{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-1-6","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 59-1-6","heading":"Fees to be charged by surveyors.","body":"Surveyors may charge the following fees:\nFor all surveying actually done (unless by specia lcontract), for the first one hundred poles, or any less distance, long measure, per pole $.01\nAfter the first one hundred poles, long measure, per pole .005\nFor tracing and examining old surveys to ascertain the true lines, their distance and courses, or for doing surveying in and about any mines, cities, towns or villages, the surveyor may charge $5.00 for every day necessarily so employed, in lieu of charging by the pole: Provided, That nothing in this section shall prevent any party having surveying done from making a contract for a different compensation. For calculating the quantity for less than six courses or lines .50\nWhen land is divided, for calculating each division, if less than six courses .50\nFor every course or line of more than six courses .03\nFor making a plat of six courses, or less .50\nFor every course more than six .03\nFor recording a plat and certificate, if not more than\nsix courses .50\nFor every course above six .03\nFor a copy of a plat and certificate, where there are not more than six courses .50\nFor every course above six .03\nFor a copy of an entry .50\nFor every search where no copy is required .25\nFor giving receipt for any paper .15\nFor traveling to the place of surveying and returning, per mile .05\nIf surveying be done at different places, on the same tour, the mileage shall be apportioned among the different surveys according to their distance from the residence of the surveyor or deputy and each other, so that the surveyor shall not receive more than 5¢ a mile for going and returning for any one trip.","path":["CHAPTER 59. FEES, ALLOWANCES AND COSTS; NEWSPAPERS; LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.","ARTICLE 1. FEES AND ALLOWANCES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-6/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:10Z","sha256":"33c770854fb657aea5a20ec841bb17c3a30d61950a346401347b32527418c1ca","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-1-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-1-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}