West Virginia Code
Article 2. Mechanics' Liens
§38-2-15. Publication and Posting of Notice to Nonresident Owner or Owner Not Found

In the event that any owner, upon whose real estate or improvement thereof it is desired to take a lien under this article, should be a nonresident of this state, or in the event that any officer of this state authorized by law to execute legal process should make return "not found" upon any notice of a mechanic's lien which may be presented to him for service, then it shall be sufficient service of any such notice of mechanic's lien upon such nonresident owner, or upon such owner as to whom any such return, of "not found" shall be made by any such officer, to publish a copy of such notice as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county wherein the real estate lies. A copy of such notice shall also be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property sought to be charged thereby, which publishing and posting shall be sufficient, if commenced within the period provided by this article for the filing of such notice. The costs of such publication may be added to the account for which the lien is claimed, and, if included in the amount mentioned in the recorded notice, the lien shall cover such costs.

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West Virginia Code

Chapter 38. Liens

Article 2. Mechanics' Liens

§38-2-1. Lien of Contractor

§38-2-2. Lien of Subcontractor

§38-2-3. Lien of Materialman Furnishing Supplies to Owner

§38-2-4. Lien of Materialman Furnishing Supplies to Contractor or Subcontractor

§38-2-5. Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Owner

§38-2-6. Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Contractor or Subcontractor

§38-2-6a. Lien of Architect, Surveyor, Engineer or Landscape Architect

§38-2-7. Necessity and Period for Perfecting Lien

§38-2-8. Notice and Recordation of Contractor's Lien

§38-2-9. Notice and Recordation of Subcontractor's Lien

§38-2-10. Notice and Recordation of Lien for Supplies Furnished to Owner

§38-2-11. Notice and Recordation of Lien for Supplies Furnished to Contractor or Subcontractor

§38-2-12. Notice and Recordation of Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Owner

§38-2-13. Notice and Recordation of Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Contractor or Subcontractor

§38-2-14. Discharge of Lien for Failure to Comply With Article

§38-2-15. Publication and Posting of Notice to Nonresident Owner or Owner Not Found

§38-2-16. What Deemed Included in One Contract

§38-2-17. Priority of Mechanics' Liens Over Other Liens

§38-2-18. Priority as Among Mechanics' Lienors

§38-2-19. Demand of Account by Owner; Discharge of Lien for Failure to File Account

§38-2-20. Preliminary Notice to Owner; Effect

§38-2-21. Effect of Payment by Owner to Contractor or Subcontractor

§38-2-22. Limitation of Owner's Liability by Recordation of Contract and Bond of General Contractor

§38-2-23. Effect of Failure of Owner to Record Contract and Bond

§38-2-24. Form of Bond

§38-2-25. Amount of Rural Land Subject to Lien

§38-2-26. Enforcement of Contractor's Bond in Suit to Enforce Lien

§38-2-27. Clerk of County Court to Record Notices of Liens, Contracts and Bonds; Record Book; Indexing

§38-2-28. Proof of Sale and Delivery Prima Facie Proof of Use of Materials

§38-2-29. Lien on Several Structures

§38-2-30. Compensation and Lien of Contractor on Default of Owner

§38-2-31. Lien Against Corporation for Work or Labor; Priority

§38-2-32. Perfecting Lien for Work or Labor Against Corporation

§38-2-33. Clerk to Record Notices of Liens Against Corporations for Work and Labor

§38-2-34. Time Within Which Suit to Enforce Lien May Be Brought; Right of Other Lienors to Intervene

§38-2-35. Decree of Sale in Suit to Enforce Lien; Personal Decree

§38-2-36. Discharge or Release of Lien; Recordation; Escrow; Disbursement of Escrow

§38-2-37. Ordering Clerk to Execute Release When Lienholder Refuses

§38-2-38. Enforcement of Lien by Executor, Administrator or Assignee

§38-2-39. Public Building; Bond of Contractor; Recordation of Bond; No Lien in Such Case