West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways

§17-2A-1. Duties of State Road Commissioner Transferred to Division of Highways; Department to Act Through Commissioner of Highways; Office of Commissioner of Highways Created; Appointment, etc. - The office of state road commissioner heretofore existing is hereby...

§17-2A-2. Qualifications; Office Requirements; Devotion of Full Time to Duties; Supervisory Authority; Oath; Bond - The commissioner shall be a person who is experienced in...

§17-2A-3. Salary and Expenses - The commissioner shall receive an annual salary as provided in...

§17-2A-4. Selection, Organization, Classification, etc., of Personnel; Business Manager and Chief Engineer Assistants; Employees' Bonds - The commissioner shall be in charge of and responsible for...

§17-2A-4a. Payment of Reasonable Traveling Expenses of Prospective Employees and Moving Expenses of New and Transferred Employees - In addition to the other powers given and assigned to...

§17-2A-4b. Scholarships for Training Highway Personnel; Other Training Programs; Notes for Money Advanced; Payment or Cancellation of Notes - The Legislature hereby declares that there is a wide and...

§17-2A-5. Disqualifications of Commissioner and Personnel; Vacation of Position - No person, while in the employ of or holding any...

§17-2A-6. Accounting and Auditing; Financial Reports - The commissioner, by and through his business manager assistant, shall...

§17-2A-6a. Independent Performance Audit of the Division of Highways - (a) Beginning May 1, 2015, the Division of Highways shall...

§17-2A-6b. Country Roads Accountability and Transparency - (a) The Legislature finds that taxpayers should be able to...

§17-2A-7. Legal Assistance - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§17-2A-8. Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of Commissioner - In addition to all other duties, powers, and responsibilities given...

§17-2A-8a. Authority to Employ Expert Witnesses in Eminent Domain Proceedings; Compensation - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner may employ...

§17-2A-8b. Authority to Provide Emergency Road Service - In addition to the other powers given and assigned to...

§17-2A-8c. Use of Public Carriage for Designated Employees - In addition to the other powers given and assigned to...

§17-2A-8d. Reimbursement for Volunteer Fire Departments - (a) In addition to the other powers given and assigned...

§17-2A-9. Persons Required to Assist Commissioner - At the request of the commissioner, the dean of the...

§17-2A-10. Production of Documentary Evidence and Testimony at Hearings, etc.; Contempt for Disobedience; Self-Incrimination - In any hearing, investigation or proceeding conducted by or before...

§17-2A-11. Road Maps; Digital Road Map - (a) The commissioner shall prepare and currently maintain a master...

§17-2A-12. Traffic Control Factors; Parking Regulations - In the interest of safety and the convenience, coordination and...

§17-2A-13. Purchase or Acquisition of Materials, Supplies and Equipment - All materials, supplies and equipment required for the state road...

§17-2A-14. Disposition of Surplus, etc., Equipment and Materials; Inventories - The commissioner shall dispose of obsolete and unusable equipment, surplus...

§17-2A-15. Other Code Provisions Relating to Purchasing Not Controlling; Exceptions - (a) The provisions of 5A-3-1 et seq. of this code...

§17-2A-16. Prequalification Disclosure by Vendors; Register of Vendors - Every person, firm or corporation selling or offering to sell...

§17-2A-17. Acquisition of Property for State Road Purposes; State Road Purposes Defined - In addition to all other powers given and assigned to...

§17-2A-17a. Acquisition of Property for Utility Accommodation Purposes; "Utility" Defined - (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the public...

§17-2A-18. Acquisition of Real Property Not Needed for Road Purposes - In connection with the acquisition of real property, or any...

§17-2A-19. Sale, Exchange, or Lease of Real Property - (a) The Division of Highways, subject to the provisions of...

§17-2A-19a. Transfer of Airspace; Procedures to Be Followed - In any instance where the West Virginia department of highways...

§17-2A-20. Relocation Assistance to and Replacement Housing Costs for Persons Dislocated by Highway Construction - The payment of relocation costs and replacement housing costs to...

§17-2A-21. Commissioner Authorized to Contract for Implementation of Litter Control Programs - In addition to all other powers granted and duties imposed...

§17-2A-22. Administration of Engineering and Design Related Service Contracts - In order to promote engineering and design quality and to...

§17-2A-23. Administration of Commercial Vehicle and Equipment Related Work Orders - In order to promote cost effective vehicle and equipment repair...

§17-2A-24. Special Employment Procedures for Division of Highways Personnel - [Repealed.]

Article 2B. Toll Road Study Commission

§17-2B-1. Legislative Findings and Purposes - (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That modern,...

§17-2B-2. Toll Road Study Commission Created; Composition; Appointment of Members; Chairman - The West Virginia toll road study commission is hereby created....

§17-2B-3. Compensation and Expenses of Commission Members; Expenses of Commission - (a) Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for their...

§17-2B-4. Powers and Duties of the Commission - The commission shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities:...

§17-2B-5. Meetings of the Commission; Quorum - The commission shall meet at such times and places as...

§17-2B-6. Interpretation of Article; Termination of Commission - (a) The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed...

Article 2C. Orphan Road and Bridge Acquisition Program

§17-2C-1. Establishment of an Orphan Road and Bridge Acquisition and Maintenance Program in All Counties; Criteria for Designation as an Orphan Road or Bridge - Authority is hereby granted to the West Virginia Division of...

§17-2C-2. Development of Program; Acquisition of Rights-of-Way - The West Virginia Division of Highways shall develop an orphan...

§17-2C-3. Duties of Commissioner With Respect to Orphan Roads and Bridges; Criteria for Inclusion - After reviewing the reports made to section two of this...

§17-2C-4. Workforce of Welfare Recipients and Citizens' Conservation Corps Participants; Division of Highways Required to Furnish Maintenance Materials - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall...

§17-2C-5. Upgrading of Roads and Bridges in Maintenance System - Roads and bridges accepted into the maintenance system under the...

§17-2C-6. Termination of Orphan Roads and Bridges Program; Report to the Legislature - The orphan roads and bridges acquisition and maintenance program established...

Article 2D. Highway Design-Build Pilot Program

§17-2D-1. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-2D-2. Highway Design-Build Program - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...

§17-2D-3. Invitation for Bids - (a) The division shall prepare an invitation for bids for...

§17-2D-4. Acceptance of Design-Build Bid - (a) The design-builder shall submit the bid to the division...

§17-2D-5. Report to the Legislature - On or before January 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the...

Article 2E. Dig Once Policy

§17-2E-1. Legislative Findings - (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the public...

§17-2E-2. Definitions - In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Broadband...

§17-2E-3. Use of Rights-of-Way; Broadband Conduit Installation in Rights-of-Way; Permits; Agreements; Compensation; Valuation of Compensation; Telecommunications Facilities Construction and Installation in Rights-of-Way - (a) If in-ground construction or installation of a telecommunications facility...

§17-2E-4. Highway Safety - (a) The Division of Highways, in its sole discretion, may...

