West Virginia Code
Chapter 36. Estates and Property
Article 1. Creation of Estates Generally

§36-1-1. Creation of Estates; Necessity of Deed or Will - No estate of inheritance or freehold, or for a term...

§36-1-2. Power of Attorney to Execute Deed of Land; Necessity of Writing - No power of attorney to execute a deed of land...

§36-1-3. Contracts for Sale or Lease of Land; Necessity of Writing - No contract for the sale of land, or the lease...

§36-1-4a. Memorandum of Trust; Requirements; Recordation - (a) A memorandum of trust that satisfies both of the...

§36-1-5. Gifts of Personal Property - No gift of any goods or chattels shall be valid...

§36-1-7. Rights of Persons Not Parties to Instrument - An immediate estate or interest in, or the benefit of...

§36-1-8. Conveyance by Attorney in Fact - If, in a deed of land, or a conveyance by...

§36-1-9. Conveyance of Various Interests and Future Estates in Land or Personal Property - Any interest in or claim to real estate or personal...

§36-1-10. Operation of Conveyance in Excess of Actual Interest - A deed which purports to convey a greater right or...

§36-1-11. Fee Simple May Be Created Without Words of Limitation - When any real property is conveyed or devised to any...

§36-1-12. Estates Tail - Every estate in lands so limited that, as the law...

§36-1-13. Limitations Contingent Upon Death - Every limitation in any conveyance or will disposing of real...

§36-1-14. Rule in Shelley's Case Abolished - Wherever any person, by conveyance inter vivos or by will,...

§36-1-14a. Doctrine of Worthier Title and Rule That Grantor Cannot Create a Limitation in His Own Heirs or Next of Kin Abolished - Wherever a person, by conveyance inter vivos or by will,...

§36-1-15. Contingent Remainder; Validity; Indestructibility - A contingent remainder shall in no case fail for want...

§36-1-16. Interest in Property Coupled With Power of Disposal - If any interest in or claim to real or personal...

§36-1-19. Joint Tenancy; Tenancy by Entireties; Survivorship - When any joint tenant or tenant by the entireties of...

§36-1-20. When Survivorship Preserved - (a) Section nineteen of this article does not apply to...

§36-1-20a. Elimination of Need for Straw Party in Creating Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship - Any conveyance or transfer of property, or any interest therein,...

§36-1-21. Alien May Own Land - Any alien may take by devise, inheritance, gift or purchase,...

§36-1-23. Exemption of Certain Employee Trusts From Rule Against Perpetuities or Restraints on Alienation - Pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, annuity or other employee trusts...

§36-1-24. Options in Leases Not Affected by Rule Against Perpetuities - An option contained in any lease to purchase the whole...