West Virginia § 17-17-10 Payment of toll prior to passage; demand of excessive toll; evading payment of toll

West Virginia Statutes

§ 17-17-10 — Payment of toll prior to passage; demand of excessive toll; evading payment of toll

West Virginia § 17-17-10

Ch. 17ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Art. 17TOLL BRIDGES

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W. Va. Code § 17-17-10 (2026).

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The proprietor of any toll bridge may require lawful toll to be paid previous to a passage thereover. Whoever shall knowingly or intentionally defraud, or attempt to defraud, the proprietor of any toll bridge by evading, or attempting to evade, the payment of lawful toll for crossing such bridge, or whoever shall aid another to evade, or attempt to evade, the payment of such toll, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, for every such offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not in excess of $10.

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The proprietor of any toll bridge may require lawful toll to be paid previous to a passage thereover. Whoever shall knowingly or intentionally defraud, or attempt to defraud, the proprietor of any toll bridge by evading, or attempting to evade, the payment of lawful toll for crossing such bridge, or whoever shall aid another to evade, or attempt to evade, the payment of such toll, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, for every such offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not in excess of $10.