W. Va. Code § 49-2-1005
Legal custody; law-enforcement agencies
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 49 — Child Welfare · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 49-2-1005, Legal custody; law-enforcement agencies, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2389983
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The Department of Human Services may require any juvenile committed to its legal custody to remain at and to return to the residence to which the juvenile is assigned by the department or by the juvenile court. In aid of that authority, and upon request of a designated employee of the department, any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or juvenile court probation officer is authorized to take the juvenile into custody and return the juvenile to his or her place of residence or into the custody of a designated employee of the department.