Whenever a member of the West Virginia State Police, Natural Resources police officer, a member of a county sheriffs department, or a municipal police officer, in the regular course of their duties, reports on a crash that causes damage to any fence that could contain livestock, that officer must make a reasonable attempt following the accident to contact either the landowner or any known lessee of the land to alert the landowner or lessee of the fence damage.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17C. Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road
§17C-4-1. Crashes Involving Death or Personal Injuries; Erin’s Law
§17C-4-2. Crashes Involving Damage to Vehicle
§17C-4-3. Duty to Give Information and Render Aid
§17C-4-4. Duty Upon Striking Unattended Vehicle
§17C-4-5. Duty Upon Striking Fixtures Upon a Highway
§17C-4-6. Immediate Notification of Crashes
§17C-4-8. When Driver Unable to Report
§17C-4-10. Penalty for Failure to Notify Law Enforcement
§17C-4-11. Coroners to Report on Crash Victims
§17C-4-12. Garages to Report Bullet Damage
§17C-4-14. Division of Highways to Tabulate and Analyze Crash Reports
§17C-4-15. Any Incorporated City, Town, etc., May Require Crash Reports
§17C-4-16. Crashes Involving State and Municipal Property; Reports to Be Provided
§17C-4-17. Notification of Landowner When Accident Damages Livestock Fence