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W. Va. Code § 37-6-14

Forcible entry by officer

West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 37 — Real Property · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 37-6-14, Forcible entry by officer, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2385362
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The officer having such distress warrant or an order of attachment, based upon rent, if there be need for it, may, in the daytime, break open and enter into any house or close in which there may be goods liable to the distress or order, and may, either in the day or nighttime, break open and enter into any house or close wherein there may be any goods so liable, which have been fraudulently or clandestinely removed from the demised premises.