{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-5-9","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 55-5-9","heading":"Plaintiff may require his estate only to be valued -- By entry on record.","body":"When the defendant shall claim allowance for improvements, as before provided, the plaintiff may, by an entry on the record, require that the value of his estate in the premises, without the improvements, shall also be ascertained.","path":["CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.","ARTICLE 5. ALLOWANCE FOR IMPROVEMENTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-5-9/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:56Z","sha256":"4c6c9350df85f43ab1438441ef6f8ea6fb849b8b162da3db5fd830051f992b8b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-5-8","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-5-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}