West Virginia
West Virginia Code — Chapter 61, Crimes and Their Punishment
477 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 61-8-25 — Requiring children to beg, sing or play musical instruments in streets; penalty
- § 61-8-26 — Permitting children to sing, dance or act in dance house, etc.; penalty
- § 61-8-27 — Unlawful admission of children to dance house, etc.; penalty
- § 61-8-28 — Criminal invasion of privacy; penalties
- § 61-8-29 — Criminal loitering by persons on supervised release
- § 61-8-3 — § 61-8-3
- § 61-8-30 — Photography of a corpse or person being provided medical care or assistance; prohibitions; exceptions; Jonathan’s Law
- § 61-8-31 — Therapeutic deception; penalties
- § 61-8-32 — Soliciting, etc. a minor by means other than via computer; soliciting a minor and traveling to engage the minor in prohibited sexual activity; d
- § 61-8-4 — § 61-8-4
- § 61-8-5 — Houses of ill fame and assignation; immunity for minor victims of sex trafficking; penalties; jurisdiction of courts
- § 61-8-6 — Detention of person in place of prostitution; penalty
- § 61-8-7 — Procuring for house of prostitution; penalty; venue; competency as witness; marriage no defense
- § 61-8-8 — Receiving support from prostitution; pimping; penalty; prostitute may testify
- § 61-8-9 — Indecent exposure
- § 61-8A-1 — Definitions
- § 61-8A-2 — Distribution and display to minor of obscene matter; penalties; defenses
- § 61-8A-3 — Exemptions from criminal liability
- § 61-8A-4 — Use of obscene matter with intent to seduce minor
- § 61-8A-5 — Employment or use of minor to produce obscene matter or assist in doing sexually explicit conduct; penalties
- § 61-8A-6 — § 61-8A-6
- § 61-8A-7 — § 61-8A-7
- § 61-8B-1 — Definition of terms
- § 61-8B-10 — Imposition of sexual acts on persons incarcerated, detained, or under supervision; penalties
- § 61-8B-11 — Sexual offenses; evidence
- § 61-8B-12 — Same -- Defense
- § 61-8B-13 — Payment of treatment cost for victim
- § 61-8B-14 — Limits on interviews of children eleven years old or less
- § 61-8B-15 — Forensic Medical Examination Fund; training of sexual assault nurse examiners
- § 61-8B-16 — Payment for costs of forensic medical examination
- § 61-8B-17 — Study of reimbursement; recordkeeping; disclosure; confidentiality
- § 61-8B-18 — Rule-making authority
- § 61-8B-19 — Court files and law-enforcement records; confidentiality
- § 61-8B-2 — Lack of consent
- § 61-8B-3 — Sexual assault in the first degree
- § 61-8B-4 — Sexual assault in the second degree
- § 61-8B-5 — Sexual assault in the third degree
- § 61-8B-6 — Sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion
- § 61-8B-7 — Sexual abuse in the first degree
- § 61-8B-8 — Sexual abuse in the second degree
- § 61-8B-9 — Sexual abuse in the third degree
- § 61-8C-1 — Definitions
- § 61-8C-10 — Disposition of forfeited moneys, securities or other negotiable instruments; distribution of proceeds
- § 61-8C-11 — Disposition of other forfeited property; distribution of proceeds
- § 61-8C-2 — Use of minors in filming sexually explicit conduct prohibited; penalty
- § 61-8C-3 — Distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct or computer-generated child pornography prohibited
- § 61-8C-4 — Payments of treatment costs for minor
- § 61-8C-5 — Limits on interviews of children eleven years old or less; evidence
- § 61-8C-6 — Legislative findings
- § 61-8C-7 — Items subject to forfeiture; persons authorized to seize property subject to forfeiture
- § 61-8C-8 — Procedures for seizure of forfeitable property
- § 61-8C-9 — Procedures for forfeiture
- § 61-8D-1 — Definitions
- § 61-8D-10 — Contributing to delinquency of a child; penalties; payment of medical costs; proof; court discretion; other payments; suspended sentence; main
- § 61-8D-2 — Murder of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian or other person, or person in a position of trust in relation to a child, by refusal or fai
- § 61-8D-3 — Child abuse resulting in injury; child abuse creating risk of injury; criminal penalties
- § 61-8D-4 — Child neglect resulting in injury; child neglect creating risk of injury; criminal penalties
- § 61-8D-5 — Sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child; parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position o
- § 61-8D-6 — Sending, distributing, exhibiting, possessing, displaying or transporting material by a parent, guardian or custodian, depicting a child engaged
- § 61-8D-7 — Presentation of false information regarding child's injuries; penalty
- § 61-8D-8 — Testimony of husband and wife
- § 61-8D-9 — Convictions for offenses against children
- § 61-8F-1 — Findings
- § 61-8F-3 — Maltreatment of a disabled child; penalties
- § 61-8F-6 — Specific directives to enhance the safety of disabled children
- § 61-8F-7 — Effective dates
- § 61-9-1 — Definition of terms
- § 61-9-10 — Notice to collect tax
- § 61-9-11 — Effect of holding any part of article unconstitutional
- § 61-9-2 — Maintenance of nuisance; injunction
- § 61-9-3 — Suit to enjoin; by whom instituted
- § 61-9-4 — Venue; procedure; temporary injunction; order closing place; vacation of orders; bond
- § 61-9-5 — Prima facie evidence of nuisance; prosecution of complaint; dismissal; costs; permanent injunction
- § 61-9-6 — Order of abatement; sale of personal property; renewal of bond or continuance of closing order; release of property; breaking in or entering clos
- § 61-9-7 — Nuisance disclosed in criminal proceedings; proceeds from sale of personal property
- § 61-9-8 — Violation of injunction or closing order; trial; penalty
- § 61-9-9 — Permanent injunction; tax imposed on property