2005 West Virginia Code - §53-4-5. — Penalty for disobeying writ.

§53-4-5. Penalty for disobeying writ.
If any person on whom such writ is served shall, in disobedience to such writ, fail to bring the body of the petitioner, with a return of the cause of his detention, before the court or judge before whom the writ is returnable, for three days after such service, he shall forfeit to the petitioner three hundred dollars.