West Virginia § 42-5-3 Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety

West Virginia Statutes

§ 42-5-3 — Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety

West Virginia § 42-5-3

Ch. 42DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION

Art. 5UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT

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W. Va. Code § 42-5-3 (2026).

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Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one half as if one had survived and one half as if the other had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.

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Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one half as if one had survived and one half as if the other had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.