West Virginia Code

CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.

ARTICLE 3C. STOP SQUATTERS ACT.

§55-3C-1. Short title; findings.

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Stop Squatters Act”.

(b). The Legislature finds that the right to exclude others from entering and the right to direct others to immediately vacate a person’s residential or commercial property are fundamental property rights.

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West Virginia Code

CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.

§55-3C-1. Short title; findings.

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