{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-14","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-3C-14","heading":"Endangering public safety.","body":"Any person who accesses a computer or computer network and knowingly, willfully and without authorization (a) interrupts or impairs the providing of services by any private or public utility; (b) interrupts or impairs the providing of any medical services; (c) interrupts or impairs the providing of services by any state, county or local government agency, public carrier or public communication service; or otherwise endangers public safety shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 3C. WEST VIRGINIA COMPUTER CRIME AND ABUSE ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-3C-14/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:23Z","sha256":"556f6bb669c2faf302a2cc2ce1b1584e0046cdc7f935814c95b7e954416c6b3f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-13","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-14a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
