A person having custody of a will shall, within thirty days after the death of the testator is known to him deliver such will to the clerk of the county court having jurisdiction of the probate thereof, or to the executor named in the will, who shall offer it for probate, or deliver it to the clerk, within a reasonable time. Any person who shall, without reasonable cause, neglect so to deliver a will shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $200; and shall in addition be liable to any person interested in such will for all damages caused by such neglect.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 5. Production, Probate and Record of Wills
§41-5-2. Clerk to Notify Executor and Beneficiaries, and to Keep Will Safe in His Office
§41-5-3. Compelling Production of Will and Offer of Probate
§41-5-5. Procedure for Probate in Solemn Form
§41-5-7. Appeal From Probate Order -- When to Be Taken; Procedure
§41-5-9. Order as Bar to Suit in Equity
§41-5-10. Ex Parte Procedure to Probate; Appeal
§41-5-12. Impeachment or Establishment in Court -- by Person Under Disability or Nonresident
§41-5-13. Ancillary Administration; Probate or Recordation of Foreign Will
§41-5-14. When Depositions Admissible
§41-5-15. Proof of Will While Testator Living
§41-5-16. Statements of Particulars in Will Contests
§41-5-17. Probated Wills to Be Recorded and Indexed
§41-5-18. Recording in Other Counties; Duty of Personal Representative or Devisee
§41-5-19. Title of Bona Fide Purchasers of Real Estate From Heirs
§41-5-20. Title to Real Estate Devised by Wills; Rights of Devisees and Bona Fide Purchasers