West Virginia § 14-2B-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent

West Virginia Statutes

§ 14-2B-2 — Legislative findings; purpose and intent

West Virginia § 14-2B-2

Ch. 14CLAIMS DUE AND AGAINST THE STATE

Art. 2BDISTRIBUTION OF CRIME PROFITS

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W. Va. Code § 14-2B-2 (2026).

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The Legislature finds and declares that it is a violation of the public policy of this state to permit a person who commits a crime to thereafter gain a monetary profit from the commission of that crime. Consequently, the Legislature finds that when a person convicted of a crime later profits as a result of the commission of that crime, such profits should be used to compensate those crime victims who were damaged as a result of the commission of the crime, as well as the taxpayers who paid for the prosecution or incarceration of the defendant, or both.

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The Legislature finds and declares that it is a violation of the public policy of this state to permit a person who commits a crime to thereafter gain a monetary profit from the commission of that crime. Consequently, the Legislature finds that when a person convicted of a crime later profits as a result of the commission of that crime, such profits should be used to compensate those crime victims who were damaged as a result of the commission of the crime, as well as the taxpayers who paid for the prosecution or incarceration of the defendant, or both.