West Virginia § 17C-4-17 Notification of landowner when accident damages livestock fence

West Virginia Statutes

§ 17C-4-17 — Notification of landowner when accident damages livestock fence

West Virginia § 17C-4-17

Ch. 17CTRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD

Art. 4ACCIDENTS

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W. Va. Code § 17C-4-17 (2026).

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Whenever a member of the West Virginia State Police, Natural Resources police officer, a member of a county sheriff’s department, or a municipal police officer, in the regular course of their duties, reports on a crash that causes damage to any fence that could contain livestock, that officer must make a reasonable attempt following the accident to contact either the landowner or any known lessee of the land to alert the landowner or lessee of the fence damage.

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Whenever a member of the West Virginia State Police, Natural Resources police officer, a member of a county sheriff’s department, or a municipal police officer, in the regular course of their duties, reports on a crash that causes damage to any fence that could contain livestock, that officer must make a reasonable attempt following the accident to contact either the landowner or any known lessee of the land to alert the landowner or lessee of the fence damage.