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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2477

( By Delegates Hrutkay, Beane, Craig, Webster and Amores )


(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)


[February 25, 2005]


A BILL to amend and reenact §38-8-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to amend and reenact §46A -2-136 , all relating to exemptions from execution or other judicial process of certain personal property.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §4638-8-3
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, and that §46A -2-136 be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 38. LIENS
ARTICLE 8. EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY.
§38-8-3. Method of claiming exemption on personal property.

When a debtor claims personal property as exempt under the provisions of this article, he or she shall deliver to the officer holding the execution or other process, a list by separate items with the fair market value of each item, according to the belief of the debtor, of all personal property and estate owned or claimed by him the debtor, including money, bonds, bills, notes, claims and demands, with the residence of the person against whom such bonds, bills, notes, claims and demands are along with the address of the person so indebted. Such The list shall also set forth with respect to each such item of personal property and estate the name and address of the holder of and the current amount owing on each lien thereon other than judicial liens obtained by legal or equitable proceedings. The debtor shall verify such list, valuation and lien indebtedness by affidavit, which affidavit shall also show that the debtor is entitled to such the exemption, and shall specify the character in which he claims to be so entitled, as for example, that he is a husband. If the value of the property named in such the list exceeds, as stated therein, one thousand dollars the maximum allowed amounts set forth in section one of this article, the debtor shall state at the foot thereof what part of such the property he claims as exempt, as aforesaid; but if such value does not exceed one thousand dollars the allowed amount, as so stated, the claim of exemption shall be held to extend to the whole thereof without stating more; and if no appraisement thereof be demanded, as hereinafter provided, the property so claimed shall be set apart to the debtor as exempt as aforesaid. If the husband, wife, parent or other head of a household owning such property be absent, or incapable of acting, or neglect or decline to act, the claim may be made, the list delivered, and the affidavit made by another member of the family, with the same effect as if made by the owner, and the claim may be made, the list delivered, and the affidavit made on behalf of infant children by the guardian thereof or someone standing in loco parentis thereto. The officer shall immediately, upon receipt of the list, exhibit the same to the creditor, his or her agent or attorney.
CHAPTER 46A. WEST VIRGINIA CONSUMER CREDIT AND PROTECTION ACT.
ARTICLE 2. CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION.
§46A-2-136. Personal property exemptions.
Any consumer residing in this State may set apart and hold personal property to be exempt from execution or other judicial process resulting from consumer credit transactions or consumer leases, except for the purchase money due on such property, in such amounts as follows: Clothing and other wearing apparel of the consumer, his spouse and any dependents of such consumer, not to exceed the fair market value of two hundred dollars; furniture, appliances, furnishings and fixtures regularly used for family purposes in the consumer's residence, to the extent of the fair market value of one thousand dollars; Children's books, pictures, toys and other such personal property of children; all medical health equipment used for health purposes by the consumer, his or her spouse and any dependent of such consumer; tools of trade, including any income-producing property used in the consumer's principal occupation, to the extent of the fair market value of one thousand dollars; and any policy of life or endowment insurance which is payable to the spouse or children of the insured consumer or to a trustee for their benefit, except the cash value of any accrued dividends thereon and personal property set apart and held as exempt pursuant to section one, article eight, chapter thirty- eight of this code. When a consumer claims personal property as exempt under the provisions of this section, he or she shall deliver a list containing all the personal property owned or claimed by him or her and all items of such property he or she claims as exempt hereunder, with the value of each separate item listed according to his or her best knowledge, to the officer holding the execution or other such process. Such list shall be sworn to by affidavit. If the value of the property named in such list exceeds the amounts specified in this section, the consumer shall state at the foot thereof what part of such property he or she claims as exempt. If such value does not exceed the amounts specified in this section, the claim of exemption shall be held to extend to the whole thereof without stating more and, if no appraisement is demanded, the property so claimed shall be set aside as exempt. Where the consumer owning exempt property is absent or incapable of acting or neglects or declines to act hereunder, the claim of exemption may be made, the list delivered and the affidavit made by his or her spouse with the same effect as if the owner had done so. Upon receipt of such a list, the officer to whom it is given shall immediately exhibit such list to the creditor or his or her agent or attorney. The rights granted and procedures provided for in article eight, chapter thirty-eight of this code shall apply to any proceeding under this section, except that the provisions of sections one and three of such article shall not apply.

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