West Virginia Code — 19
Browse 464 sections in division 19 of the West Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 19-1-1. 19-1-1. Department of agriculture.
- § 19-1-2. 19-1-2. Commissioner of Agriculture.
- § 19-1-3. 19-1-3. Employees; itemized statement of expenditures; monthly statement and payment of moneys received by commissioner.
- § 19-1-4. 19-1-4. Duties of commissioner.
- § 19-1-5. 19-1-5. Cooperative statistical work.
- § 19-1-6. 19-1-6. Duty of assessor to gather statistics.
- § 19-1-7. 19-1-7. Sale of raw milk.
- § 19-1-8. 19-1-8. Penalty for failure of assessor to perform duties.
- § 19-1-9. 19-1-9. Agriculture advisory board.
- § 19-1-10. 19-1-10. Requirement for social security number on applications.
- § 19-1-11. 19-1-11. Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program.
- § 19-1-12. 19-1-12. Veterans and Heroes to Agriculture Program and fund.
- § 19-1-13. 19-1-13. Annual reporting to the Legislature.
- § 19-2-1. 19-2-1. Definitions.
- § 19-2-2. 19-2-2. Duties and powers of commissioner.
- § 19-2-3. 19-2-3. Commissioner to cooperate with federal Department of Agriculture.
- § 19-2-4. 19-2-4. Quarantines.
- § 19-2-5. 19-2-5. Inspection and grading of agricultural products; charges.
- § 19-2-6. 19-2-6. Inspection and quarantine powers of commissioner.
- § 19-2-7. 19-2-7. Prohibited sales.
- § 19-2-8. 19-2-8. Market bulletins.
- § 19-2-9. 19-2-9. Inspectors, graders and assistants.
- § 19-2-10. 19-2-10. Commissioner to enforce article.
- § 19-2-11. 19-2-11. Penalties.
- § 19-2-12. 19-2-12. Agriculture Development Fund; administration; purpose; funding.
- § 19-2-13. 19-2-13. Hard cider development program; purpose; funding.
- § 19-3-1. 19-3-1. License required; application and fee.
- § 19-3-2. 19-3-2. Applicant to furnish surety bond.
- § 19-3-3. 19-3-3. Grounds for refusal or revocation of license.
- § 19-3-4. 19-3-4. Suit on bond; limitation on recovery.
- § 19-3-5. 19-3-5. Penalty; moneys collected to be deposited in "general marketing fund."
- § 19-4-1. 19-4-1. Definitions.
- § 19-4-2. 19-4-2. Who may organize.
- § 19-4-3. 19-4-3. Purposes.
- § 19-4-4. 19-4-4. Powers.
- § 19-4-5. 19-4-5. Members.
- § 19-4-6. 19-4-6. Articles of incorporation.
- § 19-4-7. 19-4-7. Amendments to articles of incorporation.
- § 19-4-8. 19-4-8. Bylaws.
- § 19-4-9. 19-4-9. General and special meetings.
- § 19-4-10. 19-4-10. Directors.
- § 19-4-11. 19-4-11. Officers.
- § 19-4-12. 19-4-12. Officers, employees and agents to be bonded.
- § 19-4-13. 19-4-13. Stock; membership certificate; voting; liability; limitations on transfer and ownership.
- § 19-4-14. 19-4-14. Removal of officer or director.
- § 19-4-15. 19-4-15. Referendum.
- § 19-4-16. 19-4-16. Marketing contract.
- § 19-4-17. 19-4-17. Remedies for breach of contract.
- § 19-4-18. 19-4-18. Purchasing property of other associations, persons, firms or corporations.
- § 19-4-19. 19-4-19. Annual or biennial reports.
- § 19-4-20. 19-4-20. Conflicting laws not to apply; exemptions.
- § 19-4-21. 19-4-21. Use of term "cooperative."
- § 19-4-22. 19-4-22. Interest in other corporations or associations; warehouse receipts as collateral.
- § 19-4-23. 19-4-23. Contracts and agreements with other associations.
- § 19-4-24. 19-4-24. Rights and remedies apply to similar associations of other states.
- § 19-4-25. 19-4-25. Associations heretofore organized may adopt provisions of article.
- § 19-4-26. 19-4-26.
- § 19-4-27. 19-4-27. Liability as to delivery of products in violation of marketing agreements.
- § 19-4-28. 19-4-28. Associations to be deemed not in restraint of trade.
- § 19-4-29. 19-4-29. Application of business corporation laws; nonprofit corporation laws.
- § 19-4-30. 19-4-30.
