W. Va. Code § 17D-5-1
Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 17D — Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 17D-5-1, Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter prohibited, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2370520
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If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the commissioner is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall in any wise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.