West Virginia Code
Article 8. Crimes Against Chastity, Morality and Decency
§61-8-12. Incest; Penalty


(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Aunt” means the sister of a person’s mother or father;
(2) “Brother” means the son of a person’s mother or father;
(3) “Daughter” means a person’s natural daughter, adoptive daughter, or the daughter of a person’s husband or wife;
(4) “Father” means a person’s natural father, adoptive father, or the husband of a person’s mother;
(5) “Granddaughter” means the daughter of a person’s son or daughter;
(6) “Grandfather” means the father of a person’s father or mother;
(7) “Grandmother” means the mother of a person’s father or mother;
(8) “Grandson” means the son of a person’s son or daughter;
(9) “Mother” means a person’s natural mother, adoptive mother, or the wife of a person’s father;
(10) “Niece” means the daughter of a person’s brother or sister;
(11) “Nephew” means the son of a person’s brother or sister;
(12) “Sexual intercourse” means any act between persons involving penetration, however slight, of the female sex organ by the male sex organ or involving contact between the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another person;
(13) “Sexual intrusion” means any act between persons involving penetration, however slight, of the female sex organ or of the anus of any person by an object for the purpose of degrading or humiliating the person so penetrated or for gratifying the sexual desire of either party;
(14) “Sister” means the daughter of a person’s father or mother;
(15) “Son” means a person’s natural son, adoptive son, or the son of a person’s husband or wife; and
(16) “Uncle” means the brother of a person’s father or mother.
(b) A person is guilty of incest when such person engages in sexual intercourse or sexual intrusion with his or her father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, son, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece, uncle, or aunt.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than 5 years nor more than 15 years, or fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 and imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than five years nor more than fifteen years.
(d) In addition to any penalty provided under this section and any restitution which may be ordered by the court under §61-11A-1 et seq. of this code, the court may order any person convicted under the provisions of this section, where the victim is a minor, to pay all or any portion of the cost of medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment of the victim, the need for which results from the act or acts for which the person is convicted, whether or not the victim is considered to have sustained bodily injury.
(e) In any case where a person is convicted of an offense described in this section against a child and further has or may have custodial, visitation, or other parental rights to the child, the court shall find that the person is an abusing parent within the meaning of §49-4-601 through §49-4-610 of this code, and shall take further action in accord with the provisions of those sections.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment

Article 8. Crimes Against Chastity, Morality and Decency

§61-8-1. Bigamy -- Penalty

§61-8-2. Same -- Effect of Absence, Divorce or Void Marriage

§61-8-5. Houses of Ill Fame and Assignation; Immunity for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking; Penalties; Jurisdiction of Courts

§61-8-6. Detention of Person in Place of Prostitution; Penalty

§61-8-7. Procuring for House of Prostitution; Penalty; Venue; Competency as Witness; Marriage No Defense

§61-8-8. Receiving Support From Prostitution; Pimping; Penalty; Prostitute May Testify

§61-8-9. Indecent Exposure

§61-8-9a. Child Abuse; Education; Curriculum

§61-8-10. Administering Anesthetics to Female Save in Presence of Third Person; Penalty

§61-8-11. Breathing, Inhaling, or Drinking Certain Intoxicating Compounds; Penalty

§61-8-12. Incest; Penalty

§61-8-13. Incest; Limits on Interviews of Children Eleven Years Old or Less; Evidence

§61-8-14. Disinterment or Displacement of Dead Body or Part Thereof; Damage to Cemetery or Graveyard; Penalties; Damages in Civil Action

§61-8-15. Prohibition on Certain Demonstrations at Funerals

§61-8-16. Obscene, Anonymous, Harassing, Repeated and Threatening Telephone Calls; Penalty

§61-8-19. Cruelty to Animals; Penalties; Exclusions

§61-8-19a. Animal Fighting Ventures Prohibited

§61-8-19b. Attendance at Animal Fighting Ventures Prohibited; Penalty

§61-8-19c. Wagering at Animal Fighting Venture Prohibited; Penalty

§61-8-20. Keeping or Using Live Birds to Be Shot At; Penalty

§61-8-21. Search Warrants Relating to Cruelty to Animals

§61-8-22. Search Warrants Relating to Birds and Animals Kept for Fighting

§61-8-23. Search Without Warrant Where There Is an Exhibition of the Fighting of Birds or Animals

§61-8-25. Requiring Children to Beg, Sing or Play Musical Instruments in Streets; Penalty

§61-8-26. Permitting Children to Sing, Dance or Act in Dance House, etc.; Penalty

§61-8-27. Unlawful Admission of Children to Dance House, etc.; Penalty

§61-8-27a. Use of False Identification, etc., by Person Under Age; Penalty

§61-8-28. Criminal Invasion of Privacy; Penalties

§61-8-28a. Nonconsensual Disclosure of Private Intimate Images; Definitions; and Penalties

§61-8-29. Criminal Loitering by Persons on Supervised Release

§61-8-30. Photography of a Corpse or Person Being Provided Medical Care or Assistance; Prohibitions; Exceptions; Jonathan’s Law

§61-8-31. Therapeutic Deception; Penalties