- § 19-5-1. 19-5-1. Standard grades for closed packages of fruits and vegetables.
- § 19-5-2. 19-5-2. Markings on packages.
- § 19-5-3. 19-5-3. Enforcement of article.
- § 19-5-4. 19-5-4. When fruits or vegetables presumed offered or exposed for sale.
- § 19-5-5. 19-5-5. Offenses; penalty.
- § 19-5-6. 19-5-6. Exemption from prosecution.
- § 19-5-7. 19-5-7. Certificates of inspectors as prima facie evidence.
- § 19-5-8. 19-5-8. Provisions of article separable.
- § 19-6-1. 19-6-1. Demonstration fruit packing house.
- § 19-6-2. 19-6-2. Demonstration poultry and egg packing plant.
- § 19-6-3. 19-6-3. Demonstration garden products plant.
- § 19-6-4. 19-6-4. Buildings and equipment.
- § 19-7-1. 19-7-1. Amount of state aid for fairs and festivals.
- § 19-7-2. 19-7-2. State aid where more than one fair, festival or event in county.
- § 19-7-3. 19-7-3.
- § 19-7-4. 19-7-4. When fairs, festivals and events are entitled to state aid.
- § 19-7-5. 19-7-5.
- § 19-7-6. 19-7-6.
- § 19-7-7. 19-7-7.
- § 19-7-8. 19-7-8. Gambling devices and immoral shows prohibited; forfeiture of right to state aid; horse racing exempted.
- § 19-7-9. 19-7-9. State fair of West Virginia; ex officio members of board of directors; appropriations; authority to propose rules.
- § 19-7-10. 19-7-10. Appropriations specifically made available for designated exhibitions.
- § 19-7-11. 19-7-11. Determination of eligibility; legislative rules.
- § 19-8-1. 19-8-1. County extension service committee; composition; organization; duties and responsibilities; employment and compensation of extension workers.
- § 19-8-2. 19-8-2. Expenditure of appropriations; compliance with "Smith-Lever Act."
- § 19-8-3. 19-8-3. Duties of county extension workers; extension service to cooperate with county court and Board of Education.
- § 19-8-4. 19-8-4.
- § 19-9-1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
- § 19-9-2. 19-9-2. Duties and powers of commissioner.
- § 19-9-3. 19-9-3. Consulting veterinarians to assist commissioner.
- § 19-9-4. 19-9-4. Inspectors of animals.
- § 19-9-5. 19-9-5. Persons authorized to enter premises; powers thereof; refusal to enforce orders of commissioner.
- § 19-9-6. 19-9-6. Report of communicable diseases by veterinarians and owners; failure to report.
- § 19-9-7. 19-9-7. Commissioner may accept federal laws and regulations.
- § 19-9-8. 19-9-8. Powers of federal inspectors.
- § 19-9-9. 19-9-9. County court may cooperate in control and eradication of communicable diseases.
- § 19-9-10. TESTS FOR DISEASES AND SALE OF DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL
- § 19-9-11. 19-9-11. Reports of sales of and tests with diagnostic materials.
- § 19-9-12. 19-9-12. Unlawful sale of diagnostic materials.
- § 19-9-13. QUARANTINE
- § 19-9-14. 19-9-14. Establishment of special quarantine.
- § 19-9-15. 19-9-15. Establishment of general quarantine.
- § 19-9-16. 19-9-16. Unlawful to remove, deface or destroy quarantine notice.
- § 19-9-17. 19-9-17. Care of quarantined animals; expense.
- § 19-9-18. 19-9-18. Removal of animals, etc., from quarantined area; running at large of dogs in such area.
- § 19-9-19. 19-9-19. Domestic animal within quarantined area running at large.
- § 19-9-20. IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS INTO STATE
- § 19-9-21. 19-9-21. Animals entering state without health certificate.
- § 19-9-22. 19-9-22. Unlawful possession of animal brought into state.
- § 19-9-23. 19-9-23. Regulation of imported dairy or breeding animals.
- § 19-9-24. 19-9-24. Importation of dairy or breeding animal unaccompanied by health certificate and test chart.
- § 19-9-25. 19-9-25. Commissioner may decline to accept health certificate or test chart.
- § 19-9-26. 19-9-26. Animals brought into state for slaughter or for exhibition purposes.
- § 19-9-27. 19-9-27. Unlawful sale of animals for breeding or dairy purposes.
- § 19-9-28. SLAUGHTERING OF DISEASED ANIMALS
- § 19-9-29. 19-9-29. When right of indemnity does not exist.
