W. Va. Code § 14-2B-2
Legislative findings; purpose and intent
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 14 — Claims Due and Against the State · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 14-2B-2, Legislative findings; purpose and intent, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2365296
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is a violation of the public policy of this state to permit a person who commits a crime to thereafter gain a monetary profit from the commission of that crime. Consequently, the Legislature finds that when a person convicted of a crime later profits as a result of the commission of that crime, such profits should be used to compensate those crime victims who were damaged as a result of the commission of the crime, as well as the taxpayers who paid for the prosecution or incarceration of the defendant, or both.