(a) No inference, implication or presumption of legislative construction or intent shall be drawn or made by reason of the location or grouping of any particular section, provision or portion of this article; and no legal effect shall be given to any descriptive matter or heading relating to any section, subsection or paragraph of this article.
(b) When not otherwise provided for in this article, the rules of interpretation and construction applicable to the estate tax laws of the United States shall apply to, and be followed in, the interpretation of this article.
(c) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed in order to ensure that the state of domicile of any decedent shall receive any death taxes, together with interest and penalties thereon, due it.
Structure West Virginia Code
§11-11-1. Short Title; Arrangement and Classification
§11-11-4. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Residents; Credit; Property of Residents Defined
§11-11-5. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Nonresidents; Property of Nonresidents Defined; Exemption
§11-11-6. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Aliens
§11-11-7. Nonprobate Inventory of Estates; Penalties
§11-11-9. Extension of Time for Filing Return
§11-11-11. Returns Executed by Tax Commissioner
§11-11-12. Report of Change in Federal Estate Tax
§11-11-14. Extension of Time for Payment
§11-11-17. Special Lien for Estate Tax
§11-11-18. Discharge of Estate; Notice of Lien; Limitation on Lien; etc.
§11-11-19. Final Accounting Delayed Until Liability for Tax Determined
§11-11-20. Liability of Personal Representatives; etc.
§11-11-21. Duty of Resident Personal Representative of Nonresident Decedent
§11-11-22. Duties and Powers of Corporate Personal Representatives of Nonresident Decedents
§11-11-23. Proof of Payment of Death Taxes to State of Domicile
§11-11-24. Domicile of Decedent
§11-11-26. Sale of Real Estate by Personal Representative to Pay Tax
§11-11-27. Prima Facie Liability for Tax
§11-11-29. Time for Assessment of Tax
§11-11-30. Refund of Excess Tax Due to Overpayment of Federal Estate Tax
§11-11-31. Agreements as to Amount of Tax Due
§11-11-33. Administration of Article by Tax Commissioner
§11-11-34. Appointment of Special Appraisers
§11-11-35. Privacy of Information
§11-11-36. Money Penalty for Failure to Produce Records
§11-11-37. Interpretation and Construction
§11-11-38. Estates to Which Article Applies; Former Law Preserved
§11-11-39. Effectiveness of This Article