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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment » Article 8. Crimes Against Chastity, Morality and Decency

§61-8-1. Bigamy — Penalty

Any person, being married, who, during the life of the former husband or wife, shall marry another person in this state, or, if the marriage with such other person take place out of this state, shall thereafter cohabit with such other person in this state, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall […]

§61-8-10. Administering Anesthetics to Female Save in Presence of Third Person; Penalty

It shall be unlawful for any physician, dentist or other person to administer chloroform, ether, or any anaesthetic whatsoever, whereby sleep or total loss of sensation or consciousness may be produced, to any female person, unless in the presence of some third person. Any person offending against this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, […]

§61-8-11. Breathing, Inhaling, or Drinking Certain Intoxicating Compounds; Penalty

(a) No person shall intentionally breathe, inhale, or drink any compound, liquid, or chemical containing acetone, amylacetate, benzol or benzene, butyl acetate, butyl alcohol, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, cyclohexanone, ethanol or ethyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, hexane, isopropanol or isopropyl alcohol, isopropyl acetate, methyl “cellosolve” acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluol or toluene, trichloroethylene, tricresyl […]

§61-8-12. Incest; Penalty

(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Aunt” means the sister of a person’s mother or father;

§61-8-15. Prohibition on Certain Demonstrations at Funerals

(a) No person may carry out, with respect to any cemetery or building at which a funeral or memorial service or ceremony is to be held, a demonstration within 500 feet of the cemetery or building that: (1) Is conducted during the period beginning 60 minutes before and ending 60 minutes after the funeral or […]

§61-8-19a. Animal Fighting Ventures Prohibited

(a) For the purpose of this article, "animal fighting venture" means any event that involves a fight conducted or to be conducted between at least two animals for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment: Provided, That it shall not be deemed to include any lawful activity the primary purpose of which involves the use of […]

§61-8-19b. Attendance at Animal Fighting Ventures Prohibited; Penalty

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly attend or knowingly cause an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen to attend, an animal fighting venture involving animals as defined in section nineteen-a, article eight of this chapter. (b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a […]

§61-8-19c. Wagering at Animal Fighting Venture Prohibited; Penalty

(a) It is unlawful for any person to bet or wager money or any other thing of value in any location or place where an animal fighting venture occurs. (b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $300 […]

§61-8-2. Same — Effect of Absence, Divorce or Void Marriage

The preceding section shall not extend to a person whose former husband or wife has been continuously absent from such person for seven years next before the marriage of such person to another, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time; nor to a person who shall, at […]

§61-8-20. Keeping or Using Live Birds to Be Shot At; Penalty

Whoever keeps or uses a live bird to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship, or shoots at a bird kept or used as aforesaid, or is a party to such shooting, or lets any building, room, field, or premises, or knowingly permits the use thereof, for the […]

§61-8-21. Search Warrants Relating to Cruelty to Animals

If complaint is made to a court or magistrate which is authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant believes, and has reasonable cause to believe, that the laws relative to cruelty to animals have been or are violated in any particular building or place, such court or magistrate, if satisfied that there […]

§61-8-22. Search Warrants Relating to Birds and Animals Kept for Fighting

If complaint is made to a court or magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant believes, and has reasonable cause to believe, that preparations are being made for an exhibition of the fighting of birds, dogs, or other animals, or that such exhibition is in progress, or that birds, dogs, or […]

§61-8-27. Unlawful Admission of Children to Dance House, etc.; Penalty

Any proprietor or any person in charge of a dance house, concert saloon, theater, museum, or similar place of amusement, or other place, where wines or spirituous or malt liquors are sold or given away, or any place of entertainment injurious to health or morals who admits or permits to remain therein any minor under […]