Every county shall have plenary power and authority to contract and expend public funds for the purchase of one or more policies of public liability insurance, with or without a sharing in the cost thereof by the officers, agents and employees of such county, providing the county and its officers, agents and employees insurance coverage for legal liability of said county and its officers, agents and employees for bodily injury, personal injury or damage (including, but not limited to, false arrest and false imprisonments) and property damage, and affording said county and its officers, agents and employees insurance coverage against any and all legal liability arising from, growing out of, by reason of or in any way connected with, any acts or omissions of said county, or its officers, agents or employees in the performance of their official duties. So long as the coverage aforesaid is obtained and remains in full force and effect as to the law-enforcement officers of a county, the bond specified in section five, article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code shall not be required as to such police officers.
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