{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 53-4-5","heading":"Penalty for disobeying writ.","body":"If any person on whom such writ is served shall, in disobedience to such writ, fail to bring the body of the petitioner, with a return of the cause of his detention, before the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable, for three days after such service, he shall forfeit to the petitioner $300.","path":["CHAPTER 53. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES.","ARTICLE 4. HABEAS CORPUS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/53-4-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:51Z","sha256":"c61cf62f2d5ec3e6d8ada39556dc44f3b3bea79159e972a81a37172f19353687","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-4-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}