{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-8-11","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 53-8-11","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Fines or incarceration. -- An individual who fails to comply with the relief granted in a temporary personal safety order or a final personal safety order entered pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall:\n(1) For a first offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail not more than ninety days, or both; and\n(2) For a second or subsequent offense, be fined not more than $2,500 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both.\n(b) Arrest. -- A law-enforcement officer shall arrest with or without a warrant and take into custody an individual who the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of a temporary or final personal safety order in effect at the time of the violation.","path":["CHAPTER 53. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES.","ARTICLE 8. PERSONAL SAFETY ORDERS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/53-8-11/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:52Z","sha256":"95cf239907d92c7d8e45edbb413018fe0a0f249d41ab00b6ab77f25a8d640216","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-8-10","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-53-8-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}