§17-2E-5. Telecommunications Carrier Initiated Construction and Joint Use - (a) Upon application for a permit, the applicant shall notify,...

§17-2E-6. In-Kind Compensation - [Repealed].

§17-2E-7. Use of Telecommunications Facilities Owned or Controlled by Division of Highways - The division may enter into an agreement and issue a...

§17-2E-8. Disposal of In-Kind Compensation; Excess Telecommunications Facilities - Upon written approval of the Governor, the division may transfer...

§17-2E-9. Rule-Making Authority - The commissioner of the division may promulgate rules pursuant to...

Article 3. State Road Fund

§17-3-1. What Constitutes Fund; Payments Into Fund; Use of Money in Fund - There shall be a State Road Fund, which shall consist...

§17-3-1a. Annual Audit to Be Made of Receipts and Expenditures of State Road Commission - The Legislature acting through the Joint Committee on Government and...

§17-3-2. Payment of State Road Costs From Moneys Received by Commission - The cost and expense of the construction, reconstruction, improvement or...

§17-3-3. Report on and Disposition of Moneys Collected by Commission - The commission shall make a full and detailed semimonthly report...

§17-3-4. Disbursements From Road Fund - The commissioner shall certify monthly to the State Auditor the...

§17-3-4a. Advancement of Compensation for Property Immediately Needed - When the state road commissioner has commenced an action for...

§17-3-5. Emergency Fund - To provide a fund for the purpose of making prompt...

§17-3-6. Apportionment of State Road Fund for Construction and Reconstruction Purposes; Reserve Fund; Budget Request; Appropriation of Funds - On or before January 1, of each year the state...

§17-3-6a. Allotment of Funds for Feeder and State Local Service Roads - On or before January 1, of each year the state...

§17-3-6b. Matching Funds With Counties for the Construction, Reconstruction, Repair and Maintenance of Feeder and State Local Service Roads - When the state road commissioner determines that there are funds...

§17-3-7. Assent to Federal Aid - The Legislature of the State of West Virginia hereby renews...

§17-3-8. Issuance of Duplicate Road Bond When Registered Original Is Lost or Destroyed - Upon the filing with the State Treasurer of proof, which...

§17-3-9. Signs Along Interstate Highways - The state road commissioner shall agree in behalf of this...

§17-3-10. Special Fund - There is hereby created a special fund, to the credit...

Article 3A. Industrial Access Road Fund

§17-3A-1. Industrial Access Road Fund Created; Construction Guarantees by Municipalities and Counties - (a) Any other provision of this code notwithstanding, there is...

§17-3A-2. Division of Highways to Determine Construction of Industrial Access Roads - In determining whether or not to construct or improve any...

§17-3A-3. Industrial Access Roads to Be Part of State Road System - Any industrial access road constructed under this article is a...

§17-3A-4. Restrictions on Use of Fund - (a) The fund may not be used for the adjustment...

§17-3A-5. Disbursements From Fund - Any claim of a contractor or others, not otherwise provided...

§17-3A-6. Annual Audit to Be Made of Receipts and Expenditures of Fund - The Legislature, acting through the Joint Committee on Government and...

Article 4. State Road System

§17-4-1. Classification of State Roads; Control Over State Roads; Control by County Courts of Roads, Bridges and Landings; Roads in State Parks, Forests and Public Hunting and Fishing Areas Made Part of State Road System - The state road system shall consist of roads functionally classified...

§17-4-2. Definitions of Roads Comprising State Road System - The following meanings shall be ascribed to roads comprising the...

§17-4-3. Classification of Roads in State Road System; Reclassification - All roads in the state road system shall be classified...

§17-4-4. Interstate and International Highway Planning - The commissioner shall consider and plan the state's part in...

§17-4-5. Right of Eminent Domain - The state road commissioner, or the state road commission may...

§17-4-6. Cost of Acquiring Rights-of-Way - The cost of acquiring all rights-of-way for road purposes shall...

§17-4-7. Information to Be Filed With Clerk of County Court - The state road commissioner shall promptly file with the clerk...

§17-4-8. Use of Roadbed by Railroad, Telephone Company, etc. - No railroad or electric or other railway shall be constructed...

§17-4-9. Separation, Elimination or Avoidance of Railway-Highway Grade Crossings -- When Commissioner May Require - Whenever in his judgment it is necessary for the safety...

§17-4-10. Same -- Commissioner's Order to Eliminate, etc., Crossing; Amendment to Order - (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the state road commissioner,...

§17-4-11. Same -- Protest Against Order; Hearing; Appeal - Any railroad company dissatisfied with the order of the state...

§17-4-12. Same -- Railroad to File Plans, etc., for Separation With Commissioner - Within sixty days after the entry of any order by...

§17-4-13. Same -- Bidding Upon Approval of Plans; Work to Be Let to Lowest Responsible Bidder - Upon the approval of such plans and specifications by the...

§17-4-14. Same -- Distribution of Cost Between Railroad and State - The total cost of preparing plans, specifications and estimates, of...

§17-4-15. Same -- Rejection of Bids; New Bids; Performance of Work by State or Railroad - The state road commissioner shall have the authority to order...

§17-4-16. Same -- Payment of State's Share of Cost; Commissioner May Furnish Engineer - In all cases the state road commissioner shall, as the...

§17-4-17. Same -- Maintenance of Work - After the construction of a grade separation under this article,...

§17-4-17a. Same -- Relocation or Reconstruction of Existing Grade Separation Structures - The state road commissioner shall have the same authority and...

§17-4-17b. Relocation of Public Utility Lines on Highway Construction Projects - (a) Whenever the division reasonably determines that any public utility...

§17-4-17d. Relocation of Public Utility Lines and Public Service Districts Utility Lines on State Highway Construction Projects - Whenever the Commissioner of Highways determines that any public utility...

§17-4-17e. Utility Relocation on State Highway Construction Projects Financed by Proceeds of Bonds or Notes Issued Before July 1, 2021 - Subject to the provisions of §17-4-17d of this code, and...

§17-4-18. Approved Types of Paving to Be Determined and Advertised - Before the state road commissioner shall advertise for any contract...

§17-4-19. Contracts for Construction, Materials, etc.; Work by Prison Labor, etc.; Bidding Procedure - (a) All work of construction and reconstruction of state roads...

§17-4-20. Bidder S Bond Required; Return or Forfeiture of Bond - (a) In any case where a contract for work and...

§17-4-21. Form and Signing of Deeds and Contracts Made by Commissioner - Every deed and contract made by the state road commissioner...

§17-4-22. Combination in Restraint of Trade; Persons Limiting Competition in Bidding - Contracts authorized by this chapter shall not be let to...

§17-4-23. Certificate Showing Constituents of Materials; False Certificates - Any person, firm or corporation offering for sale or selling...

§17-4-24. Testing and Approval of Materials or Supplies - Materials or supplies shall be used in the construction, reconstruction,...

§17-4-24a. Guardrail Construction - Beginning July 1, 1988, any guardrail placed or replaced in...

