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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 38. Liens » Article 1. Vendor's and Trust Deed Liens

§38-1-1. Vendor's Lien; Its Enforcement

If any person convey real estate, or any interest, legal or equitable, therein, and the purchase money or any part thereof remain unpaid at the time of the conveyance, he shall not thereby have a lien for such unpaid purchase money unless such lien is expressly reserved on the face of the conveyance. A vendor's […]

§38-1-12. Bond of New Trustee Appointed by Court; Recordation

Of a trustee appointed by the court under the provisions of section ten of this article, bond shall be required in the penalty of at least the full value of the property which may come into his hands, which bond may be given before and approved by such court or judge, or be given before […]

§38-1-13. Substitution of Trustees Under a Trust Deed Securing a Debt

(a) When a trust deed to secure a debt or obligation does not by its terms prescribe a method for substitution, the party secured by the trust deed, or any surety indemnified by the deed, or the assignee or personal representative of any secured party or surety may, if there is a death, removal, declination, […]

§38-1-16. Sale of Real Property Pursuant to a Deed of Trust; Preexisting Tenancy

(a) Notwithstanding the notice requirements of section five, article six, chapter thirty-seven of this code, following the conveyance of residential rental property to a purchaser by a trustee pursuant to a deed of trust, the tenancy of a tenant occupying the property under an unexpired written lease that is either not of record or was […]

§38-1-2. Form of Deed of Trust; Memorandum of Deed of Trust May Be Recorded

A deed of trust to secure debts or indemnify sureties may be in the following form or to the same effect: "This deed made the ………. day of ……………., in the year …….., between ………………………… (the grantor) of the one part, and ………………………… (the trustee) of the other part, witnesseth: That the said ………………. (the […]

§38-1-3. Sales Under Trust Deeds

The trustee in any trust deed given as security shall, whenever required by any creditor secured or any surety indemnified by the deed, or the assignee or personal representative of any such creditor or surety, after debt due to such creditor or for which such surety may be liable shall have become payable and default […]

§38-1-4. Notice of Sale

Unless property is to be sold under a deed of trust executed and delivered prior to July 1, 1980, which contains a provision waiving the requirement of published notice, the trustee shall publish a notice of a trustee's sale as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine […]

§38-1-4a. Statute of Limitations for Sales by Trustees

Provided the grantor on the deed of trust or the agent or personal representative of the grantor is provided notice as required by section four of this article, no action or proceeding to set aside a trustee's sale due to the failure to follow any notice, service, process or other procedural requirement relating to a […]

§38-1-5. Terms of Sale

Such sale shall be made upon such terms as are mentioned in such deed; and if no terms are therein mentioned, then upon the following terms, to-wit: If the property to be sold is real estate, one third of the purchase money cash in hand, one third thereof, with interest, in one year, and the […]

§38-1-6. Form of Trustee's Deed

Every deed for real estate sold under a trust deed may be made in the following form, or to the same effect: This deed, made the …….. day of …….., between A …………… B ……………, trustee, of the first part, and C …………… D …………… of the second part: Whereas the said trustee, by virtue […]

§38-1-7. Application of Proceeds; Action to Recover a Deficiency

(a) The trustee shall apply the proceeds of sale, first to the payment of expenses attending the execution of the trust, including a commission to the trustee of five percent on the first $300, and two percent on the residue of the proceeds, and shall apply the balance of such proceeds pro rata, or in […]

§38-1-9. Recordation of Account of Trustee

When an account required by the next preceding section is returned, the clerk of the county court shall record the same in a well-bound book to be kept for that purpose, to be called "Reports of Sales Under Trust Deeds," and properly index the same, for which service such clerk shall receive the fee provided […]