Real And Personal Property
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Increasing value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction [SB-234]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the value at which municipal property must be sold through public auction and allowing for the negotiated sale of real property to adjacent property owners.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Hamilton
House Received Senate Message on 03/03/2025
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Authorizing Division of Forestry director to contract and manage forest land [SB-224]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director of the Division of Forestry and the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to contract for the management of state-owned and -leased forests and wooded lands for purposes of preventing forest fires; provide for procedures and requirements to enter into land management contract; establish competitive bidding process; provide for proceeds from contracts to be paid to treasurer and credited to the appropriate division for certain purposes; and authorize either director to directly award a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Woodrum
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to real property, tax, and registration requirements associated with carbon offset agreements [SB-107]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequestration to a maximum term of 20 years. The bill requires parties to current and new carbon offset agreements to register with the State Tax Department. The bill requires reports by Division of Forestry and the State Tax Department. The bill authorizes the disclosure of information between the Tax Commissioner
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Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Tarr
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to real property, tax, and registration requirements associated with carbon offset agreements [SB-281]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequestration to a maximum term of 20 years. The bill defines certain terms. The bill requires parties to current and new carbon offset agreements to register with the State Tax Department. The bill requires reports by Division of Forestry and the State Tax Department. The bill authorizes the disclosure of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Tarr
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home [SB-73]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that persons who reside in sober living homes are tenants and provided tenant protections granted by law and provide for reasonable attorney's fees for willful or bad faith landlord noncompliance when the tenant resides in a sober living home.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses [HB-2121]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a deceased disabled veteran real property exemption for widowed spouses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper
Approved By Governor 4/28/2025 on 04/28/2025
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating generally to real property, tax, and registration requirements associated with carbon offset agreements [SB-822]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequestration to a maximum term of 20 years. The bill defines certain terms. The bill requires parties to current and new carbon offset agreements to register with the State Tax Department. The bill requires reports by Division of Forestry and the State Tax Department. The bill authorizes the disclosure of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Tarr
On 3rd Reading on 02/28/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property [HB-4003]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the law concerning ownership and possession of real property and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Ridenour
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Requiring that county assessors send out notice to taxpayers when their property tax increases [HB-5630]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring that county assessors send out notice to taxpayers when their property tax increases
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
WV Land Use Association Registration Act [SB-694]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to mandate registration of land use associations with the Secretary of State's office. The bill provides definitions, a statement of legislative purpose, and the required content of the registration form.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett
Filed For Introduction on 02/07/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Authorizing director of Division of Forestry to contract and manage forest land [SB-688]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director of the Division of Forestry to enter into contracts for management of state forests and wooded areas for the purposes of preventing forest fires. This is a new section; therefore, underscoring and
Sponsored by: Sen. Randy Smith
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to authorizing the director of the Division of Forestry to contract for the management of state-owned and leased forests and wooded lands for purposes of preventing forest fires [HB-5519]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director of the Division of Forestry to enter into contracts for management of state forests and wooded areas for the purposes of preventing forest fires. This is a new section; therefore, underscoring and
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Howell
Filed For Introduction on 02/07/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Clarifying that electronic data processing services are to be included in the valuation of specialized high-technology property [HB-5443]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Taxes ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
The purpose of this bill is to include in the high-technology property valuation statute the hosting and processing of electronic data as part of a data center operation and high-performance data computing to process data and perform complex computation and solve algorithms at high speeds in connection with digital, blockchain, and/or artificial intelligence technologies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Howell
To Finance on 02/19/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Modifying rules regarding liquidation of property [SB-635]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to modify when a commission, council, or a governing board may sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of any real property that was gifted or devised to it.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Oliverio
Introduced In House on 02/19/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to allowing the use of degraded properties as an approved location to place solar panels utilized by power generating units [HB-5416]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to incentivize independent power producers to site solar arrays on degraded land rather than prime farmland.
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Hansen
Filed For Introduction on 02/01/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to personal property [HB-5407]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
The purpose of this bill is to give a party to a real property partition proceeding with more than 50 percent interest in the real property first right of refusal to purchase the entire subject property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Campbell
Filed For Introduction on 02/01/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act [HB-5327]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kayla Young
Filed For Introduction on 01/29/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Prohibiting certain foreign ownership of land [HB-5283]
[Real Estate ]
[International ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain foreign ownership of land in this state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carl Martin
Filed For Introduction on 01/29/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements [HB-5326]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean
Chapter 202, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/22/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Establishing tax treatment of real property owned by another state government [HB-5311]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to set the tax rate for property located in West Virginia that is owned by another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Howell
Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/15/2024