W. Va. Code § 61-6-4
Summoning of persons to aid in suppressing riots and unlawful assemblages
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 61 — Crimes and Their Punishment · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 61-6-4, Summoning of persons to aid in suppressing riots and unlawful assemblages, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2392598
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If any person engaged in such assemblage, being commanded, as hereinbefore provided, to disperse or to peaceably leave the scene of such assemblage, fail to do so without delay, any such member of the West Virginia State Police, the Division of Protective Services, sheriff or mayor may require the aid of a sufficient number of persons, in arms or otherwise, and proceed, in such manner as he or she may deem expedient, to disperse and suppress such assemblage, and arrest and secure those engaged in it.