West Virginia § 37-6-14 Forcible entry by officer

West Virginia Statutes

§ 37-6-14 — Forcible entry by officer

West Virginia § 37-6-14

Ch. 37REAL PROPERTY

Art. 6LANDLORD AND TENANT

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W. Va. Code § 37-6-14 (2026).

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The officer having such distress warrant or an order of attachment, based upon rent, if there be need for it, may, in the daytime, break open and enter into any house or close in which there may be goods liable to the distress or order, and may, either in the day or nighttime, break open and enter into any house or close wherein there may be any goods so liable, which have been fraudulently or clandestinely removed from the demised premises.

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The officer having such distress warrant or an order of attachment, based upon rent, if there be need for it, may, in the daytime, break open and enter into any house or close in which there may be goods liable to the distress or order, and may, either in the day or nighttime, break open and enter into any house or close wherein there may be any goods so liable, which have been fraudulently or clandestinely removed from the demised premises.