West Virginia Statutes
§ 41-5-18 — Recording in other counties; duty of personal representative or devisee
West Virginia § 41-5-18
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 41-5-18 (2026).
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A duly certified copy of such will when probated, or of an authenticated copy of a foreign will admitted to record as a will of real estate, may be recorded in any other county of the state wherein there is any real estate devised by such will. It is the duty of the personal representative of the testator to record an authenticated copy of such will in each county in which any real estate is located of which the personal representative under the powers conferred by the will may make sale and disposition, and the duty of the devisee or devisees, claiming title under the will to any real estate of which the personal representative may not by the powers conferred in the will make sale and disposition, to cause such copy to be recorded in each county in which any such real estate is located.
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§ 41-1-2
Who may not make will§ 41-1-3
Must be in writing; witnesses§ 41-1-7
Revocation generally§ 41-1-8
Revival after revocation§ 41-1-9
Effect of subsequent conveyance§ 41-2-2
Creditors may be witnesses§ 41-2-3
Executor may be witness§ 41-3-1
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West Virginia § 41-5-18, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/41/41-5-18.