If any such sheriff, collector or deputy, or officer or person charged with the custody or disbursement of state, county, district or municipal taxes or other public money shall discount, or, directly or indirectly, either alone or in connection with another, purchase any draft or order made or drawn upon him, payable out of any such taxes or moneys, for a less sum than is specified therein, he shall forfeit five times the amount of such discount, or of the sum less than the amount specified in such draft or order realized by such purchaser, one half of which shall go to the person entitled to such draft or order at the time of such discount or purchase, and the other half to the state, county, district, or municipality, as the case may be.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers
§7-5-1. Sheriff Ex Officio County Treasurer
§7-5-2. Accounts by Clerk of County Court
§7-5-2a. Credit Cards as Form of Payment
§7-5-5. Issuance of County Orders
§7-5-7a. Authorization for Purchase Card Utilization
§7-5-9. Exemption of County Property From Execution; Enforcing Payment of Order or Judgment
§7-5-10. County Orders Receivable for Taxes and Fees
§7-5-11. Discounting or Purchasing Orders
§7-5-12. Refusal to Pay Orders
§7-5-13. Failure to Account for Taxes or Moneys
§7-5-14. Vacancy in Office of Sheriff; Collection of Taxes and Fee Bills by Successor
§7-5-16. Preparation, Publication and Disposition of Financial Statements
§7-5-17. Authority of County Officials or Employees to Become Members of Voluntary Associations
§7-5-17a. Triennial Audits by Certain Associations and Organizations Receiving County Funds
§7-5-18. Membership and Participation in Area Development Corporations
§7-5-19. Liability Insurance for County Officers and Employees
§7-5-20. Group Insurance Programs Authorized
§7-5-21. Annual and Sick Leave for County Employees