(a) Owner may offer to sell or donate a conservation or preservation easement. -- An owner of farmland may offer by written application to sell or donate a conservation or preservation easement on all or any portion of the farm to a county farmland board or the authority.
(b) Requirements for application to sell or donate. -- In order to be considered by a county farmland protection board or the authority, an application to sell or donate shall:
(1) Include an asking price, if any, at which the owner is willing to sell a conservation or preservation easement and shall specify the terms under which the offer is made; and
(2) Include a complete description of the land, including, but not limited to, an itemization of all debts secured by the land and the identity and amount of all liens.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 12. Voluntary Farmland Protection Programs
§8A-12-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose
§8A-12-3. Content and Requirements of Farmland Protection Programs
§8A-12-4. Farmland Protection Boards -– Appointment, Composition, Terms
§8A-12-5. Farmland Protection Boards -– Powers
§8A-12-6. Farmland Protection Board Duties
§8A-12-7. West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority -– Established
§8A-12-8. West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority -– Board of Trustees
§8A-12-9. West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority -– Powers
§8A-12-10. West Virginia Agricultural Land Protection Authority -– Duties
§8A-12-12. Methods of Farmland Protection
§8A-12-13. Offer of Conservation or Preservation Easements
§8A-12-14. Value of Conservation or Preservation Easement
§8A-12-16. Use of Land for Which Conservation or Preservation Easement Acquired
§8A-12-17. Funding of Farmland Protection Programs
§8A-12-18. Disbursements by the Authority to County Farmland Protection Boards
§8A-12-19. Classification of Land Subject to Conservation or Preservation Easement
§8A-12-20. Authorization for Commissioner of Agriculture to Promulgate Proposed Rules