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WEST VIRGINIA CODE

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WVC 61-5-15 §61-5-15. Refusal of person to execute order of arrest by justice; penalty.
If any person, being required by a justice, on view of a breach of the peace or other offense, to bring before him the offender, shall refuse or neglect to obey the justice, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section; and if the justice declare himself to be such, or if he be known to the offender, ignorance of his office shall not be pleaded as an excuse.

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