§17-4-25. Acquisition, Establishment and Operation of Quarries, Cement and Other Plants - For the purpose of obtaining materials to be used in...

§17-4-26. Municipal Streets and Bridges and Free Bridges Designated as Connecting Part of State Road System -- Authorized - The state road commissioner may, at any time, after due...

§17-4-27. Same -- Control of Connecting Parts of State Road System Within Municipalities - The state road commissioner shall exercise the same control over...

§17-4-28. Same -- Notice and Laying of Necessary Pipes, etc., Before Reconstruction Within Municipality - Before the state road commissioner shall construct, reconstruct, improve or...

§17-4-29. Same -- Taking Over Streets Not to Affect Franchise - The taking over of streets as provided in section twenty-six...

§17-4-30. Same -- Taking Over Streets Not to Affect Existing Contracts - The taking over of streets as a connecting part of...

§17-4-31. Same -- Rules and Regulations of Commissioner to Govern Streets Taken as Connecting Parts of State Road System - The state road commissioner may, by reasonable rules and regulations,...

§17-4-33. Inspection, Condemnation, etc., of Unsafe Bridges - The commissioner shall inspect all bridges upon state roads. If...

§17-4-34. Contracts for Interstate Bridges; Report to Governor - When it is necessary and proper to connect a state...

§17-4-35. Diversion of Nonnavigable Stream - The state road commissioner, incidental to the construction and maintenance...

§17-4-36. Construction and Removal of Sidewalks Along State Roads; Injury To, Failure to Repair, etc., Sidewalks - Whenever the safety or convenience of the traveling public demands...

§17-4-37. State Not to Be Made Defendant in Action for Damages - The state shall not be made the defendant in any...

§17-4-38. Violations of Article; Penalty - Except as otherwise provided, a person violating any of the...

§17-4-39. Controlled-Access Facilities -- Defined - For the purpose of this chapter, a controlled-access facility is...

§17-4-40. Same -- Authority to Establish, Maintain, Regulate, etc. - The state road commissioner is hereby authorized to plan, construct,...

§17-4-41. Same -- Design of Controlled-Access Facilities - The state road commissioner is authorized to so design any...

§17-4-42. Same -- Acquisition of Property and Property Rights - The state road commissioner may acquire private or public property...

§17-4-43. Same -- New and Existing Facilities; Grade Crossing Eliminations; Consent to Connect - The state road commissioner may designate and establish controlled-access highways...

§17-4-44. Same -- Authority to Contract With Other Governmental Agencies - The state road commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements...

§17-4-45. Same -- Local Service Roads and Streets - In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility the...

§17-4-46. Same -- Certain Commercial Enterprises Prohibited; Commercial Enterprises on Service Roads; Turnpikes Excluded From Provisions of Section - No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving...

§17-4-47. Access From Commercial, etc., Property and Subdivisions to Highways -- Purposes of Regulation; Right of Access; Provisions Inapplicable to Controlled-Access Facilities; Removal of Unauthorized Access; Bond for Access - (a) Reciprocal access between state highways and real property used...

§17-4-48. Same -- Regulations by Commissioner - The state road commissioner is hereby authorized to issue reasonable...

§17-4-49. Same -- Points of Commercial, etc.; Access to Comply; Plans, Objections and Procedures for New Points; Review of and Changes in Existing Points; Commissioner's Preliminary Determination; Requiring Notice - (a) No new points of access to and from state...

§17-4-50. Same -- Commissioner's Authority as to Subdivisions Abutting State Highway; Notice of Proposal to Subdivide; Filing, Approval or Disapproval of Subdivision Plans - (A) In addition to other authority granted the commissioner to...

§17-4-51. Same -- Amendment or Withdrawal of Objections or Preliminary Determinations by Commissioner; Delegation of Authority by Commissioner - (a) The state road commissioner may revise, amend or withdraw...

§17-4-52. Same -- Requirements for Objections, Preliminary Determinations and Notices - (a) All objections and preliminary determinations made pursuant to sections...

§17-4-53. Same -- Appeals From and Judicial Review of Determinations and Final Orders of Commissioner - (a) Any objection or preliminary determination issued by the state...

§17-4-54. Location of Trash and Garbage Collection Containers by Counties and Municipalities - (a) The commissioner of the department of highways is authorized...

§17-4-55. Rest Area, Welcome Center, Road, and Vehicle Commercial Sponsorship Program - (a) The Division of Highways shall undertake a study of...

Article 4A. Complete Streets Act

§17-4A-1. Complete Streets - (a) Vehicular, public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian modes are integral...

§17-4A-2. Exceptions - (a) Accommodation of all users of a transportation facility need...

§17-4A-3. Complete Streets Advisory Board - (a) A Complete Streets Advisory Board to the Division of...

Article 5. State Convict Road Force

§17-5-1. State Convict Road Force; How Used - All male persons convicted of felony and, sentenced to imprisonment...

§17-5-2. How Convict Workers Selected; Monthly Report of Suitable Inmates - The warden of the penitentiary shall prepare for the road...

§17-5-3. Superior Guard and Assistants; Hours of Work of Guards and Prisoners; Pay of Prisoners - The state convict road force shall be guarded when working...

§17-5-4. Housing, Feeding and Transportation of Prisoners - The state board of health Should this be Secretary of...

§17-5-5. Escape of Convict From State Road Force - Any penitentiary convict who shall escape from the state road...

§17-5-6. Return of Convicts to Penitentiary Because of Infirmity, Bad Conduct, etc.; Trusties - The state road commissioner or warden shall in all cases...

§17-5-7. Medical Inspection of Convict Camps - It shall be the duty of the state road commissioner...

§17-5-8. Convicts in Same Classification to Be Placed in Same Camp - It shall be the duty of the state road commissioner,...

§17-5-9. Commissioner to Pay Expenses of Convicts and Cost of Equipment and Materials - The expenses incident to the transportation of convicts and prisoners,...

§17-5-10. Discharge of Convicts at Expiration of Term; Application of Section Relating to Deduction From Sentence for Good Conduct - The warden of the penitentiary shall have power to discharge...

§17-5-11. Commissioner May Act Through Agents and May Set Up Department of Prison Labor - Where anything herein is required or permitted to be done...

§17-5-12. Work Which May Be Performed by Convicts Other Than on State Road Force - Convicts of either sex not employed in the state convict...

Article 5A. Department of Motor Vehicles

§17-5A-1. To 17-5a-17 - Repealed. Acts, 1951 Reg. Sess., Ch. 129.

Article 6. Licenses

§17-6-3. Certificate of Convenience for Public Transportation Vehicles -- When Required; Vehicles Engaged in Interstate Commerce - No motor vehicle shall be operated over any public road,...

§17-6-4. Certificate of Convenience for Public Transportation Vehicles -- Application for Certificate of Convenience; Action of Commissioner on Application; Operation Under Certificate - The application for such permit or certificate shall be in...

