If such owner, or owners, or his or their agent, upon having been so notified, shall fail to cause such plat or plan to be filed in such offices as aforesaid, such owner, or owners, or his or their agent, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $200 for each period of sixty days that shall elapse after such notification without such plat having been filed for record, such sum or sums to be recovered as debts of like amount are by law recoverable at the suit of any party, or parties, giving such notice. The party or parties bringing such suit shall be entitled to one half of the amount so recovered and the other half shall go to the county fund of such county.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 39. Records and Papers
Article 1. Authentication and Record of Writings
§39-1-1. Power of Attorney May Be Recorded
§39-1-2. Conditions Under Which County Clerk Shall Admit Deeds, Contracts, etc., to Record
§39-1-2a. Other Requirements for Admission to Record of Certain Instruments
§39-1-2b. Recordation of Certified Copies of Certain Instruments
§39-1-3. Who May Take Acknowledgment
§39-1-4. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment
§39-1-4a. Acknowledgment of Persons in the Military Service of the United States of America
§39-1-5. Acknowledgment by Husband and Wife
§39-1-7. False Certificate of Acknowledgment
§39-1-8. Form of Certificate of Acknowledgment by Attorney in Fact
§39-1-9. Acknowledgment by Corporations
§39-1-10. When Certificate to Be Under Official Seal
§39-1-10a. Verification by Written Statement Under Certain Conditions
§39-1-11a. Photographic Recordation
§39-1-12. Special Recordation of Writing Not Acknowledged or Proved for Regular Recordation
§39-1-13. Duty to Record Plat or Plan of Lots
§39-1-13a. Consolidation Order Book
§39-1-14. Notification to File Plat for Record
§39-1-15. Failure to File Plat After Notification
§39-1-16. Approval by City Council or Commissioners Prerequisite to Laying Out Subdivision