- § 19-9-30. 19-9-30. Appraisal of infected or exposed animals; amount; arbitration; fees of arbitrators.
- § 19-9-31. 19-9-31. Certificate of appraisal.
- § 19-9-32. 19-9-32. Euthanasia of diseased animals; supervision; certificate of euthanasia.
- § 19-9-33. 19-9-33. Payment of indemnity.
- § 19-9-34. 19-9-34. Disposal of carcass of diseased animal.
- § 19-9-35. 19-9-35. Tests for bovine tuberculosis; disposition of infected bovine animals.
- § 19-9-36. 19-9-36. Rules for determining amount of indemnity.
- § 19-9-37. 19-9-37. Payment of indemnity for animals slaughtered as tuberculous.
- § 19-9-38. TRANSPORTATION OR SALE OF DISEASED ANIMALS
- § 19-9-39. 19-9-39. Selling or giving away diseased animal; permitting it to stray.
- § 19-9-40. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
- § 19-10-1.
- § 19-10-2.
- § 19-10-3.
- § 19-10-4.
- § 19-10-5.
- § 19-10-6.
- § 19-10-7.
- § 19-10-8.
- § 19-10-9.
- § 19-10-10.
- § 19-10-11.
- § 19-10-12.
- § 19-10-13.
- § 19-11-1. 19-11-1. Purpose.
- § 19-11-2. 19-11-2. Definitions.
- § 19-11-3. 19-11-3. Permit for the purchase of milk.
- § 19-11-4. 19-11-4. Certificates of proficiency.
- § 19-11-5. 19-11-5. Licenses.
- § 19-11-6. 19-11-6. Purchase of milk.
- § 19-11-7. 19-11-7. Adulteration.
- § 19-11-8. 19-11-8. Prohibited acts.
- § 19-11-9. 19-11-9. Powers and duties of commissioner.
- § 19-11-10. 19-11-10. Suspension, revocation or denial of permits, licenses and certificates of proficiency.
- § 19-11-11. 19-11-11. Hearings and appeals.
- § 19-11-12. 19-11-12. Criminal penalties; civil penalties; negotiated agreement.
- § 19-11-13. 19-11-13. Payment of fees.
- § 19-11-14. 19-11-14. Cooperation with other entities.
- § 19-11-15. 19-11-15. Confidentiality of trade secrets.
- § 19-11-16. 19-11-16.
- § 19-11-17. 19-11-17.
- § 19-12-1. 19-12-1. Title.
- § 19-12-2. 19-12-2. Definitions.
- § 19-12-3. 19-12-3. Commissioner to enforce article; powers and duties generally.
- § 19-12-4. 19-12-4. Detection and abundance surveys; findings of commissioner; eradication and suppression.
- § 19-12-5. 19-12-5. Rules and regulations for eradication, etc., of plant pests and other insects and noxious weeds; enjoining violations of article or rules and regulations.
- § 19-12-6. 19-12-6. Quarantines and other orders; plants or plant products entering state.
- § 19-12-7. 19-12-7. Infected or infested nursery stock, articles or materials subject to seizure, etc.
- § 19-12-8. 19-12-8. Right of entry on premises.
- § 19-12-9. 19-12-9. Certificate of registration for nurserymen, dealers, etc.; refusal, suspension, etc., of certificates; annual registration fees.
- § 19-12-10. 19-12-10. Inspection of nurseries; orders of commissioner as to eradication or control of infestation.
- § 19-12-11. 19-12-11. Nursery stock brought into state to carry inspection certificate.
- § 19-12-12. 19-12-12. Disposition of fees collected.
- § 19-12-13. 19-12-13. Inspection of plants, etc., by commissioner upon request; certificate stating results of inspection.
- § 19-12-14. 19-12-14. Permit required to sell, transport, etc., plant pests or noxious weeds.
- § 19-12-15. 19-12-15. Information to be furnished and inspection allowed upon request of commissioner.
- § 19-12-16. 19-12-16. Criminal penalties; civil penalties; duties of the prosecuting attorney.
- § 19-12-17. 19-12-17. Severability.
- § 19-12-18. 19-12-18. Confidentiality of trade secrets.
- § 19-13-1. 19-13-1. Short title.
- § 19-13-2. 19-13-2. Definitions.
- § 19-13-3. 19-13-3. Commissioner's powers and duties; rule-making authority; apiary education; cooperation with governmental agencies; seizure of infected bees and bee equipment.
- § 19-13-4. 19-13-4. Registration of bees; identification of apiaries; limitation on liability.
