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§ 35-5A-8 — Penalties for violation

West Virginia § 35-5A-8
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 35PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Art. 5APERPETUAL CARE OF AND TRUST FUNDS FOR CEMETERIES

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W. Va. Code § 35-5A-8 (2026).

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Any person and any officer, director, agent or employee of such person who violates or participates in the violation of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.

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Legislative History

1973 Reg. Sess., HB815

Nearby Sections

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Validation of transfers for use or benefit of religious organizations
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Notice of conveyance or lien; proof thereof
§ 35-1-11
Proceedings to prevent conveyances or creation of liens
§ 35-1-12
Disposition of property of extinct or dissolved religious organization
§ 35-1-13
Validation of certain transactions
§ 35-1-2
Equitable title in contiguous congregations
§ 35-1-3
Property not to be taken from a religious organization
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Insufficient designations of beneficiaries or objects not to cause failure of trust; acquisition, conveyance, etc., of property
§ 35-1-5
Trustees for real and personal property -- How appointed and removed
§ 35-1-6
Same -- Recording order of appointment; recording fee
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Same -- May take and hold property
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Quantity of real estate trustee may take and hold
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Power of trustee to sell, convey and encumber property
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Government limitations related to the exercise of religion
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