Article 7. Certificates of Title

§17-7-1. To 17-7-11 - Repealed. Acts, 1951 Reg. Sess., Ch. 129.

Article 8. Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road

§17-8-1. To 17-8-35 - Repealed. Acts, 1951 Reg. Sess., Ch. 129.

Article 9. General Provisions Applicable to State Roads, County-District Roads, Streets and Alleys, State Road Commission, County Courts and Municipal Authorities

§17-9-1. To 17-9-34 - Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 40.

Article 10. County Courts; Municipalities; General Authority and Duties as to Roads, etc.

§17-10-1. Power Over Bridges, Approaches and Public Landings; Relinquishment of Authority Over County-District Roads; Commissioner May Purchase or Rent Road Equipment and Material From County Court - The county court shall have the superintendence and administration of...

§17-10-2. Extent of Power Over Roads, Bridges and Public Landings - So far as applicable, the county court shall have with...

§17-10-3. Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain - In the exercise of the power of eminent domain with...

§17-10-4. Records - The county court shall keep a record book, to be...

§17-10-5. Protection of Roadbeds - The provisions of section eight, article four of this chapter...

§17-10-6. Inspection, Condemnation, Closing or Repair of Bridges - The county court shall inspect all bridges under its jurisdiction...

§17-10-7. Elimination of Grade Crossings - County courts and municipalities shall have the same authority and...

§17-10-8. Contracts -- Advertisement for Letting - In case the county court desires to contract for the...

§17-10-9. Same -- Opening Bids; Award or Rejection of Bids; Contractor's Bond; Publication of Information as to Bids; Reserving Portion of Payment for Work; Penalties for Unlawful Conduct as to Bids - All bids for work to be done by contract on...

§17-10-10. Same -- Prohibited Contracts - A county court shall not enter into any contract prohibited...

§17-10-11. Same -- Certificate of Purity of Materials; False Statements or Representations; Cancellation of Contract - The county court may request a certificate of purity of...

§17-10-12. Same -- When Work Not Done by Contract; Appointment and Compensation of Superintendent to Supervise Work - In the event the county court shall decide to have...

§17-10-13. Only Standardized, Tested and Approved Materials to Be Used - The county court or person contracting with it shall only...

§17-10-14. Supervision of Employees - The county court shall see that all its appointees and...

§17-10-15. May Establish Stone Quarries, Stone Crushing Plants, etc. - For the purpose of obtaining materials to be used in...

§17-10-16. Claims of Contractors and Others - All claims of any contractor or others, which may, under...

§17-10-17. Action for Damages Occasioned by Defective Road, Bridge, Street, etc. - Any person who sustains an injury to his person or...

§17-10-18. Action for Damages Occasioned by Defective Turnpike, Road or Bridge, Belonging to Any Company, etc. - Any person who may be injured by reason of a...

§17-10-19. Determination of Requirements for Succeeding Fiscal Year - The county court shall at the close of each fiscal...

§17-10-20. Amount to Be Included in General County Levy - The county court shall include the amount determined under section...

§17-10-21. Existing Bonded Indebtedness to Remain Debt of Property Originally Pledged as Security; Levies for Payment; Transfer of Funds - The bonded indebtedness incurred by the county and by its...

§17-10-22. Counties and Political Subdivisions Voting Bonds for Paving State Road - Any county, district, group of districts or municipal corporation may,...

§17-10-23. Levy Tax on Property Outside Municipalities - The county court of each county may levy a tax...

§17-10-24. Delinquent Lists of Taxes; Collection of Delinquent Taxes - Delinquent lists of taxes uncollected under the provisions of this...

§17-10-25. Penalties - A person violating any of the provisions of this article...

Article 11. County and District Road Funds

§17-11-1. To 17-11-9 - Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 40.

Article 12. County-District Roads

§17-12-1. To 17-12-20 - Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 40.

Article 13. County Road Engineer or Supervisor

§17-13-1. To 17-13-9 - Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 40.

Article 14. District Road Superintendent

§17-14-1. To 17-14-7 - Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 40.

Article 15. County Convict Road Force

§17-15-4. Work by Prisoners; Relief of Sheriffs and Others From Liability for Injuries, etc. - Any person convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to...

§17-15-5. Guards for County Prisoners; Monthly Statement as to Prisoners - The sheriff, with the approval of the county court, may...

§17-15-6. Certification by Clerk or Justice of Sentence and Commitment of County Convict; Form of Commitment - If the accused is sentenced to labor as provided by...

§17-15-7. Road Work by Misdemeanant in Lieu of Bail - A person charged with a misdemeanor, who is unable to...

§17-15-8. Credit on Sentence for Road Work by County Prisoner - Every person sentenced to labor as provided for by this...

Article 16. Obstructions

§17-16-1. “Obstructions” Defined; Obstructions Declared Nuisance; Nuisance Exception; Abatement of Nuisance by Injunction - Obstructions, within the meaning of this chapter, shall include trees...

§17-16-2. Duty of Landowner, Occupant and Public Utility to Remove Obstructions and Fill Excavations - It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant...

§17-16-3. Removal of Obstructions by State Road Commission or County; Expense to Be Charged Against Owner, etc. - If such obstructions, poles, wires or pipelines are not removed,...

§17-16-4. Assessment and Collection of Costs of Removing Obstructions - The state road commission by its engineer or engineers in...

§17-16-5. Liability for Failure to Remove Obstructions - If any obstruction, such as is mentioned in section one...

§17-16-6. Permit by Commission or County Court for Openings in or Structures on Public Roads; Franchises and Easements of Oil, etc., Transportation Companies - No opening shall be made in any state or county-district...

§17-16-8. Duty of Railroad Company to Keep State or County- District Road in Good Condition - Every railroad company heretofore or hereafter incorporated which has, by...

§17-16-9. Private Driveways or Approaches to Roads; Obstruction of Ditches - The owner or tenant of land fronting on any state...

Article 16A. West Virginia Parkways Authority

§17-16A-1. Constructing, Operating, Financing, etc., Parkway, Economic Development and Tourism Projects - In order to remove the present handicaps and hazards on...

§17-16A-2. Parkway Revenue Bonds and Revenue Refunding Bonds Not Debt of State or Political Subdivisions; Statement on Bonds - Parkway revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds issued under the...

§17-16A-3. West Virginia Parkways Authority - (a) The West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development, and Tourism Authority...

§17-16A-4. Transfer of Powers, Duties, Functions, Assets and Liabilities of Turnpike Commission to Parkways Authority - (a) The duties, powers and functions of the West Virginia...

§17-16A-5. Definitions - As used in this article, the following words and terms...

§17-16A-6. Parkways Authority’s Powers - (a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized and empowered: (1)...

§17-16A-7. Parkways Authority's Incidental Powers - The parkways authority shall have authority to construct grade separations...

§17-16A-8. Acquisition of Land, Property, Easements, etc. - The parkways authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire...

§17-16A-9. Condemnation of Property - Whenever a reasonable price cannot be agreed upon, or whenever...

