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ENGROSSED
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
38-8-3 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 or by or on behalf of
a dependent of the consumer, 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 section three of such article shall
not apply.