- § 19-13-5. 19-13-5. Right of entry; apiary inspections; quarantines.
- § 19-13-6. 19-13-6. Abandoned apiaries and equipment; notice.
- § 19-13-7. 19-13-7. Bees brought into state to carry inspection certificate; commissioner to be notified; interstate movement of bees.
- § 19-13-8. 19-13-8.
- § 19-13-9. 19-13-9. Candy for mailing cages.
- § 19-13-10. 19-13-10.
- § 19-13-11. 19-13-11. Penalties for violations of article; rules.
- § 19-13-12. 19-13-12. Severability.
- § 19-13-13. 19-13-13.
- § 19-13-14. 19-13-14.
- § 19-13-15. 19-13-15.
- § 19-13-16. 19-13-16.
- § 19-13-17. 19-13-17.
- § 19-13-18. 19-13-18.
- § 19-13-19. 19-13-19.
- § 19-13-20. 19-13-20.
- § 19-14-1. 19-14-1. Title.
- § 19-14-2. 19-14-2. Definitions.
- § 19-14-3. 19-14-3. Powers and duties of the commissioner.
- § 19-14-4. 19-14-4. Special revenue fund.
- § 19-14-5. 19-14-5. Permits; registration.
- § 19-14-6. 19-14-6. Refusal of applications; suspension and revocation of registrations and permits.
- § 19-14-7. 19-14-7. Hearings and appeals.
- § 19-14-8. 19-14-8. Labeling.
- § 19-14-9. 19-14-9. Tonnage reports; inspection fees.
- § 19-14-10. 19-14-10. Adulteration.
- § 19-14-11. 19-14-11. Misbranding.
- § 19-14-12. 19-14-12. Embargoes; condemnation and confiscation; injunctions.
- § 19-14-13. 19-14-13. Confidentiality of trade secrets.
- § 19-14-14. 19-14-14. Prohibited acts.
- § 19-14-15. 19-14-15. Penalties.
- § 19-14-16. 19-14-16. Deviations and Penalties.
- § 19-14-17. 19-14-17. Severability.
- § 19-15-1. 19-15-1. Definitions of words and terms.
- § 19-15-2. 19-15-2. Registration.
- § 19-15-3. 19-15-3. Labels.
- § 19-15-4. 19-15-4. Inspection fees.
- § 19-15-5. 19-15-5. Tonnage reports.
- § 19-15-6. 19-15-6. Inspection, sampling and analysis.
- § 19-15-7. 19-15-7. Deficiencies.
- § 19-15-8. 19-15-8. Commercial value.
- § 19-15-9. 19-15-9. Misbranding.
- § 19-15-10. 19-15-10. Adulteration.
- § 19-15-11. 19-15-11. Publications.
- § 19-15-12. 19-15-12. Rules.
- § 19-15-13. 19-15-13. Short weight.
- § 19-15-14. 19-15-14. Cancellation of registrations.
- § 19-15-15. 19-15-15. Embargo orders.
- § 19-15-16. 19-15-16. Seizure, condemnation and sale.
- § 19-15-17. 19-15-17. Violations.
- § 19-15-18. 19-15-18. Exchanges between manufacturers.
- § 19-15-19. 19-15-19. Expenditure of registration, inspection and penalty fees.
- § 19-15-20. 19-15-20. Constitutionality.
- § 19-15-21. 19-15-21. Repeal.
- § 19-16-1. 19-16-1. Definitions.
- § 19-16-2. 19-16-2. Label requirements for agricultural crops, lawn and turf, vegetable, tree and shrub, flower seeds, and seed potatoes.
- § 19-16-3. 19-16-3. Certificate of registration; seed fees; payment of fees; disposition of funds.
- § 19-16-4. 19-16-4. Prohibitions.
- § 19-16-5. 19-16-5. Exemptions.
- § 19-16-6. 19-16-6. Duties and authority of Commissioner of Agriculture.
- § 19-16-7. 19-16-7. Stop sale orders or embargo; seizure.
- § 19-16-8. 19-16-8. Penalties and prosecutions.
- § 19-16-9. 19-16-9. Deficiencies.
- § 19-17-1. 19-17-1. Definition of lawful fence.
- § 19-17-2. 19-17-2. Rivers and streams as lawful fences; establishment or discontinuance.
- § 19-17-3. 19-17-3. Hedge fence.
- § 19-17-4. 19-17-4. Partition fence; liability for trespass of animals.
- § 19-17-5. 19-17-5. Apportionment of construction and maintenance of partition fence.
