West Virginia Code — 47
Browse 391 sections in division 47 of the West Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 47-1-1. 47-1-1. Definitions.
- § 47-1-2. 47-1-2. State standards.
- § 47-1-3. 47-1-3. Commissioner of labor to be commissioner of weights and measures; powers and duties; appointment of deputies and inspectors.
- § 47-1-4. 47-1-4. Systems of weights and measures; technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices.
- § 47-1-5. 47-1-5. Requirements for packaging and labeling.
- § 47-1-6. 47-1-6. Requirements for the method of sale of commodities.
- § 47-1-7. 47-1-7. Requirements for unit pricing.
- § 47-1-8. 47-1-8. Requirements for the registration of service persons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices.
- § 47-1-9. 47-1-9. Requirements for open dating.
- § 47-1-10. 47-1-10. Requirements for type evaluation.
- § 47-1-11. 47-1-11. Requirements for motor fuel.
- § 47-1-12. 47-1-12. Misrepresentation of quantity.
- § 47-1-13. 47-1-13. Misrepresentation of pricing.
- § 47-1-14. 47-1-14. Method of sale.
- § 47-1-15. 47-1-15. Sale from bulk.
- § 47-1-16. 47-1-16. Information required on packages.
- § 47-1-17. 47-1-17. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages.
- § 47-1-18. 47-1-18. Advertising packages for sale.
- § 47-1-19. 47-1-19. State weights and measures division.
- § 47-1-20. 47-1-20. State measurement laboratory.
- § 47-1-21. 47-1-21. Registration of business.
- § 47-1-22. 47-1-22. Civil penalties.
- § 47-1-23. 47-1-23. Criminal penalties.
- § 47-2-1. 47-2-1. Definitions.
- § 47-2-2. 47-2-2. Registrability.
- § 47-2-3. 47-2-3. Application for registration.
- § 47-2-4. 47-2-4. Filing of applications.
- § 47-2-5. 47-2-5. Certificate of registration.
- § 47-2-6. 47-2-6. Duration and renewal.
- § 47-2-7. 47-2-7. Assignments, changes of name and other instruments.
- § 47-2-8. 47-2-8. Records.
- § 47-2-9. 47-2-9. Cancellation.
- § 47-2-10. 47-2-10. Classification.
- § 47-2-11. 47-2-11. Fraudulent registration.
- § 47-2-12. 47-2-12. Infringement.
- § 47-2-13. 47-2-13. Injury to business reputation; dilution.
- § 47-2-14. 47-2-14. Remedies.
- § 47-2-15. 47-2-15. Forum for actions regarding registration; service on out-of-state registrants.
- § 47-2-16. 47-2-16. Common law rights.
- § 47-2-17. 47-2-17. Fees.
- § 47-2-18. 47-2-18. Severability.
- § 47-2-19. 47-2-19. Time of taking effect -- repeal of prior articles; intent of article.
- § 47-3-1.
- § 47-3-2.
- § 47-3-3.
- § 47-3-4.
- § 47-3-5.
- § 47-3-6.
- § 47-4-1.
- § 47-4-2.
- § 47-4-3.
- § 47-4-4.
- § 47-4-5.
- § 47-4-6.
- § 47-4-7.
- § 47-5-1. 47-5-1. Definitions.
- § 47-5-2. 47-5-2. Labeling required.
- § 47-5-3. 47-5-3. Safety glazing materials required in hazardous locations.
- § 47-5-4. 47-5-4. Nonliability of employees.
- § 47-5-5. 47-5-5. Violations; penalties.
- § 47-5-6. 47-5-6. Effective date; prior contracts.
- § 47-6-1. 47-6-1. Money of account.
- § 47-6-2. 47-6-2. Writing, account or entry valid although sum expressed in other money.
- § 47-6-3. 47-6-3. In suits for foreign or other money, value in money of account to be fixed.
- § 47-6-4. 47-6-4. Silver coin as legal tender.
- § 47-6-5. 47-6-5. Legal rate of interest; agreements in writing fixing rate of interest; agreements in writing fixing rate of interest for residential real estate purposes; providing there may be no penalty upon prepayment; quarterly reports required.
- § 47-6-6. 47-6-6. Usury and usurious contracts; penalties and forfeitures.
- § 47-6-7. 47-6-7. Pleading usury; reply; evidence; issues; trial; judgment.
- § 47-6-8. 47-6-8. Remedy in equity; injunction against sale of security.
- § 47-6-9. 47-6-9. Action or suit to recover back usurious interest.
- § 47-6-10. 47-6-10. Corporations, partnerships, and limited partnerships not entitled to defense of usury.
