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2005 West Virginia Code - §55-7-22. — Civil immunity to persons resisting criminal activities.
§55-7-22. Civil immunity to persons resisting criminal activities.(a) Any person who unlawfully enters upon the property of another for purposes of engaging in criminal conduct assumes the risk for any injury caused to him or her by the reasonable and proportionate acts of the owner or his agent in resisting the commission of the criminal conduct.
(b) The provisions of this section do not apply to the creation of a hazardous or dangerous condition on the property designed to prevent criminal conduct or cause injury to a person engaging in criminal conduct.
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