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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
ARTICLE 18. ASSESSMENTS TO IMPROVE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND SEWERS; SEWER CONNECTIONS AND BOARD OF HEALTH; ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY TO PAY FOR SERVICE.
- §8-18-1. Power and authority of municipalities relating to street, sidewalk, sewer and other permanent improvements.
- §8-18-2. Petition of abutting property owners for improvement; improvements without petition.
- §8-18-3. Notice to abutting owners before authorizing improvements; form of notice; affidavit of publication.
- §8-18-4. Ordinance or resolution authorizing improvements; approval of plans, specifications and estimates; provisions for advertisement of bids and payment of cost; default.
- §8-18-5. Report on completion; notice to abutting owners of assessments; hearings; correcting and laying assessments.
- §8-18-6. Construction of sewers and sewer systems; assessments; corner lots, etc.
- §8-18-7. What total cost to include.
- §8-18-8. Apportionment and assessment of cost.
- §8-18-9. Assessment against property of public, charitable, eleemosynary, educational or religious institutions; duty of those in charge to cause assessments to be paid.
- §8-18-10. Liens; recording notice of liens; suit for enforcement; priority.
- §8-18-11. How assessments may be evidenced.
- §8-18-12. How funds of municipality to be repaid if work paid for from unappropriated funds rather than by means of assessment certificates or from the proceeds of bonds.
- §8-18-13. Assessment certificates.
- §8-18-14. Issuance of bonds.
- §8-18-15. Bonds to pay municipality's share of cost of improvements.
- §8-18-16. Bond issue to be authorized by voters.
- §8-18-17. Payment of assessments or installments; release.
- §8-18-18. Reassessment for void, irregular or omitted assessments.
- §8-18-19. Limitation on additional assessments.
- §8-18-20. Liberal construction of article; validity and enforcement of assessments when bond issue for same improvements.
- §8-18-21. Cumulative authority.
- §8-18-22. Connection to sewers; board of health; penalty.
- §8-18-23. Authority to require discontinuance of water service by provider utility for nonpayment of sewer service rates and charges; lien for delinquent service rates and charges; failure to cure delinquency; civil actions; deferral of filing fees and costs in magistrate court action; limitations with respect to foreclosure.
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