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2005 West Virginia Code - CHAPTER 39. — RECORDS AND PAPERS
- CHAPTER 39. — RECORDS AND PAPERS.
- ARTICLE 1. — AUTHENTICATION AND RECORD OF WRITINGS.
- §39-1-1. — Power of attorney may be recorded.
- §39-1-2. — Conditions under which county clerk shall admit deeds, contracts, etc., to record.
- §39-1-2a. — Other requirements for admission to record of certain instruments.
- §39-1-2b. — Recordation of certified copies of certain instruments.
- §39-1-3. — Who may take acknowledgment.
- §39-1-4. — Form of certificate of acknowledgment.
- §39-1-4a. — Acknowledgment of persons in the military service of the United States of America.
- §39-1-5. — Acknowledgment by husband and wife.
- §39-1-6. — Certificates as to wives living separate and apart to be prima facie evidence in certain cases.
- §39-1-7. — False certificate of acknowledgment.
- §39-1-8. — Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney in fact.
- §39-1-9. — Acknowledgment by corporations.
- §39-1-10. — When certificate to be under official seal.
- §39-1-10a. — Verification by written statement under certain conditions.
- §39-1-11. — Recordation of writings and plats and papers annexed; index; interlineations; filing under Uniform Commercial Code.
- §39-1-11a. — Photographic recordation.
- §39-1-12. — Special recordation of writing not acknowledged or proved for regular recordation.
- §39-1-13. — Duty to record plat or plan of lots.
- §39-1-13a. — Consolidation order book.
- §39-1-14. — Notification to file plat for record.
- §39-1-15. — Failure to file plat after notification.
- §39-1-16. — Approval by city council or commissioners prerequisite to laying out subdivision.
- §39-1-17. — Duty to provide cornerstone monuments; acknowledgment or proof not necessary to recordation of plat.
- ARTICLE 1A. — UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACT.
- §39-1A-1. — "Notarial acts" defined; who may perform notarial acts outside the state for use in state.
- §39-1A-2. — Proof of authority of person performing notarial act.
- §39-1A-3. — What person taking acknowledgment shall certify.
- §39-1A-4. — When form of certificate of acknowledgment accepted.
- §39-1A-5. — Meaning of "acknowledged before me."
- §39-1A-6. — Statutory short forms of acknowledgment.
- §39-1A-7. — Application of article; article cumulative.
- §39-1A-8. — Uniform interpretation.
- §39-1A-9. — Short title.
- ARTICLE 2. — GENERAL INDEX AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.
- §39-2-1. — Preparation of general index.
- §39-2-2. — Contents of general indexes.
- §39-2-3. — Records of county courts and other courts -- Binding or transcribing.
- §39-2-4. — Records of county courts and other courts -- Binding or transcribing -- Prerequisites; effect.
- §39-2-5. — Records of county courts and other courts -- Binding or transcribing -- Removal from county.
- §39-2-6. — Records of county commissions, correction recordation.
- ARTICLE 3. — RECONSTRUCTION OF LOST RECORDS AND PAPERS.
- §39-3-1. — Admission to record of certified copy when original writing lost, mislaid or destroyed.
- §39-3-2. — Lost records or papers recorded or filed anew.
- §39-3-3. — Recordation of certified copies at instance of county court when record lost or destroyed.
- §39-3-4. — Loss of court records; reentries.
- §39-3-5. — Loss of original papers in any cause or appellate court record; effect of papers supplied.
- §39-3-6. — When books or papers deemed lost.
- §39-3-7. — Procedure to prove contents of lost papers or records -- Generally.
- §39-3-8. — Procedure to prove contents of lost papers or records -- Right to rehearing.
- §39-3-9. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Action by county clerk.
- §39-3-10. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Record.
- §39-3-11. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Publication of notice.
- §39-3-12. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Subjects of inquiry.
- §39-3-13. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Powers of clerk; death, etc., of clerk.
- §39-3-14. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Fees payable to clerk and witnesses.
- §39-3-15. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Adjournments; completion and preservation of testimony.
- §39-3-16. — Taking testimony as to lost records -- Admissibility of depositions or copies.
- ARTICLE 4. — UNIFORM DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
- §39-4-1. — Definition.
- §39-4-2. — Durable power of attorney not affected by disability.
- §39-4-3. — Relation of attorney in fact to court-appointed fiduciary.
- §39-4-4. — Power of attorney not revoked until notice.
- §39-4-5. — Proof of continuance of durable and other powers of attorney by affidavit.
- §39-4-6. — Uniformity of application and construction.
- §39-4-7. — Short title.
- ARTICLE 5. — ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AUTHORIZATION ACT.
- §§39-5-1 to 39-5-8. — Repealed.
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