(a) Unless the court orders otherwise, on demand by a receiver:
(1) A person that owes a debt that is receivership property and is matured or payable on demand or on order shall pay the debt to or on the order of the receiver, except to the extent the debt is subject to setoff or recoupment; and
(2) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person that has possession, custody, or control of receivership property shall turn the property over to the receiver.
(b) A person that has notice of the appointment of a receiver and owes a debt that is receivership property may not satisfy the debt by payment to the owner.
(c) If a creditor has possession, custody, or control of receivership property and the validity, perfection, or priority of the creditors lien on the property depends on the creditors possession, custody, or control, the creditor may retain possession, custody, or control until the court orders adequate protection of the creditors lien.
(d) Unless a bona fide dispute exists about a receivers right to possession, custody, or control of receivership property, the court may sanction as civil contempt a persons failure to turn the property over when required by this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 55. Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale
Article 21. Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
§55-21-3. Notice and Opportunity for Hearing
§55-21-6. Appointment of Receiver
§55-21-7. Disqualification From Appointment as Receiver; Disclosure of Interest
§55-21-8. Bond; Alternative Security
§55-21-9. Status of Receiver as Lien Creditor
§55-21-10. Security Agreement Covering After-Acquired Property
§55-21-11. Collection and Turnover of Receivership Property
§55-21-12. Powers and Duties of Receiver
§55-21-14. Stay of Other Actions; Injunction
§55-21-15. Engagement and Compensation of Professional
§55-21-16. Use or Transfer of Receivership Property Not in Ordinary Course of Business
§55-21-18. Defenses and Immunities of Receiver
§55-21-19. Interim Report of Receiver
§55-21-20. Notice of Appointment; Claim Against Receivership; Distribution to Creditors
§55-21-22. Removal of Receiver; Replacement; Termination of Receivership
§55-21-23. Final Report of Receiver; Discharge
§55-21-24. Receivership in Another State; Ancillary Proceeding
§55-21-25. Effect of Enforcement by Mortgagee
§55-21-26. Uniformity of Application and Construction
§55-21-27. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act