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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment » Article 3. Crimes Against Property

§61-3-24h. Providing False Documentation to Workers' Compensation, to the Insurance Commissioner or a Private Carrier of Workers' Compensation Insurance; Altering Documents or Certificates From Workers' Compensation; Penalties; Venue

(1) Any person, firm, partnership, company, corporation association or medical provider who submits false documentation to workers' compensation, the Insurance Commissioner or a private carrier of workers' compensation insurance with the intent to defraud the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Insurance Commissioner or a private carrier of workers' compensation insurance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]

§61-3-27. Malicious Killing of Animals by Poison or Otherwise; Penalty

If a person maliciously administers poison to, or exposes poison with the intent that it should be taken by, any horse, cow or other animal of another person, or if any person maliciously maims, kills, or causes the death of any horse, cow or other animal of another person, of the value of $100 or […]

§61-3-29. Damage or Destruction of Railroad or Public Utility Company Property, or Real or Personal Property Used for Producing, Generating, Transmitting, Distributing, Treating or Collecting Electricity, Natural Gas, Coal, Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Telecommunications or Cable Service; Penalties; Restitution

(a) Any person who knowingly and willfully damages or destroys any commercial or industrial real or personal property owned by a railroad company, or public utility company, or any real or personal property used for producing, generating, transmitting, distributing, treating storing or collecting electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, timber, timber processing, water, wastewater, stormwater, telecommunications […]

§61-3-32. Removal Out of County of Property Securing Claim; Penalties; Fraudulent Disposition of Personal Property in Possession by Virtue of Lease; Notice to Return; Failure to Return; Penalty; Right to Immediate Possession

(a) Any debtor under any security instrument conveying personal property, who retains possession of such personal property, and who, without the consent of the owner of the claim secured by such security instrument, and with intent to defraud, removes or causes to be removed any of the property securing such claim out of the county […]

§61-3-33. Entry Upon Inclosed Lands; Penalty; Liability for Damages

If any person shall, without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof, enter upon the inclosed lands of another and do any damage, or shall, without such consent, pull down in whole or in part, or injure, any fence of another, or without permission open and leave open the gate or drawbar of another, […]

§61-3-34. Taking or Injuring Garden or Field Crops; Penalties

If a person enters the orchard, field, garden or market garden of another person, without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof, and does any damage to the fruit, vegetables, grain or grass growing or being thereon, or takes, carries away, injures or destroys any of the grain, fruit, grass or vegetables growing or […]

§61-3-35. Digging Cultivated Ginseng; Penalty

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to dig cultivated ginseng or prospect for the same, on the lands of another without written consent of the owner or owners thereof first obtained. The property must be properly posted with “No Trespassing” signs, “Private Property” signs, or other signs that explain to a person to […]

§61-3-38. Publication of False Advertisements; Penalty

Any person, firm, corporation or association, or their agents or employees, who, with intent to sell, or in anywise dispose of, merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption thereof, or to induce […]