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Senate Bill No. 722

(By Senator Caruth)

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[Introduced February 20, 2006; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §38-1-4a, relating to providing a statute of limitations for sales by a trustee.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §38-1-4a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. VENDOR'S AND TRUST DEED LIENS.

§38-1-4a. Statute of limitations for sales by trustees.
Provided the grantor on the deed of trust or the agent or personal representative of the grantor is provided notice as required by section four of this article, no action or proceeding to set aside a trustee's sale due to the failure to follow any other legal requirement relating to a sale of property under a trust deed shall be filed or commenced more than one year from the date of the sale.