WV Code Chapter 37 Article 7

President Majority Leader Members Committees District Maps Audio Senate Clerk Senate Rules

Speaker Members Committees District Maps Audio House Clerk House Rules

Interim Committees Budget & Fiscal Affairs Court of Claims Crime Victims LASD Legislative Services PERD Post Audit Public Information Rule-Making Review Special Investigations Joint Rules Staff Only

Bill Status

Bill Status Bill Tracking

WV Code

WV Code WV Constitution US Constitution

Audits/ Reports

State Agency Grant Awards State Agency Reports Legislative Audit Reports Post Audit Reports

Educational

Citizen’s Guide Internship Program Page Program Back to School Program Publications Capitol Photo Gallery Capitol History How a Bill Becomes Law

Contact

Senate Roster House Roster Public Information Webmaster Helpful Links

WEST VIRGINIA CODE

‹ Back | print page

WVC 37 - CHAPTER 37. REAL PROPERTY.
WVC 37 - 7 - ARTICLE 7. WASTE.

WVC 37 - 7 - 1 §37-7-1. Waste by tenant in possession.
If any tenant of land or any person who has alienated land commit any waste thereon while he remains in possession, unless by special permission of the owner so to do, he shall be liable to any party injured for damages.

WVC 37 - 7 - 2 §37-7-2. Waste by cotenant.
If a tenant in common, joint tenant, or parcener commit waste, he shall be liable to his cotenants, jointly or severally, for damages.

WVC 37 - 7 - 3 §37-7-3. Guardians.
If a guardian or committee commit waste of the estate of his ward, he shall be liable to the ward, at the expiration of his guardianship, for damages.

WVC 37 - 7 - 4 §37-7-4. Actions; damages.
Any person entitled to damages, in any case arising under the preceding sections of this article, may recover the same in an action on the case. And if it shall be found by the jury that the waste was committed wantonly, judgment shall be for three times the amount of damages assessed therefor.

WVC 37 - 7 - 5 §37-7-5. Waste pending suit.
If the tenant in possession of any land shall, pending any suit to recover or charge such land, with knowledge of such suit, commit any waste thereon, the court, in which the suit is, may command the sheriff or other officer to take possession of the land; and, if the plaintiff succeed in recovering or charging the land, he may recover, in an action on the case against him who committed the waste, three times the amount of damages assessed therefor.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session