§39-1-16. Approval by City Council or Commissioners Prerequisite to Laying Out Subdivision
In case a proposed subdivision of any lot or parcel of land is situate within the corporate limits of any municipality, or abutting thereon, it shall be the duty of the owner, or owners, or his or their agent, to submit a plat or plan of such subdivision to the council or commissioners of such […]
§39-1-17. Duty to Provide Cornerstone Monuments; Acknowledgment or Proof Not Necessary to Recordation of Plat
It shall be the duty of the engineer in charge, or the owner, or owners, or the agent of the owner or owners, of any subdivision of land in this state to have permanent cornerstone monuments, of stone or concrete, not less than twenty-four inches in length by six inches square at the top, or […]
§39-2-1. Preparation of General Index
The county court of any county may order the clerk of such court to provide a general index for the deed books, trust deed books, judgment lien dockets, marriage records, release deed books, or other record books, or any of them, in such clerk's office; and may order the clerk of the circuit court, or […]
§39-1-6. Certificates as to Wives Living Separate and Apart to Be Prima Facie Evidence in Certain Cases
The certificate of acknowledgment heretofore taken of a married woman to a deed or other writing conveying, or agreeing to sell and convey, real estate which was her sole and separate property, purporting to show that at the time of its execution and acknowledgment such married woman was living separate and apart from her husband, […]
§39-1-7. False Certificate of Acknowledgment
If any person shall in any case wilfully make any false certificate of acknowledgment, contrary to the true facts in the case, or shall certify the acknowledgment of any person whom he does not personally know to be the person whose name is signed to the writing acknowledged, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, […]
§39-1-8. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment by Attorney in Fact
When any writing has been executed by an attorney in fact, and an acknowledgment of the execution thereof is required or authorized for any purpose, the certificate of acknowledgment may be in form or effect as provided in section four of this article as far as the words "do certify," and thence as follows: do […]
§39-1-9. Acknowledgment by Corporations
The certificate of acknowledgment of a corporation may be in form or effect as prescribed in section four of this article as far as the words "do certify" and thence as follows: do certify that ………., who signed the writing above (or hereto annexed), bearing date the ………. day of ………., 19….., for ………. (name […]
§39-1-10. When Certificate to Be Under Official Seal
If any acknowledgment be before a notary without this state, he shall certify the same under his official seal.
§39-1-10a. Verification by Written Statement Under Certain Conditions
Any certificate, return, form, statement, or other document which is required by the State of West Virginia, or any office, department or agency thereof, and which does not require an acknowledgment under this article or other laws of recordation of the State of West Virginia, may be verified by written declaration that it is made […]
§39-1-11. Recordation of Writings and Plats and Papers Annexed; Index; Interlineations; Filing Under Uniform Commercial Code
Every writing (except financing, continuation, and termination statements and other statements and writings permitted to be filed under chapter 46 of this code) authorized by law to be recorded, when admitted to record, shall, with all certificates of acknowledgment, and all plats, schedules, and other papers thereto annexed or thereon indorsed, be recorded by, or […]