West Virginia § 38-3-2 Decree or order for payment of money; enforcement by execution

West Virginia Statutes

§ 38-3-2 — Decree or order for payment of money; enforcement by execution

West Virginia § 38-3-2

Ch. 38LIENS

Art. 3JUDGMENT LIENS

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W. Va. Code § 38-3-2 (2026).

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The persons entitled to the benefit of any decree or order requiring the payment of money shall be deemed judgment creditors, although the money may be required to be paid into a court or a bank or other place of deposit. In such case an execution on the decree or order shall make such recital thereof, and of the parties to it, as may be necessary to designate the case; and if a time be specified in the decree or order within which the payment is to be made, the execution shall not issue until the expiration of that time.

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The persons entitled to the benefit of any decree or order requiring the payment of money shall be deemed judgment creditors, although the money may be required to be paid into a court or a bank or other place of deposit. In such case an execution on the decree or order shall make such recital thereof, and of the parties to it, as may be necessary to designate the case; and if a time be specified in the decree or order within which the payment is to be made, the execution shall not issue until the expiration of that time.