- § 47-6-11. 47-6-11. Certain business debts exempt from usury laws.
- § 47-7-1.
- § 47-7-2.
- § 47-7-3.
- § 47-7-4.
- § 47-7-5.
- § 47-7-6.
- § 47-7-7.
- § 47-7-8.
- § 47-7-9.
- § 47-7-10.
- § 47-7-11.
- § 47-7-12.
- § 47-7-13.
- § 47-7-14.
- § 47-7-15.
- § 47-7-16.
- § 47-7-17.
- § 47-7-18.
- § 47-7-19.
- § 47-7-20.
- § 47-7-21.
- § 47-8-1. 47-8-1.
- § 47-8-2. 47-8-2. Business not to be conducted under assumed name without filing certificate of true name.
- § 47-8-3. 47-8-3. Indexing of forms filed with Secretary of State.
- § 47-8-4. 47-8-4. Corporations, associations, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies not to conduct business under assumed name without certificate of trade name; application; issuance of certificate of trade name.
- § 47-8-5. 47-8-5. Penalty for violations.
- § 47-9-1. 47-9-1. Definitions.
- § 47-9-2. 47-9-2. Name of limited partnership.
- § 47-9-3. 47-9-3. Reservation of name.
- § 47-9-4. 47-9-4. Secretary of State constituted attorney-in-fact for all limited partnerships; manner of acceptance or service of notice and process upon Secretary of State; what constitutes conducting affairs or doing or transacting business in this state for purposes of this section.
- § 47-9-5. 47-9-5. Office and records.
- § 47-9-6. 47-9-6. Nature of business.
- § 47-9-7. 47-9-7. Business transactions of partner with partnership.
- § 47-9-8. 47-9-8. Certificate and formation of limited partnership.
- § 47-9-9. 47-9-9. Amendment to certificate.
- § 47-9-10. 47-9-10. Cancellation of certificate.
- § 47-9-11. 47-9-11. Execution of certificates.
- § 47-9-12. 47-9-12. Judicial amendment or cancellation of certificate.
- § 47-9-13. 47-9-13. Filing of certificate.
- § 47-9-14. 47-9-14. Liability for false statement in certificate.
- § 47-9-15. 47-9-15. Notice.
- § 47-9-16. 47-9-16. Delivery of certificates to limited partners.
- § 47-9-17. 47-9-17. Admission of limited partners.
- § 47-9-18. 47-9-18. Voting by limited partners.
- § 47-9-19. 47-9-19. Liability to third parties.
- § 47-9-20. 47-9-20. Person erroneously believing himself limited partner.
- § 47-9-21. 47-9-21. Right of limited partner to information.
- § 47-9-22. 47-9-22. Admission of additional general partners.
- § 47-9-23. 47-9-23. Events of withdrawal of general partner.
- § 47-9-24. 47-9-24. General powers and liabilities of general partner.
- § 47-9-25. 47-9-25. Contributions by general partner.
- § 47-9-26. 47-9-26. Voting by general partners.
- § 47-9-27. 47-9-27. Form of contribution.
- § 47-9-28. 47-9-28. Liability for contribution.
- § 47-9-29. 47-9-29. Sharing of profits and losses.
- § 47-9-30. 47-9-30. Sharing of distributions.
- § 47-9-31. 47-9-31. Interim distributions.
- § 47-9-32. 47-9-32. Withdrawal of general partner.
- § 47-9-33. 47-9-33. Withdrawal of limited partner.
- § 47-9-34. 47-9-34. Distribution upon withdrawal.
- § 47-9-35. 47-9-35. Distribution in kind.
- § 47-9-36. 47-9-36. Right to distribution.
- § 47-9-37. 47-9-37. Limitations on distribution.
- § 47-9-38. 47-9-38. Liability upon return of contribution.
- § 47-9-39. 47-9-39. Nature of partnership interest.
- § 47-9-40. 47-9-40. Assignment of partnership interest.
- § 47-9-41. 47-9-41. Rights of creditor.
- § 47-9-42. 47-9-42. Right of assignee to become limited partner.
- § 47-9-43. 47-9-43. Power of estate of deceased or incompetent partner.
- § 47-9-44. 47-9-44. Nonjudicial dissolution.
- § 47-9-45. 47-9-45. Judicial dissolution.
- § 47-9-46. 47-9-46. Winding up of affairs.
- § 47-9-47. 47-9-47. Distribution of assets.
- § 47-9-48. 47-9-48. Law governing foreign limited partnerships.
- § 47-9-49. 47-9-49. Registration of foreign limited partnership.
- § 47-9-50. 47-9-50. Issuance of registration.
- § 47-9-51. 47-9-51. Registration of name of foreign limited partnership.
