{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-4-4","heading":"Making plates, etc., for forgery; possession of same; penalty.","body":"If any person engrave, stamp, or cast, or otherwise make or mend any plate, block, press or other thing adapted and designed for the forging and false-making of any writing or other thing, the forging or false-making whereof is punishable by this article; or if such person have in his possession any such plate, block, press, or other thing, with intent to use, or cause or permit it to be used, in forging or false-making any such writing or other thing, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more ten years.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 4. FORGERY AND CRIMES AGAINST THE CURRENCY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-4-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:24Z","sha256":"6144a5c4a74a6371bb00d65955b509055d38931b98ea5a5d2dde1b13a89a54af","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-4-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}