West Virginia Code
Article 1. Creation of Estates Generally
§36-1-20a. Elimination of Need for Straw Party in Creating Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship

Any conveyance or transfer of property, or any interest therein, creating a joint tenancy with right of survivorship together with the person or persons conveying or transferring such property, executed by such person or persons to or in favor of another shall be valid to the same extent as a similar transfer or conveyance from a third party or by a straw party deed.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 36. Estates and Property

Article 1. Creation of Estates Generally

§36-1-1. Creation of Estates; Necessity of Deed or Will

§36-1-2. Power of Attorney to Execute Deed of Land; Necessity of Writing

§36-1-3. Contracts for Sale or Lease of Land; Necessity of Writing

§36-1-4a. Memorandum of Trust; Requirements; Recordation

§36-1-5. Gifts of Personal Property

§36-1-7. Rights of Persons Not Parties to Instrument

§36-1-8. Conveyance by Attorney in Fact

§36-1-9. Conveyance of Various Interests and Future Estates in Land or Personal Property

§36-1-10. Operation of Conveyance in Excess of Actual Interest

§36-1-11. Fee Simple May Be Created Without Words of Limitation

§36-1-12. Estates Tail

§36-1-13. Limitations Contingent Upon Death

§36-1-14. Rule in Shelley's Case Abolished

§36-1-14a. Doctrine of Worthier Title and Rule That Grantor Cannot Create a Limitation in His Own Heirs or Next of Kin Abolished

§36-1-15. Contingent Remainder; Validity; Indestructibility

§36-1-16. Interest in Property Coupled With Power of Disposal

§36-1-19. Joint Tenancy; Tenancy by Entireties; Survivorship

§36-1-20. When Survivorship Preserved

§36-1-20a. Elimination of Need for Straw Party in Creating Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship

§36-1-21. Alien May Own Land

§36-1-23. Exemption of Certain Employee Trusts From Rule Against Perpetuities or Restraints on Alienation

§36-1-24. Options in Leases Not Affected by Rule Against Perpetuities