§17-16A-10. Parkway Revenue Bonds, Generally - (a) The Parkways Authority is authorized to provide by resolution...

§17-16A-11. State Road Construction Account - (a) There is hereby created within the State Road Fund...

§17-16A-11a. West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program Fund - There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special...

§17-16A-12. Parkway Revenue Bonds -- Trust Agreement - In the discretion of the parkways authority any bonds issued...

§17-16A-13. Tolls, Rents, Fees, Charges and Revenues; Competitive Bidding on Contracts - (a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to fix, revise,...

§17-16A-13a. Public Notice and Meeting Requirements - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary,...

§17-16A-14. Trust Funds - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article,...

§17-16A-15. Remedies - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...

§17-16A-16. Exemption From Taxation - (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this article...

§17-16A-17. Repair, etc., of Damaged Property; Conveyances, etc., by Counties, Cities, etc., to Parkways Authority; Maintenance and Policing of Projects; Defrauding Parkways Authority; Evading Payment of Tolls, Rents, Fees or Charges; Trespassing - All private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the...

§17-16A-18. Corridor L Toll Fees Authorized; Commuter Pass - (a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to operate the...

§17-16A-19. Preliminary Expenses - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation is authorized...

§17-16A-20. Parkway Projects Part of State Road System - It is hereby declared that any expressway, turnpike, feeder road,...

§17-16A-21. Parkway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Generally - The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution...

§17-16A-22. Parkway Revenue Refunding Bonds—west Virginia Turnpike - The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution...

§17-16A-24. Article Deemed to Provide Additional and Alternative Methods - This article shall be deemed to provide an additional and...

§17-16A-25. Additional Powers of Parkways Authority; Issuance of Special Obligation Bonds - (a) In addition to all powers granted by the foregoing...

§17-16A-26. Annual Report; Audit - (a) Annually, the Parkways Authority shall prepare and provide to...

§17-16A-27. Exit Awareness Signs - Consistent with applicable federal laws, rules and regulations, the parkways...

§17-16A-28. Severability - If any section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, sentence or clause of...

§17-16A-29. Discount Program for Purchasers of West Virginia Ez Pass Transponders - (a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to create a...

§17-16A-30. Coordination With County Commission in Counties Where a Parkway Project May Be Located - Once a parkway project for a new toll road is...

Article 16B. Public Port Authority

§17-16B-1. Creation of Authority - [Repealed].

§17-16B-2. Board of Directors Members, Officers, Qualifications, Terms, Oath, Compensation, Quorum and Delegation of Power - [Repealed].

§17-16B-3. Executive Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Compensation - [Repealed].

§17-16B-5. Definitions - [Repealed].

§17-16B-6. Powers and Duties of Authority - [Repealed].

§17-16B-7. Special West Virginia Public Port Authority Operations Fund - [Repealed].

§17-16B-7a. Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund; Purposes - [Repealed].

§17-16B-7b. Study of Feasibility Intermodal Facility at Prichard, West Virginia - [Repealed].

§17-16B-8. Designation of Local Port Authority Districts, Powers and Duties; Plan for Development - [Repealed].

§17-16B-9. Construction and Operation of Facilities by Private Enterprise; Leasing of Facilities by Port Authority - [Repealed].

§17-16B-10. Foreign Trade Zones; Free Trade Zones; Ports of Entry and Customs Zones - [Repealed].

§17-16B-11. Study of Feasibility of Establishment of Export Trading Company - [Repealed].

§17-16B-12. Division of Tourist Trains and Transportation; Duties - [Repealed].

§17-16B-13. Disclaimer of Any Liability of State of West Virginia - [Repealed].

§17-16B-14. Prohibition on Funds Inuring to the Benefit of or Being Distributable to Directors, Employees, Officers or Private Persons; Prohibition Against Certain Financial Interests; Criminal Penalties - [Repealed].

§17-16B-15. Port Revenue Bonds Generally - [Repealed].

§17-16B-16. Public Port Revenue Bonds Trust Agreements - [Repealed].

§17-16B-17. Tolls, Rents, Fees, Charges and Revenues - [Repealed].

§17-16B-18. Trust Funds - [Repealed].

§17-16B-19. Remedies - [Repealed].

§17-16B-20. Exemption From Taxes - [Repealed].

§17-16B-21. Preliminary Expenses - [Repealed].

§17-16B-22. Public Port Revenue Refunding Bonds Generally - [Repealed].

Article 16C. Division of Public Transit

§17-16C-1. Creation of Division - [Repealed].

§17-16C-2. Designation of Department - [Repealed].

§17-16C-3. Powers and Duties of the Division - [Repealed].

§17-16C-4. Public Transit Advisory Council - There is hereby created the West Virginia Public Transit Advisory...

§17-16C-5. Assistance of Other State Agencies - [Repealed].

Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection

§17-16D-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose - The Legislature finds and declares that the use of electronic...

§17-16D-2. Definitions - The following words and phrases have the following meanings when...

§17-16D-3. Electronic Toll Collection Authorized - Notwithstanding the provisions of article sixteen-a and section five-b, article...

§17-16D-4. Advanced Warning Signs - Before enforcing a toll, the Parkways Authority, or the operator...

§17-16D-5. Imposition of Liability for Payment of Tolls - (a) If, as evidenced by a video collection system, a...

§17-16D-6. Liability of Owner - (a) All owners and operators of motor vehicles shall pay...

§17-16D-7. Owner Who Is Lessor - (a) An owner of a vehicle who is a lessor...

§17-16D-8. Placement of Electronic Toll Collection Devices - An electronic toll collection device that is properly affixed to...

§17-16D-9. Privacy of Electronic Toll Collection Account Holder Information; Subpoenas and Court Orders and Related Confidentiality Protections - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§17-16D-10. Evading Tolls; Damaging, Interfering With, or Obstructing Video Toll Collection or Infrastructure; Violations and Criminal Penalties - (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally evades or seeks...

§17-16D-11. Nonrenewal of Vehicle Registration; Effect of Civil or Criminal Violation - (a) Upon receipt of a notice from the Parkways Authority...

§17-16D-12. Cooperative Agreements - In connection with any toll road, highway or bridge in...

§17-16D-13. Reciprocal Enforcement Agreements - (a) The Parkways Authority and the Commissioner of Highways may...

§17-16D-14. Rule-Making Authority - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Parkways Authority shall...

Article 16E. State Safety Oversight Program

§17-16E-1. Purpose - The purpose of this article is to establish authority for...

§17-16E-2. Designated Oversight Agency; Prohibitions - (a) The Division of Public Transit created by article sixteen-c...

§17-16E-3. Powers and Duties; Rules - (a) The State Safety Oversight Agency has the following powers...

Article 16F. West Virginia Division of Multimodal Transportation Facilities

§17-16F-1. Legislative Findings and Creation of Division - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a...

§17-16F-2. Secretary S Powers and Duties - The Secretary of the Department of Transportation or his or...

§17-16F-3. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context indicates another...

