West Virginia Statutes
§ 11A-2-4 — Abatement of distress
West Virginia § 11A-2-4
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 11ACOLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES
Art. 2DELINQUENCY AND METHODS OF ENFORCING PAYMENT
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 11A-2-4 (2026).
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Whenever by mistake taxes are assessed wholly to one person or estate on a tract or lot of land, part of which has become the freehold of another, by a title recorded before July first of the assessment year, the goods and chattels of the party or estate so assessed shall not be liable to distraint for more than a due proportion of such taxes.
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Legislative History
1961 Reg. Sess., SB121; 1941 Reg. Sess., HB269
Nearby Sections
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§ 11A-1-1
Definition of terms§ 11A-1-11
Payment by fiduciary§ 11A-1-12
Receipt for taxes§ 11A-1-13
Accounts to be kept by sheriff§ 11A-1-14
Payment by sheriff into State Treasury§ 11A-1-17
Sheriff's commission for collection§ 11A-1-18
Exception§ 11A-1-2
Lien for real property taxes§ 11A-1-4
Collection by sheriff§ 11A-1-5
Appointment of collector; bond§ 11A-1-6
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West Virginia § 11A-2-4, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/11A/11A-2-4.