- § 19-17-6. 19-17-6. Sharing cost of constructed fences.
- § 19-17-7. 19-17-7. Notice of intention to build or repair partition fence; answer.
- § 19-17-8. 19-17-8. Disputes relating to partition fences.
- § 19-17-9. 19-17-9.
- § 19-17-10. 19-17-10. Liability of owner for refusal to repair fence.
- § 19-17-11. 19-17-11. Presumptions as to sufficiency of fence.
- § 19-18-1. 19-18-1. Livestock trespassing on property of another; damages for injuries to person or property; notice to livestock owner; containment of livestock; costs for containment.
- § 19-18-2. 19-18-2. Unclaimed livestock; containment by sheriff; sheriff's sale at public auction.
- § 19-18-3. 19-18-3. Criminal penalties for trespassing livestock.
- § 19-18-4. 19-18-4.
- § 19-18-5. 19-18-5.
- § 19-18-6. 19-18-6.
- § 19-18-7. 19-18-7.
- § 19-18-8. 19-18-8.
- § 19-18-9. 19-18-9.
- § 19-18-10. 19-18-10.
- § 19-18-11. 19-18-11.
- § 19-18-12. 19-18-12.
- § 19-19-1. 19-19-1. Purpose; public policy.
- § 19-19-2. 19-19-2. Definitions.
- § 19-19-3. 19-19-3. Temporary change of agricultural operations.
- § 19-19-4. 19-19-4. Agriculture not adverse; limitation of actions.
- § 19-19-5. 19-19-5. Duties of owner or operator maintained.
- § 19-19-6. 19-19-6. Liability for damage or destruction of sylvicultural or agricultural field test crop; damages.
- § 19-19-7. 19-19-7. Additional limitations on nuisance actions.
- § 19-19-8. 19-19-8. Damages.
- § 19-20-1. 19-20-1. Dogs subject to taxation; declared to be personal property.
- § 19-20-2. 19-20-2. Collection of head tax on dogs; duties of assessor and sheriff; registration of dogs; disposition of head tax; taxes on dogs not collected by assessor.
- § 19-20-3. 19-20-3. Registration of dog kennels; application; fee; expiration of certificate of registration.
- § 19-20-4. 19-20-4. Forms for registration; records; registration tags; loss thereof.
- § 19-20-5. 19-20-5. Wearing of registration tag by dog.
- § 19-20-6. 19-20-6. County dog warden; rules and regulations for dog control; prosecution and penalties for violation of ordinances.
- § 19-20-7. 19-20-7. Dog pound and equipment to be provided by county court [county commission]; exception.
- § 19-20-8. 19-20-8. Impounding and disposition of dogs; costs and fees.
- § 19-20-9. 19-20-9. Failure to register dog or kennel; alteration or forging of registration certificate or tag; penalties.
- § 19-20-10. 19-20-10. Dog and kennel fund; disposition thereof.
- § 19-20-11. 19-20-11. Assessment of dogs as personal property.
- § 19-20-12. 19-20-12. Dogs, other animals and reptiles protected by law; unlawful killing thereof; aggrieved owner's remedy; penalties; penalties for unlawful stealing of companion animals.
- § 19-20-13. 19-20-13. Dog running at large; liability of owner.
- § 19-20-14. 19-20-14. Dog killing, wounding or worrying livestock or poultry -- Recovery of damages.
- § 19-20-15. 19-20-15. Same -- Assessment of damages; appraisers.
- § 19-20-16. 19-20-16. Same -- When lawful to kill dog.
- § 19-20-17. 19-20-17. Same -- Unlawful to harbor dog; penalty.
- § 19-20-18. 19-20-18. Same -- Duty of owner to kill dog; proceeding before magistrate on failure of owner to kill.
- § 19-20-19. 19-20-19. Offenses; criminal penalties; jurisdiction.
- § 19-20-20. 19-20-20. Keeping vicious dogs; humane officers may kill such dogs.
- § 19-20-21. 19-20-21. License fee for keeping vicious or dangerous dog.
- § 19-20-22. 19-20-22. Confinement of female dogs.
- § 19-20-23. 19-20-23. Prohibition of the use of impounded dogs and cats.
- § 19-20-24. 19-20-24. Causing injury or death to police dogs and other public safety animals used by law-enforcement officials or by fire prevention or investigation officials; criminal penalties.
- § 19-20-25. 19-20-25. Retirement, transfer or disposal of state owned dogs and horses.
- § 19-20-26. 19-20-26. Commercial dog-breeding operations.