§17-16F-4. Powers and Duties of Division - The division shall perform all acts necessary and proper to...

§17-16F-5. Rules of Division - (a) All rules promulgated by the Public Port Authority, the...

§17-16F-6. Advisory Boards - (a) The division may convene advisory boards composed of members...

§17-16F-7. Annual Report - (a) The division shall prepare and file a comprehensive report...

§17-16F-8. Financial Interest in Contracts Prohibited; Penalty - No employee of the division may be financially interested, directly...

§17-16F-9. Public Purpose of Activities; Property of Public Utilities and Common Carriers - (a) The division is authorized to acquire any lands or...

§17-16F-10. Construction and Operation of Facilities by Private Enterprise; Leasing of Facilities by Division - (a) The division shall foster and encourage the participation of...

§17-16F-11. Foreign Trade Zones; Free Trade Zones; Ports of Entry and Customs Zones - The division shall develop, maintain, and operate foreign trade zones,...

§17-16F-12. Special West Virginia Public Port Operations Fund; West Virginia Multimodal Division Operations Fund; Other Funds Transferred to the Division of Multimodal Transportation - (a) The special West Virginia Public Port Authority Operations Fund...

§17-16F-13. Additional Powers and Duties of Division Related to Railroad Projects - (a) The secretary shall appoint necessary staff to oversee and...

§17-16F-14. Additional Authority Regarding the Maryland Area Regional Commuter - (a) The division shall coordinate all activities with the Maryland...

§17-16F-15. Rail Operations; Purchases - (a) The division may sell, transfer, or lease all, or...

§17-16F-16. Railroad Maintenance Fund - The Railroad Maintenance Fund heretofore created is hereby continued and...

§17-16F-17. Division Empowered to Issue Bonds, Renewal Notes and Refunding Bonds; Requirements and Manner of Such Issuance - (a) The division, with approval of the secretary, may raise...

§17-16F-18. Trustee for Bondholders; Contents of Trust Agreement - (a) In the discretion of the commissioner, any railroad maintenance...

§17-16F-19. Legal Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees - Any holder of railroad maintenance revenue bonds issued under the...

§17-16F-20. Bonds and Notes Not Debt of State, County, Municipality, or of Any Political Subdivision; Expenses Incurred Pursuant to Article - (a) Railroad maintenance revenue bonds and notes and railroad maintenance...

§17-16F-21. Use of Funds by Division; Restrictions - All moneys, properties and assets acquired by the division, whether...

§17-16F-22. Investment of Funds by Division - Funds of the State Rail Section in excess of current...

§17-16F-23. Rentals and Other Revenues From Railroad Projects; Contracts and Leases of Division; Cooperation of Other Governmental Agencies; Bonds of Such Agencies - (a) The division shall charge, alter, and collect rates, rentals,...

§17-16F-24. Maintenance, Operation, and Repair of Projects; Reports to Governor and Legislature - (a) Each railroad project, when constructed and placed in operation,...

§17-16F-25. Railroad Maintenance Bonds Lawful Investments - By the provisions of 12-6-1 et seq. of this code,...

§17-16F-26. West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Fund - There is continued a special fund in the State Treasury...

§17-16F-27. State Rail Plan Required - (a) The division shall establish, administer, and coordinate a state...

§17-16F-28. Additional Powers and Duties of Division Related to Aeronautics, Airports, and Air Navigation Projects - (a) The secretary shall appoint necessary staff to oversee and...

§17-16F-29. State Financial Assistance for County, Municipal and Regional Airports - The division, out of any appropriation funds made by the...

§17-16F-30. Financial Aid - (a) The division shall cooperate with the United States, and...

§17-16F-31. Establishment and Operation of State Airports - (a) The commissioner is authorized on behalf of and in...

§17-16F-32. Use of State and Municipal Facilities and Services - The division shall use the facilities and services of other...

§17-16F-33. Disposition of Fees - All fees or other moneys collected by the division under...

§17-16F-34. Severability - If any provision of this article or the application to...

Article 17. Toll Bridges

§17-17-1. Tolls Prohibited Except Over Toll Bridges Forming Part of Public Road, etc. - No tolls shall be charged or collected for travel upon...

§17-17-2. Bridges Over Ohio, Great Kanawha or Big Sandy Rivers; Corporations for Such Purposes - Corporations may be formed under the provisions of chapter thirty-one...

§17-17-3. Power of Bridge Corporation to Borrow Money, Mortgage or Encumber by Deed of Trust - Every corporation formed under the law of this state for...

§17-17-4. When Bridge Deemed a Nuisance; Abatement - Every bridge across the Ohio River hereafter erected or commenced,...

§17-17-5. Obstruction of Navigation by Bridge - Every such bridge shall be so made as not to...

§17-17-6. Unsafe Toll Bridge - Whenever complaint is made to the county court of any...

§17-17-7. Purchase, Construction or Repair of Toll Bridge - When it is necessary to build or repair a toll...

§17-17-8. Termination of Privilege to Erect and Maintain Toll Bridge; Toll Rates - When a certificate of incorporation is hereafter obtained for the...

§17-17-9. Toll Rates for Troops - The tolls for troops or persons in the military or...

§17-17-10. Payment of Toll Prior to Passage; Demand of Excessive Toll; Evading Payment of Toll - The proprietor of any toll bridge may require lawful toll...

§17-17-11. Gatekeeper to Keep Small Change - A gatekeeper on any toll bridge without an electronic toll...

§17-17-12. Failure to Provide Gatekeeper and to Allow Prompt Passage - If at any toll bridge without an electronic toll collection...

§17-17-13. Definitions - As used in this and the following sections of this...

§17-17-15. Authority to Purchase or Condemn Toll Bridges; Eminent Domain - The state road commissioner may, with the approval of the...

§17-17-16. Repair of Toll Bridge Before Purchase - At or before the time any such bridge shall be...

§17-17-17. Construction of Toll Bridge; Purchase of Land, etc., Therefor - The state road commissioner may construct, whenever he shall deem...

§17-17-18. Power of Eminent Domain - Whenever it shall become necessary, the state road commissioner may...

§17-17-19. Bridge Revenue Bonds Generally - The West Virginia commissioner of highways may pay the cost...

§17-17-20. Trust Agreement Respecting Bonds - The state road commissioner may enter into an agreement or...

§17-17-21. General Supervision of Bridges Under Jurisdiction of Commissioner - The commissioner of highways shall properly maintain, repair, operate, manage,...

§17-17-22. Tolls to Be Charged for Bond Payment; Intrastate and Interstate Bridges Included in One Issue; Purchasing of Existing Bridges; Disposition of Tolls - Tolls shall be fixed, charged, and collected for transit over...

§17-17-23. When Tolls to Cease - Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-five of this article,...

§17-17-23a. Transfer of Excess Tolls Collected - When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges,...

§17-17-23b. Combining of Bridges; Imposition or Reimposition of Tolls Upon Existing Combined Bridges; Revenue Bonds and Disposition of Tolls for Combined Bridges - The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to combine any...

