{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-15-6","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-15-6","heading":"Eligibility.","body":"(a) A drug offender shall not be eligible for the drug court program if:\n(1) The underlying offense involves a felony crime of violence, unless there is a specific treatment program available designed to address violent offenders;\n(2) The underlying offense involves an offense that requires registration as a sex offender pursuant to the article twelve, chapter fifteen of this Code;\n(3) The drug offender has a prior felony conviction in this state or another state for a felony crime of violence; or\n(4) The drug offender has a prior conviction in this state or another state for a crime that requires registration as a sex offender pursuant to article twelve, chapter fifteen of this Code.\n(b) Eligible offenses may be further restricted by the rules of a specific drug court program.\n(c) Nothing in this section shall require a drug court judge to consider or accept every offender with a treatable condition or addiction, regardless of the fact that the controlling offense is eligible for consideration in the program.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 15. DRUG OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY AND TREATMENT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-15-6/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:39Z","sha256":"dbca33478686818dd16985fa993b41fffa453b9e3c828dd3fc63a11622d1a9e5","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-15-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-15-6a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}