(a) A copy of a delinquent list may be posted at the front door of city hall or other municipal buildings used to conduct municipal business, and may be published as a Class I-0 legal advertisement in the newspaper or other media in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, on the municipality’s website or in such other reasonable manner as determined by the municipality to provide notice of the delinquency without incurring unnecessary costs related to the publication.
(b) To cover the costs of preparing, publishing and posting a delinquent list, a reasonable charge may be added to the amount owed by a taxpayer included in any such list, in addition to the tax, interest and penalty already owed by the taxpayer.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations
Article 13. Taxation and Finance
§8-13-1. General Property and Benefit Taxes
§8-13-2. Correcting Erroneous Tax Levy
§8-13-4. Municipal License and Tax Thereon When State License Required
§8-13-5a. Public Utilities Tax
§8-13-7. Tax on Purchases of Intoxicating Liquors in Municipalities; Private Club Fees
§8-13-8. License Tax on Horse Racing and Dog Racing
§8-13-9. Motor Vehicle Operator's Tax
§8-13-11. Preservation of Prior Taxing Powers of Cities
§8-13-13. Special Charges for Municipal Services
§8-13-15. Collection of Municipal Taxes, Fines and Assessments
§8-13-15a. Providing for Payment at Banking Institutions
§8-13-16. Remedies for Failure to Collect, Account for or Pay Over Moneys
§8-13-17. Reports, etc., to Conform to Fiscal Year
§8-13-19. Capital Reserve Fund
§8-13-19a. Special Account for Federal and State Grants-in-Aid Authorized
§8-13-21. Disposition of Funds for Public Works When Materials, etc., Not Available
§8-13-22a. Investment of Municipal Funds
§8-13-22c. Restrictions on Investment
§8-13-23. Preparation, Publication and Disposition of Financial Statements
§8-13-24. Notice of Delinquency
§8-13-25. Delinquent List Preparation
§8-13-26. Publication and Posting of Delinquent Tax List; Costs
§8-13-27. Notice of Delinquent Lists to City Council and Retention of List by City