{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-5-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 56-5-1","heading":"Payment before action is brought may be pleaded.","body":"In any action for the recovery of a debt, the defendant may plead payment of the debt (or of so much as is due by the condition) before action brought.","path":["CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE.","ARTICLE 5. PAYMENT AND SETOFF."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/56-5-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:05Z","sha256":"6f097f7f169e50e7a95cfed695a89e61b28afa4f0f4b8b869c66ea09dd237e41","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-71","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-5-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}