- § 47-9-52. 47-9-52. Foreign limited partnership -- Changes and amendments to registration.
- § 47-9-53. 47-9-53. Foreign limited partnership -- Cancellation of registration.
- § 47-9-54. 47-9-54. Foreign limited partnership -- Transaction of business without registration.
- § 47-9-55. 47-9-55. Action by Attorney General to restrain a foreign limited partnership.
- § 47-9-56. 47-9-56. Right of action by limited partner.
- § 47-9-57. 47-9-57. Proper plaintiff in derivative action.
- § 47-9-58. 47-9-58. Pleading in derivative action.
- § 47-9-59. 47-9-59. Expenses in derivative action.
- § 47-9-60. 47-9-60. Construction and application of article.
- § 47-9-61. 47-9-61. Short title of article.
- § 47-9-62. 47-9-62. Effective date of article.
- § 47-9-63. 47-9-63. Rules for cases not provided for in article.
- § 47-10-1. 47-10-1. Fraudulent sale of liquid fuels, lubricating oils, etc., prohibited.
- § 47-10-2. 47-10-2. Unlawful to sell from distributing equipment any liquid fuels, etc., other than those named thereon.
- § 47-10-3. 47-10-3. Unlawful to imitate designs or trade names of recognized brands of liquid fuels, etc.
- § 47-10-4. 47-10-4. Unlawful to sell under established trade name any substituted, mixed, adulterated or other liquid fuels, etc., than those manufactured or distributed under such trade name.
- § 47-10-5. 47-10-5. Unlawful to deliver into distributing device any other liquid fuels, etc., than those indicated by trade name thereon.
- § 47-10-6. 47-10-6. Trade name of lubricating oil to be shown; sign showing no trade name.
- § 47-10-7. 47-10-7. Offenses; penalties; revocation of distributor's license.
- § 47-11-1.
- § 47-11-2.
- § 47-11-3.
- § 47-11-4.
- § 47-11-5.
- § 47-11-6.
- § 47-11-7.
- § 47-11-8.
- § 47-12-1.
- § 47-12-2.
- § 47-12-3.
- § 47-12-4.
- § 47-12-5.
- § 47-12-6.
- § 47-12-7.
- § 47-12-8.
- § 47-12-9.
- § 47-12-10.
- § 47-12-11.
- § 47-12-12.
- § 47-12-13.
- § 47-12-14.
- § 47-12-15.
- § 47-12-16.
- § 47-12-17.
- § 47-12-18.
- § 47-12-19.
- § 47-12-20.
- § 47-12-21.
- § 47-12-22.
- § 47-12-23.
- § 47-12-24.
- § 47-13-1.
- § 47-13-2.
- § 47-13-3.
- § 47-13-4.
- § 47-13-5.
- § 47-13-6.
- § 47-13-7.
- § 47-13-8.
- § 47-13-9.
- § 47-13-10.
- § 47-13-11.
- § 47-13-12.
- § 47-13-13.
- § 47-13-14.
- § 47-13-15.
- § 47-14-1. 47-14-1. Declaration of policy; legislative intent.
- § 47-14-2. 47-14-2. Definitions.
- § 47-14-3. 47-14-3. Certificate of authority required; fees to go to division; special account established; duties of certificate holder.
- § 47-14-4. 47-14-4. Agents and employees; licenses required; fee to go to division.
- § 47-14-5. 47-14-5. Disposition of proceeds; trusts; procedure for administration; division to promulgate rules.
- § 47-14-6. 47-14-6. Withdrawal of funds.
- § 47-14-7. 47-14-7. Income on trust accounts.
- § 47-14-8. 47-14-8. Limitations on enforcement of contract; appointment and removal of trustees; standards for administration of trusts; contracts may be irrevocable; "Preneed Guarantee Fund" established; assignment of contract allowed; credit life insurance allowed; successor in interest defined.
- § 47-14-9. 47-14-9. Forms and rules.
- § 47-14-10. 47-14-10. Solicitation.
- § 47-14-11. 47-14-11. Disciplinary proceedings; revocation of license or certificate; liquidation upon violation.
- § 47-14-12. 47-14-12. Civil action; attorney's fees.
- § 47-14-13. 47-14-13. Penalty.
- § 47-14-14. 47-14-14. Severability.
- § 47-15-1. 47-15-1. Definitions.
- § 47-15-2. 47-15-2. Unlawful act.
- § 47-15-3. 47-15-3. Contracts void and unenforceable.
- § 47-15-4. 47-15-4. Restraining prohibited acts.
- § 47-15-5. 47-15-5. Criminal penalties.
- § 47-15-6. 47-15-6. Severability.