§17-17-24. Construction of Article in Relation to State Debt - Nothing in this article contained shall be so construed or...

§17-17-25. Additional and Alternative Method Provided; Permit for Construction of Competitive Bridge - Sections thirteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, of this article shall be...

§17-17-26. When Consent of Other Officers and Boards Not Required - It shall not be necessary to secure from any officer...

§17-17-27. Liberal Construction of §§17-17-13 to 17-17-28 - Sections thirteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, of this article, being necessary...

§17-17-28. Provisions of §§17-17-13 to 17-17-28 Separable - The provisions and parts of sections thirteen to twenty- eight,...

§17-17-29. Certain Powers, Duties, etc., of Bridge Commission Transferred to State Road Commissioner - All rights, powers, privileges and functions which are conferred upon...

§17-17-30. Construction, Operation, etc., of Toll Bridges and Tunnels by Counties and Cities -- Authorized; Authority to Borrow Money; Consent of Federal Government and State Road Commission - Any incorporated city, in which or adjoining which there is...

§17-17-31. Same -- Acquisition of Existing Bridges - Any city or county so situated with reference to any...

§17-17-32. Same -- General Powers of Cities and Counties; Bonds Generally; Exemptions From Taxation - Any city or county court authorized and empowered by this...

§17-17-33. Same -- Creation of Mortgage Lien - In the event bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued...

§17-17-34. Same -- Retiring Bonds; Remittance to Sinking Fund - Every municipality or county court issuing bonds, or other evidences...

§17-17-35. Authorization for Municipalities to Maintain Ownership of and Continue Charging Tolls for Toll Bridges Upon the Payment of All Bonds Issued to Acquire and Construct or Refinance the Bridge and the Interest Thereon; Permitted Use of Tolls C... - Any municipality which owns and operates a toll bridge as...

§17-17-36. Maintenance of Bridges Retained by Municipalities After Repayment of Indebtedness Thereon; Inspections by Commissioner; Bridge Maintenance Fund - (a) Prior to a municipality retaining ownership of a bridge...

§17-17-37. Transfer of Toll Bridge to County - Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, in...

§17-17-38. Municipal Sale of Ownership of Toll Bridges to Private Toll Transportation Facility; Maintenance of Tolls; Imposition of Liability for Collection and Payment; Tax Treatment and Divestment - (a) Sale of municipally owned toll bridge. Any municipality which...

Article 17A. Construction Financing for Surface Transportation Improvements

§17-17A-1. Purpose and Scope - This article is intended to facilitate the acquisition of right-of-way...

§17-17A-2. Definitions - As used in this article, the following words and terms...

§17-17A-3. Authorization of Notes - The commissioner is hereby authorized to pay the cost of...

§17-17A-4. Establishment of Terms and Sale of Notes; Financial Advisor - The description contained in any declaration with respect to an...

§17-17A-5. Security for Notes; Trust Agreements - In connection with any issue of notes hereunder, the commissioner...

§17-17A-5a. Use of Tolls for Construction, Maintenance, Repair and Operating Costs; Use of Tolls to Pay Special Obligation Notes - For highway projects described in section five-b of this article...

§17-17A-5b. Designation of Class of Toll Roads - (a) The commissioner may fix and charge tolls on any...

§17-17A-6. Rights of Holders; Limitation on Liability of State - The state of West Virginia does hereby pledge to and...

§17-17A-7. Legality for Investment; Tax Exemption - The notes are hereby made securities in which all insurance...

Article 17B. State Transportation Infrastructure Fund Program

§17-17B-1. Short Title; Legislative Findings and Purpose - (a) This article may be known and cited as the...

§17-17B-2. Definitions - As used in this article, the following words and terms...

§17-17B-3. Purpose and Scope - (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the...

§17-17B-4. Authority to Enter Into Agreements - The loans shall be made upon such terms as the...

§17-17B-5. Enforcement of Provisions by Commissioner; Rules - It is the function and duty of the Commissioner of...

Article 18. Ferries and Wharves

§17-18-1. Discontinuance of Ferry by Disuse - Every ferry established and not discontinued before this code takes...

§17-18-2. Establishment of Ferry -- Application; Notice - A person desiring to establish a ferry across any watercourse,...

§17-18-3. Same -- View of Ferry Site - The county court, after notice has been given as aforesaid,...

§17-18-4. Same -- Decision on Application; Regulations for Ferries - Upon such report, and on any other proper evidence, the...

§17-18-5. Same -- Ferry Where Watercourse Is County Boundary - If, however, the watercourse be such division line, and the...

§17-18-6. Unauthorized Ferry Generally - If any person or corporation shall, without having obtained the...

§17-18-7. Operation of Private Boats - The preceding section shall not be construed to prevent a...

§17-18-8. Forfeiture for Unlawful Transportation - In the case of a watercourse over which there is...

§17-18-9. Ferry Wharves and Landings -- Generally - The proprietor of every ferry shall have a convenient wharf...

§17-18-10. Same -- Establishment of Wharf at Public Landing; Regulation of and Limitations on Such Wharf - Any person desiring the privilege of erecting a wharf at...

§17-18-11. Same -- Wharf or Pier on Land Along Watercourse; Abatement of Wharf Obstructing Navigation - Any person owning land upon a watercourse may erect a...

§17-18-12. Duty to Have Boats and Hands at Ferry Within Six Months After Order Establishing It; Cessation of Rights - If any person to whom leave may be granted to...

§17-18-13. Ferry Permit or License; Certificate, Bond, Duties and Hours of Ferryman; Night Service; Number of Boats and Hands - The proprietor of every ferry shall keep at the same...

§17-18-14. Posting Rates - The Public Service Commission may require the proprietor of a...

§17-18-15. Prepayment of Ferriage; Unlawful Ferriage - The proprietor of any ferry may require lawful ferriage to...

§17-18-16. Prompt Passage; Ferries From Railroad Stations - If at any ferry there be a failure to give...

§17-18-17. Ferries Across Shenandoah River - The county court of any county in the State of...

§17-18-18. Interference by Ferries in Another State - Any owner or occupier, or the agent of an owner...

§17-18-19. Offenses and Penalties; Termination of Ferry Privilege - Any proprietor of a ferry, or any ferryman, who shall...

Article 19. General Criminal Provisions

§17-19-1. Prohibited Signs, etc.; Removal at Owner's Expense - No person shall paint, mark, post, tack, nail, or otherwise...

§17-19-2. Travel on Road Under Construction or Closed to Traffic; Injury to Road Work, Equipment or Materials - Any person who shall ride or drive upon any new...

§17-19-3. Offenses Affecting Bridges - Whoever shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed any walk...

§17-19-4. Solicitations, Assessments and Receipts for Political Party Funds by Commission or Personnel Thereof Unlawful - It shall be unlawful for any commission member, the commissioner...

§17-19-8. Unlawful to Employ Relatives on Roads; Exception - It shall be unlawful for any county court, or any...

