected for the purpose of violating the protective order; and\n(3) The respondent to refrain from entering or being present in the immediate environs of the residence of the petitioner.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 27. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-27-504/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:34Z","sha256":"26c492b6566a6f502086305a4c2099cb7577b6bb6fa3f28b6240b6bd4c89117e","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-27-503","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-27-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}