- § 47-16-1. 47-16-1. Citation of article.
- § 47-16-2. 47-16-2. Definitions.
- § 47-16-3. 47-16-3. Scope.
- § 47-16-4. 47-16-4. Requirements for conduct of agency.
- § 47-16-5. 47-16-5. Penalty; civil liability.
- § 47-17-1. 47-17-1. Contracts for the payment of manufactures' excise taxes.
- § 47-18-1. 47-18-1. Short title.
- § 47-18-2. 47-18-2. Definitions.
- § 47-18-3. 47-18-3. Contracts and combinations in restraint of trade.
- § 47-18-4. 47-18-4. Establishment, maintenance or use of monopoly.
- § 47-18-5. 47-18-5. Exemptions.
- § 47-18-6. 47-18-6. General powers and duties of Attorney General.
- § 47-18-7. 47-18-7. Investigations; powers and duties of Attorney General.
- § 47-18-8. 47-18-8. Injunctions and other relief; violations; jurisdiction.
- § 47-18-9. 47-18-9. Damages; treble damage suits.
- § 47-18-10. 47-18-10. Final judgment in civil proceeding as prima facie evidence.
- § 47-18-11. 47-18-11. Limitation of actions.
- § 47-18-12. 47-18-12. Suspension of limitation period.
- § 47-18-13. 47-18-13. Cumulative remedies.
- § 47-18-14. 47-18-14. Cooperation with federal government and other states.
- § 47-18-15. 47-18-15. Venue.
- § 47-18-16. 47-18-16. Judicial construction.
- § 47-18-17. 47-18-17. Attorney general to bring actions on behalf of state residents; procedures used in such actions; damages.
- § 47-18-18. 47-18-18. Disposition of funds.
- § 47-18-19. 47-18-19. Antitrust enforcement fund.
- § 47-18-20. 47-18-20. Rules and regulations.
- § 47-18-21. 47-18-21. Cooperation by public agencies, officials and employees.
- § 47-18-22. 47-18-22. Assurances of voluntary compliance.
- § 47-18-23. 47-18-23. Severability.
- § 47-19-1. 47-19-1. Items designed or marketed for use with controlled substances; license required.
- § 47-19-2. 47-19-2. Application.
- § 47-19-3. 47-19-3. Drug paraphernalia defined.
- § 47-19-4. 47-19-4. Records.
- § 47-19-5. 47-19-5. Regulations.
- § 47-19-6. 47-19-6. Sale to minors prohibited; penalty.
- § 47-19-7. 47-19-7. Penalty.
- § 47-19-8. 47-19-8. Sale of drug paraphernalia at certain events or outdoors prohibited.
- § 47-20-1. 47-20-1. Legislative intent.
- § 47-20-2. 47-20-2. Definitions.
- § 47-20-3. 47-20-3. Who may hold bingo games; application for license; licenses not transferable.
- § 47-20-4. 47-20-4. Annual license; conditions on holding of games.
- § 47-20-5. 47-20-5. Limited occasion license; conditions on holding of games.
- § 47-20-6. 47-20-6. License fee and exemption from taxes.
- § 47-20-7. 47-20-7. Information required in application.
- § 47-20-8. 47-20-8. Amendment of license.
- § 47-20-9. 47-20-9. Licensee rules and regulations.
- § 47-20-10. 47-20-10. Limits on prizes awarded -- General provisions.
- § 47-20-11. 47-20-11. Operator of bingo games and related concessions.
- § 47-20-12. 47-20-12. Compensation.
- § 47-20-13. 47-20-13. Concessions exception.
- § 47-20-14. 47-20-14.
- § 47-20-15. 47-20-15. Payment of reasonable expenses from proceeds; net proceeds disbursement.
- § 47-20-16. 47-20-16. Records; commissioner audit.
- § 47-20-17. 47-20-17. Advertising.
- § 47-20-18. 47-20-18. Fraud; penalties.
- § 47-20-19. 47-20-19. Obtaining license fraudulently; penalty.
- § 47-20-20. 47-20-20. Violation of provisions; penalties.
- § 47-20-21. 47-20-21. Proceeds of state fair.
- § 47-20-22. 47-20-22. State fair bingo license; rules and regulations.
- § 47-20-23. 47-20-23. Administration; Rules and Regulations.
- § 47-20-24. 47-20-24. Filing of reports.
- § 47-20-25. 47-20-25. Filing of copy of license; application open to public inspection.
- § 47-20-26. 47-20-26. County option election.
- § 47-20-27. 47-20-27. Prohibited acts by convicted individuals and corporations.
- § 47-20-28. 47-20-28. Restrictions on use of bingo equipment.