If any person convey real estate, or any interest, legal or equitable, therein, and the purchase money or any part thereof remain unpaid at the time of the conveyance, he shall not thereby have a lien for such unpaid purchase money unless such lien is expressly reserved on the face of the conveyance. A vendor's lien may be enforced by a suit in equity.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 1. Vendor's and Trust Deed Liens
§38-1-1. Vendor's Lien; Its Enforcement
§38-1-2. Form of Deed of Trust; Memorandum of Deed of Trust May Be Recorded
§38-1-3. Sales Under Trust Deeds
§38-1-4a. Statute of Limitations for Sales by Trustees
§38-1-6. Form of Trustee's Deed
§38-1-7. Application of Proceeds; Action to Recover a Deficiency
§38-1-8. Return of Account of Sale; Forfeiture of Commissions on Failure to Account
§38-1-8a. Reports by Trustee to County Clerk; Additional Information to Be Filed With Report of Sale
§38-1-9. Recordation of Account of Trustee
§38-1-10. Who May Require Trustee to Give Bond; New Trustee on Failure to Give; Notice
§38-1-11. Amount and Approval of Bond of Trustee; Recordation; Effect of Failure to Give
§38-1-12. Bond of New Trustee Appointed by Court; Recordation
§38-1-13. Substitution of Trustees Under a Trust Deed Securing a Debt
§38-1-15. Validity of Deed of Trust Upon Renewal of Loan
§38-1-16. Sale of Real Property Pursuant to a Deed of Trust; Preexisting Tenancy