Real And Personal Property
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting certain foreign ownership of land [HB-2873]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain foreign ownership of land in this state.
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To eliminate adverse possession from the state code of West Virginia [HB-2924]
The purpose of this bill is to abolish the right to obtain title to land by adverse possession.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental properties [HB-2868]
The purpose of this bill is to lower rent for tenants.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Real property sales listing form [HB-2806]
The purpose of this bill is to require a sales listing form to be attached to and recorded with a deed for the transfer of real property.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To require a guilty verdict, before any property of any type are taken from an individual [HB-2673]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the practice of civil asset forfeiture.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to establishing a commercial property assessed capital expenditure financing program for localities [HB-2642]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a commercial property assessed capital expenditures financing program for localities.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties [HB-2648]
The purpose of this bill is to establish certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties for house trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Amending the duties of a purchaser to secure a deed [HB-2660]
The purpose of this bill is to amending duties of a purchaser of property sold by the Auditor for unpaid taxes to secure a deed to include the satisfaction of any municipal lien of record on the property.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Allowing certain entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction [SB-538]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the sunset date on the provision granting the right of first refusal granted to land reuse agencies and municipal land banks for acquiring certain tax-delinquent properties that permits these entities to purchase qualifying tax-delinquent properties before they are offered at public auction.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax [HB-2601]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt motor vehicles from personal property tax.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Creating the West Virginia Land Sovereignty Act [SB-530]
The purpose of this bill relates to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To allow quarterly payments on real estate taxes [HB-2496]
The purpose of this bill is to permit quarterly payment of property taxes.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to exemptions of property in bankruptcy proceedings [HB-2501]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a surviving spouse to be able to claim the deceased spouse's homestead exemption so long as the home they owned together is owned by the surviving spouse.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to allowing the use of degraded properties as an approved location to place solar panels utilized by power generating units [HB-2412]
The purpose of this bill is to incentivize independent power producers to site solar arrays on degraded land rather than prime farmland.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property [SB-257]
The purpose of this bill is to provide protection to owners of private property who allow others to use their property to access cemeteries.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting rent control [SB-168]
The purpose of this bill is to proscribe rent control.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting counties from double-taxing rental properties [SB-175]
The purpose of this bill is to lower rent for tenants.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act [SB-38]
The purpose of this bill is to enact the Uniform Unlawful Restriction in Land Records Act, considered by the state Uniform Law Commission, which provides a mechanism for amending an existing deed by filing a document in the deed books that severs an unlawful restriction contained therein by filing a document with the County Clerk which declares that the discriminatory provision of the deed is void and does not pass through to the subsequent chain of title.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to real property conveyed by land installment agreement [SB-145]
The purpose of this bill is to regulate land installment contracts for the sale of real estate. The bill provides for definitions. The bill lays out land installment contract requirements. The bill provides for vendor requirements. The bill provides for the condition of forfeiture, notice of default, and right to cure. The bill defines the effect of vendor's default on lien on property. The bill defines contrary provisions. The bill defines interest. The bill provides for remedies. Finally, the bill clarifies the Truth in Lending Act.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Limiting landowner liability when land is used for certain purposes [SB-68]
The purpose of this bill is to limit landowner liability for injuries to, or caused by, persons entering or going upon land for noncommercial recreational purposes, wildlife propagation purposes, military training purposes, law-enforcement training purposes, or homeland defense training purposes. It also clarifies statutory language in light of Mallet v. Pickens, 206 W.Va. 145, 522 S.E.2d 436 (1999); defines terms, and makes technical corrections.