{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-10-30","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-10-30","heading":"Open water wells prohibited.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or allow any abandoned or currently used water well upon any land in which such person has any right to possession as owner, tenant or otherwise, which does not have affixed thereto a cover of sufficient strength to prevent any person from accidentally falling into such well.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-10-30/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:30Z","sha256":"d4364c8ec0801a62f7abcb7818cc08c86cd4bf59fe677dad16e27f952f0bfa74","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-10-29","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-10-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}