West Virginia § 61-8-23 Search without warrant where there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds or animals

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-8-23 — Search without warrant where there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds or animals

West Virginia § 61-8-23

Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT

Art. 8CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY AND DECENCY

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W. Va. Code § 61-8-23 (2026).

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Any officer authorized to serve criminal process may, without warrant, enter any place, building, or tenement in which there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds, dogs, or other animals, or in which preparations are being made for such an exhibition and arrest all persons there present and take possession of and remove from the place of seizure the birds, dogs, or other animals engaged in fighting or there found and intended to be used or engaged in fighting, or kept or trained for fighting and hold the same in custody subject to the order of the court as hereinafter provided.

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Any officer authorized to serve criminal process may, without warrant, enter any place, building, or tenement in which there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds, dogs, or other animals, or in which preparations are being made for such an exhibition and arrest all persons there present and take possession of and remove from the place of seizure the birds, dogs, or other animals engaged in fighting or there found and intended to be used or engaged in fighting, or kept or trained for fighting and hold the same in custody subject to the order of the court as hereinafter provided.