West Virginia Code
Article 14. Gasoline and Special Fuel Excise Tax
§11-14-17a. Spot Check Inspections

(a) The Tax Commissioner or his or her appointees, may stop, inspect and issue citations to operators of motor vehicles for violations of this chapter at sites where fuel is, or may be, produced, stored, or loaded into or consumed by motor vehicles. These sites include, but are not limited to:
(1) A terminal;
(2) A fuel storage facility that is not a terminal, such as a bulk storage facility;
(3) A retail fuel facility;
(4) Highway rest stops; or
(5) A designated inspection area, including any state highway inspection station, weigh station, agricultural inspection station, mobile station or other location designated by the Tax Commissioner.
(b) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to prohibit the issuance of a citation for the violation of the provisions of this article on the open highway or other than the spot check areas where the violation of this article is discovered where the motor vehicle is lawfully stopped for any other criminal violation of the laws of this state.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 11. Taxation

Article 14. Gasoline and Special Fuel Excise Tax

§11-14-1. Short Title; Arrangement of Sections or Portions of Article

§11-14-2. Definitions

§11-14-3. Imposition of Tax

§11-14-3a. Applicability of Rate Increase to Gasoline or Special Fuel on Hand or in Inventory

§11-14-4. Computation of Tax

§11-14-5. Exemptions From Tax

§11-14-5a. Exemption for Bulk Sales to Interstate Motor Carriers

§11-14-5b. Exemptions for Sales Made Through Special Devices

§11-14-6. Gasoline or Special Fuel Exported or in Interstate Commerce; Distributors or Producers May Pay Tax Shipments Into State

§11-14-7. Due Date of Reports; Reports Required; Records to Be Kept; Examination of Records; Subpoena Powers; Examination of Witnesses

§11-14-8. Tax Due

§11-14-10. Refund of Taxes Illegally Collected, etc.; Refund for Gallonage Exported or Lost Through Casualty or Evaporation; Change of Rate; Petition for Refund

§11-14-11. Refund of Tax Because of Certain Nonhighway Uses; Statute of Limitations and Effective Date

§11-14-11a. Refund of Tax on Gasoline or Special Fuel Paid by Any Municipality, County, County Board of Education, Volunteer Fire Department, Nonprofit Ambulance Service and Emergency Rescue Service

§11-14-12. Partial Refund of Tax on Tax-Paid Gallonage Consumed in Buses

§11-14-13. Surety Bonds Required; Release of Surety; New Bond

§11-14-14. Enforcement Powers

§11-14-15. Disposition of Tax Collected

§11-14-17. No Dyed Fuel on Highways

§11-14-17a. Spot Check Inspections

§11-14-18. Penalty for Refusal to Permit Inspection

§11-14-19. Penalty for Failure to File Required Return When No Tax Due

§11-14-25. Receivership or Insolvency Proceeding

§11-14-29. Severability

§11-14-30. General Procedure and Administration

§11-14-31. Repeal of Article