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H. B. 2773
(By Delegates Reed, Manuel, Huffman, Whitman
and Trump)
(Originating in the House Committee on the Judiciary)
[March 29, 1993]
A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article two, chapter
eleven-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the enforcement
of tax delinquencies by civil action; and the prosecution of
such actions without the payment of fees and costs or the
giving of bond or security.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article two, chapter eleven-a of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DELINQUENCY AND METHODS OF ENFORCING PAYMENT.
§11A-2-2. Collection by suit civil action; fees and costs not
required of sheriff.
(a) Taxes are hereby declared to be debts owing by the
taxpayer, for which he shall be personally liable. After
delinquency, the sheriff may enforce this liability by
appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction. No
such action shall be brought after five years from the time theaction accrued.
(b) In any such action, the sheriff shall be permitted to
prosecute the same without paying fees or costs, and without
providing bond or security, as may otherwise be required of civil
litigants by the provisions of this code, and shall have all
services and process, including the services of witnesses,
without paying therefor:
Provided,
That where the sheriff
recovers in or as the result of such action, whether by way of
settlement or judgment, such fees and costs shall be recoverable
from the opposite party and upon receipt of any recovery, the
sheriff shall pay such fees or costs to the officer who otherwise
would have been entitled thereto but for the provisions of this
section.