{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-5-15","heading":"Refusal of person to execute order of arrest by justice; penalty.","body":"If any person, being required by a justice, on view of a breach of the peace or other offense, to bring before him the offender, shall refuse or neglect to obey the justice, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section; and if the justice declare himself to be such, or if he be known to the offender, ignorance of his office shall not be pleaded as an excuse.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-5-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:25Z","sha256":"b9cf22671d9c68507638f64b6aecbe4afc7a5f16a0ffdefdf04ada72c76ceebb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-14","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}