The officer having such distress warrant or an order of attachment, based upon rent, if there be need for it, may, in the daytime, break open and enter into any house or close in which there may be goods liable to the distress or order, and may, either in the day or nighttime, break open and enter into any house or close wherein there may be any goods so liable, which have been fraudulently or clandestinely removed from the demised premises.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 6. Landlord and Tenant
§37-6-1. Rights of Parties on Transfer of Land or Reversion
§37-6-2. Rights of Lessee Against Transferee of Reversion
§37-6-3. Effect of Transfer of Rent, Reversion or Remainder
§37-6-4. Attornment to Stranger Void
§37-6-5. Notice to Terminate Tenancy
§37-6-7. Reletting by Landlord
§37-6-8. Tenant's Right to Recover Possession
§37-6-9. Recovery of Rent by Distress or Action; Evidence; Interest
§37-6-10. Who May Recover Rent
§37-6-11. Persons Liable for Rent; Termination of Lease Upon Death
§37-6-12. Distress for Rent; Time and Place; Warrant
§37-6-13. Property Subject to Distress
§37-6-14. Forcible Entry by Officer
§37-6-15. Unlawful Act After Making Distress; Damages
§37-6-16. Distress or Attachment When Rent Not Payable in Money
§37-6-18. Removal of Goods by Third Party Having Lien
§37-6-19. Right of Reentry; Ejectment; Unlawful Detainer; Judgment by Default
§37-6-20. Relief Against Forfeiture
§37-6-21. Rights of Mortgagee or Trustee
§37-6-22. Injunction Against Ejectment or Unlawful Detainer
§37-6-23. Effect of Payment of Rent or Relief in Equity
§37-6-24. Record of Reentry; Publication of Certificate
§37-6-26. Payment of Rent and Reinstatement After Reentry
§37-6-27. Defects in Entry Proceedings
§37-6-28. Destruction of Buildings; Abatement of Rent
§37-6-29. Land Taken by Eminent Domain; Termination or Reduction of Rent
§37-6-30. Landlord to Deliver Premises; Duty to Maintain Premises in Fit and Habitable Condition