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2021 West Virginia Code
Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions
Article 8. Special Antitheft Laws
§17A-8-2. Reports by Owners or Lienors of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles or Special Mobile Equipment
Universal Citation: WV Code § 17A-8-2 (2021)
The owner, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a registered vehicle or any item of special mobile equipment which has been stolen or embezzled, may notify the department of such theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement may make such report only after having procured the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with such embezzlement.
Every owner or other person who has given any such notice must notify the department of a recovery of such vehicle or special mobile equipment.
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