{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6b-3-9","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 6B-3-9","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Any person who is required under the provisions of this article to file an application, statement or report and who willfully and knowingly makes a false statement, conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud in the application, statement or report is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or confined in a county or regional jail not more than one year, or both.\n(b) A person who is subject to the registration and reporting requirements of this article and who fails or refuses to register or who fails or refuses to file a required statement or report or who otherwise violates the provisions of this article may be the subject of a complaint filed with the Ethics Commission and may be proceeded against in the same manner and to the same ends as a public officer or public employee under the provisions of this chapter.\n(c) A person who willfully and knowingly files a false report under the provisions of this article is liable in a civil action to any government officer or employee who sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the report.","path":["CHAPTER 6B. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ETHICS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.","ARTICLE 3. LOBBYISTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/6B-3-9/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:20Z","sha256":"18f0a193f7ac42ec3545172faee7c8aac23d05a3a29d14141da17ad2371d4e75","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6b-3-8","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6b-3-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}