WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 47 - 11 A- 7
§47-11A-7. When invoice cost of goods purchased at forced, etc.,
sale may be used.
In establishing the "cost" of a given article, product or
item of merchandise to the vendor, the invoice cost of any
article, product or item of merchandise purchased at a forced,
bankrupt, close-out sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary
channels of trade may not be used as a basis for justifying a
price lower than one based upon the replacement cost as of the
date of said sale of said article, product or item of merchandise
replaced through the ordinary channels of trade, unless said
article, product or merchandise is kept separate from goods
purchased in the ordinary channels of trade and unless said
article, product or item of merchandise is advertised and sold as
merchandise purchased at a forced, bankrupt, close-out sale, or
by means other than through the ordinary channels of trade, and
said advertising shall state the conditions under which said
goods were so purchased, and the quantity of such merchandise to
be sold or offered for sale.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session