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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 38. Liens » Article 12. Release and Assignment of Liens

§38-12-1. When Release of Lien Required; Requisites Thereof

(a) Every person entitled to the benefit of any lien on any estate, real or personal, or to the money secured thereby, whether the lien was created by conveyance, judgment, decree, lis pendens, notice of attachment, deed of trust, contract or otherwise, shall be required to furnish and execute an apt and proper written release […]

§38-12-10. Action on Refusal of Lienholder to Execute Release

In case of the failure of the party holding such lien to furnish and execute an apt and proper release upon request of the party entitled thereto as required by section one of this article, the circuit court having jurisdiction may, on motion, after reasonable notice to the party so failing, and if no good […]

§38-12-11. Construction of Article

Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to authorize the discharge of any lien contrary to the provisions of the instrument under which the lienor claims, or to impair or affect the validity of any deed of release, or other writing discharging any lien in this article mentioned, either heretofore or hereafter created or […]

§38-12-12. Noting Satisfaction of Execution on Judgment Lien Docket

When an execution issued upon a judgment or decree, which has been entered in the judgment lien docket in the office of the clerk of the county court, is returned satisfied, the clerk, to whose office such return is made, shall certify the same to the clerk of the county court, and such return shall […]

§38-12-13. Penalty for Failure of Clerk or Other Officer

If any clerk or other officer shall fail in any duty imposed upon him by this article, he shall be liable to any party injured for all damages caused by such failure, or the person injured may, at his option, recover the sum of $50 from such clerk.

§38-12-2. When Trustee May Release Lien of Deed of Trust; Effect

A trustee in a trust deed may release the lien of such trust deed: (a) When the trust deed authorizes the trustee to release the same; (b) When the trust deed creates a lien to secure debts to persons not named in the trust deed; (c) When a trust deed creates a lien to secure […]

§38-12-4. Form of Release; Recordation of Assignment With Release by Assignee

Releases and their acknowledgments may be substantially in form or effect as follows: (a) In case of a mortgage or trust deed: I, A…………… B……………, hereby release a mortgage (or trust deed) made by C…………… D…………… to me (or to E…………… F……………, my trustee, or to ……………, and assigned to me) dated the ……. day […]

§38-12-5. Partial or Limited Release

In case of a discharge of only a part of the lien debt, or a release of only a part of the property subject to the lien, or any other partial or limited release, the form of release prescribed in section four of this article may be modified to express the facts and the intention […]

§38-12-6. Liability of Lienor for Release After Assignment

Any person who shall have been entitled to the benefit of any lien and who shall have assigned such lien, or the benefit thereof, or any instrument secured by such lien, to any other person, shall be liable to any person injured by any release executed by such person first mentioned, after such assignment.

§38-12-7. Release When Lienor Under Disability

In case of the death, insanity, or infancy of the person entitled to the lien, the release may be made by the personal representative, committee, or guardian of such person, as the case may be.

§38-12-8. Recordation of Release; Effect

When the release has been so signed and acknowledged, it may be presented for record to the clerk in whose office the lien thereby intended to be released is recorded or docketed, and from and after the time the same is so left for record (which time the clerk shall indorse thereon) such lien shall […]

§38-12-9. Duties of Clerk

The clerk of the county court shall record and properly index all releases and assignments admitted to record in his office under the provisions of this article, in a well-bound book to be kept exclusively for the purpose, and, when any such instrument is recorded, he shall note the fact on the margin of the […]