§17-19-11. False Affidavit - Any person who shall make a false affidavit, where an...

§17-19-12. Unlawful Display of Insignia of Motor Club - It shall be unlawful for any person to display upon...

§17-19-13. Miscellaneous Offenses - If any person, by himself or agent, without lawful authority...

§17-19-14. Offense and Punishment When Not Specifically Defined or Fixed - Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter,...

§17-19-15. Concurrent Jurisdiction of Justices Over Misdemeanors - Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the...

Article 20. Roadside Memorial Markers

§17-20-1. Roadside Memorial Markers Authorized - Notwithstanding any provision of section one, article nineteen of this...

§17-20-2. Roadside Memorial Marker Criteria - (a) Legislative rules proposed pursuant to section one of this...

Article 21. Licensing of Chauffeurs and Other Motor Vehicle Operators

§17-21-1. To 17-21-29 - Repealed. Acts, 1951 Reg. Sess., Ch. 129.

Article 22. Outdoor Advertising

§17-22-1. Legislative Finding - The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) That outdoor advertising...

§17-22-2. Definitions - As used in this article: The word "sign" shall mean...

§17-22-3. Certain Outdoor Advertising Prohibited; When Removal Required - Except as provided in this article, no outdoor advertising sign,...

§17-22-4. General Restrictions as to Outdoor Advertising - The following restrictions shall apply to all advertising signs, displays...

§17-22-5. Payment of Compensation Upon Removal of Advertising Signs, Displays or Devices - Just and full compensation shall be paid upon the removal...

§17-22-6. Purchase or Condemnation; Powers of Commissioner of Highways; Payment to Claimants - The Commissioner of Highways is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§17-22-7. Exceptions to Prohibited Signs; Standards for Excepted Signs - The provisions of section three of this article shall not...

§17-22-8. Exempted Areas; Agreements Between Commissioner of Highways and United States Secretary of Transportation - In order to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display...

§17-22-9. Signs, Displays and Devices Providing Information for the Traveling Public; Location - Signs, displays and devices giving specific information in the interest...

§17-22-10. Special Fund - There is hereby created a special fund, to the credit...

§17-22-11. Enforcement of Provisions by Commissioner; Rules and Regulations - It shall be the function and duty of the Commissioner...

§17-22-12. Territory to Which Article Applies; Entries for Examinations and Surveys - The territory under the jurisdiction of the commissioner for the...

§17-22-13. Licenses Required; Application; Expiration; Exceptions; Revocations; Judicial Review - No person shall engage or continue in the business of...

§17-22-14. Bond of Out-of-State Licensee - No such license as is provided for in section thirteen...

§17-22-15. Permit Required for Each Sign, etc.; Applications; Refusal of Permits; Expiration and Renewal; Change of Advertising Copy; Revocation; Fee; Judicial Review - (a) Except as in this article otherwise provided, no person...

§17-22-16. Permit Identification Number for Signs; Fastening to Signs - Every permit issued by the commissioner shall be assigned a...

§17-22-17. Removal of Signs, etc., After Expiration or Revocation of Permit - All outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices shall be removed...

§17-22-18. Removal, Defacing, etc., Signs Lawfully Within Highway Limits - Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or...

§17-22-19. Consent of Property Owner for Erection - No person shall construct, erect, operate, use or maintain any...

§17-22-20. Disposition of Fees - All moneys received by the commissioner under the provisions of...

§17-22-21. Prohibited Signs Not to Be Allowed by Other Agencies, etc. - No zoning board or commission nor any other public officer...

§17-22-22. Penalties; Signs in Violation of Article Declared Nuisance; Abatement - Any person, violating any provision of this article, whether as...

§17-22-23. Availability of Funds to Compensate for Required Removal of Signs, etc. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary,...

§17-22-24. Effective Date - The provisions of this article shall take effect on January...

§17-22-25. Separability - The terms of this article are declared to be separable;...

Article 23. Salvage Yards

§17-23-1. Legislative Finding - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the establishment, operation,...

§17-23-2. Definitions - As used in this article: (a) "Abandoned salvage yard" means...

§17-23-3. License Required; Issuance; Fee; Renewal; Disposition of Fees - No salvage yard or any part thereof shall be established,...

§17-23-4. Areas Where Establishment Prohibited; Screening Requirements; Existing Licensed Yards; Approval Permit Required; Issuance; County Planning Commission Criteria Satisfied; Fee - On and after the effective date of this article: (1)...

§17-23-5. Requirements as to Fences - Fences shall be kept in good order and repair and...

§17-23-6. Payment of Costs of Screening - The costs of screening by fences shall be paid by...

§17-23-7. Exempt Areas in Municipalities - The provisions of this article shall not apply to salvage...

§17-23-8. Authority of Commissioner to Remove or Purchase Certain Yards; Restrictions on Relicensing at Location Where Yard Terminated - Whenever a salvage yard is so situated that it or...

§17-23-9. Violations Declared Public Nuisance; Abatement; Injunctions; Penalties - The establishment, operation or maintenance of a salvage yard or...

§17-23-10. Special Fund - There is hereby created a special fund, to the credit...

§17-23-11. Rules and Regulations - To implement the provisions of this article, the commissioner is...

§17-23-12. Certain Other Code Provisions Inapplicable - The provisions of section seven, article twelve, chapter eleven, and...

§17-23-13. Severability - If any provision of this article or the application thereof...

Article 24A. Disposal of Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Motor Vehicles, and Abandoned or Inoperative Household Appliances

§17-24A-1. Definitions - Unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, as used...

§17-24A-2. Abandonment of Motor Vehicle Prohibited; Inoperative Household Appliances Prohibited in Certain Places; Penalty - (a) No person may, within this state, abandon a motor...

§17-24A-3. Authority to Take Possession of Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Motor Vehicles, and Inoperative Household Appliances - Any enforcement agency which has knowledge of or discovers or...

§17-24A-4. Abandoned or Junked Motor Vehicles; Notification to Motor Vehicle Owner and Lienholder; Charges and Fees; Exceptions - (a) The enforcement agency which takes into custody and possession...

§17-24A-5. Disposal of Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Motor Vehicles, and Inoperative or Abandoned Household Appliances - (a) If an abandoned motor vehicle or junked motor vehicle...

§17-24A-6. Proceeds From Sale of Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Motor Vehicles, and Inoperative Household Appliances - From the proceeds of any sale, the enforcement agency which...

§17-24A-6a. Title to Abandoned Antique Motor Vehicle; Special Procedure; Notice to Owner; Fees; Criminal Penalties - (a) Application for Title to Abandoned Antique Motor Vehicle. —...

§17-24A-7. Injunctive Relief; Additional Remedy - In addition to all other remedies provided for in this...

Article 25. The West Virginia Industrial Road Partnership Act of 1989

§17-25-1. Legislative Finding - The Legislature hereby finds that the continued and future success...

§17-25-2. Definitions - (a) "Company" means an individual, partnership or corporation licensed under...

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Chapter 17. Roads and Highways