West Virginia Statutes

§ 36-8-22 — Enforcement

West Virginia § 36-8-22

JurisdictionWest Virginia

Ch. 36ESTATES AND PROPERTY

Art. 8UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT

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W. Va. Code § 36-8-22 (2026).

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The administrator may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce this article. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.

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Legislative History

1997 Reg. Sess., SB125; 1966 Reg. Sess., HB205

Nearby Sections

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§ 36-1-1

Creation of estates; necessity of deed or will

§ 36-1-10

Operation of conveyance in excess of actual interest

§ 36-1-11

Fee simple may be created without words of limitation

§ 36-1-12

§ 36-1-13

Limitations contingent upon death

§ 36-1-14

Rule in Shelley's Case abolished

§ 36-1-14a

Doctrine of worthier title and rule that grantor cannot create a limitation in his own heirs or next of kin abolished

§ 36-1-15

Contingent remainder; validity; indestructibility

§ 36-1-16

Interest in property coupled with power of disposal

§ 36-1-17

Repealed. Acts, 2011 Reg. Sess., Ch. 66

§ 36-1-18

Repealed. Acts, 2011 Reg. Sess., Ch. 66

§ 36-1-19

Joint tenancy; tenancy by entireties; survivorship

§ 36-1-2

Power of attorney to execute deed of land; necessity of writing

§ 36-1-20

When survivorship preserved

§ 36-1-20a

Elimination of need for straw party in creating joint tenancy with right of survivorship

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