Moving to West Virginia: plates, insurance, deadlines

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17B-2-1a/

Every driver shall, within thirty days after taking up residence in this state, apply to the division for a driver's license as prescribed in this article.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17B-2-1a/

unless or until the applicant surrenders to the division the foreign license, or the person has signed and submitted to the division an affidavit to the effect that the person has surrendered all valid licenses issued to him or her by other states or jurisdictions

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17B-2-1a/

The Division of Motor Vehicles may not issue a ... license to a person who holds a valid license to operate a motor vehicle issued by another state or jurisdiction subject to a reciprocal agreement governing the licensing of drivers operating commercial motor vehicles or party to a reciprocal driver's license exchange agreement with this state

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17E-1-10/

No person who has been a resident of this state for thirty days or more may drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction.

https://www.ecfr.gov/api/renderer/v1/content/enhanced/current/title-49?part=383&section=383.71

When applying to transfer a CDL from one State of domicile to a new State of domicile, an applicant must apply for a CDL from the new State of domicile within no more than 30 days after establishing his/her new domicile.

https://www.ecfr.gov/api/renderer/v1/content/enhanced/current/title-49?part=383&section=383.71

Surrender the CDL from the old State of domicile to the new State of domicile; and

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-1a/

Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or other vehicle, shall, within thirty days after taking up residence in the state, apply to the division and obtain registration and title for the vehicle.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17D-2A-3/

Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle required to be registered and licensed in this state shall maintain security as hereinafter provided in effect continuously throughout the registration or licensing period

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17D-2A-3/

The security shall be provided by one of the following methods: (1) By an insurance policy delivered or issued for the delivery in this state by an insurance company authorized to issue vehicle liability and property insurance policies in this state within limits which may not be less than the requirements of section two, article four of this chapter; or (2) By qualification as a self-insurer under the provisions of section two, article six of this chapter.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17D-4-2/

proof of ability to respond in damages for liability ... in the amount of $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of $50,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $25,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17D-2A-3/

The owner or registrant shall immediately surrender the registration plate to the Division of Motor Vehicles when he or she drops the required security during the registration period. An owner of a periodic use or seasonal vehicle may retain a registration plate subject to legislative rules promulgated by the commissioner.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17C-16-4/

The Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police shall require that every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer registered in this state be inspected once every two years; and that an official certificate of inspection and approval be obtained for each vehicle

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17C-16-4/

At the request of the superintendent, the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles may suspend the registration of any vehicle which the superintendent determines is in such an unsafe condition that it constitutes a menace to safety, or which after notice and demand is not equipped as required in this chapter, or for which the vehicle's owner has not obtained the required certificate

https://dmv.wv.gov/vehicle-inspection

New Residents: You have 10 days from the date you title a vehicle to obtain a West Virginia inspection.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-6B-4/

No exemption shall be allowed under this article unless a claim of exemption is filed with the assessor of the county in which the homestead is located, on or before December 1, following the July first assessment day.

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a homestead that is used and occupied by the owner thereof exclusively for residential purposes, when such owner is sixty-five years of age or older or is certified as being permanently and totally disabled provided the owner has been or will be a resident of the State of West Virginia for the two consecutive calendar years preceding the tax year to which the homestead exemption relates

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-6B-4/

Any person not filing his or her claim for exemption on or before December 1, shall be determined to have waived his or her right to exemption for the next tax year.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/20-7-12/

The owner of any motorboat already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to then operative federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another state shall record the number prior to operating the motorboat on the waters of this state in excess of the 60-day reciprocity period provided for in 33 C.F.R. § 173.17 et seq. once its state of principal operation changes to the State of West Virginia.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-S/part-173/subpart-B/section-173.17

When a vessel is removed to a new State of principal operation, the issuing authority of that State shall recognize the validity of the number issued by the original State for 60 days.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-1a/

Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or other vehicle, shall, within thirty days after taking up residence in the state, apply to the division and obtain registration and title for the vehicle.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-51/

(a) General. — On or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of a taxable year, an income tax return under this article shall be made and filed by or for: (1) Every resident individual required to file a federal income tax return for the taxable year, or having West Virginia adjusted gross income for the taxable year, determined under section twelve of this article §11-21-12 of this code in excess

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of the sum of his or her West Virginia personal exemptions: Provided , That the Tax Commissioner shall by legislative rule specify circumstances when an individual is not required to file a return as a result of the application of section ten of this article §11-21-10 of this code;

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(3) Every nonresident individual having any West Virginia adjusted gross income for the taxable year, determined under section thirty-two of this article §11-21-32 of this code, in excess of the sum of his or her West Virginia personal exemptions, except when all of such nonresident individual's West Virginia source income is taxed on a composite return filed under this article for the taxable year; and

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-44/

(a) Individuals. -- The West Virginia source income of a part-year resident individual shall be the sum of the following: (1) Federal adjusted gross income for the period of residence, computed as if his or her taxable year for federal income tax purposes were limited to the period of residence. (2) West Virginia source income for the period of nonresidence determined in accordance with section thirty-two of this article as if his or her taxable

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year for federal income tax purposes were limited to the period of nonresidence. (3) The special accruals required by subsection (b) of this section. (b) Special accruals. (1) If an individual changes his or her status from resident to nonresident he or she shall, regardless of his or her method of accounting, accrue to the portion of the taxable year prior to such change in status any items of income, gain, loss or deduction accruing

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prior to the change of status, if not otherwise properly entering into his or her federal adjusted gross income for such portion of the taxable year or a prior taxable year under his or her method of accounting. (2) If an individual changes his or her status from nonresident to resident, he or she shall, regardless of his or her method of accounting, accrue to the portion of the taxable year prior to such change

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of status any items of income, gain, loss or deduction accruing prior to the change of status, other than items derived from or connected with West Virginia sources, if not otherwise properly entering into his or her federal adjusted gross income for such portion of the taxable year or for a prior taxable year under his or her method of accounting. (3) No item of income, gain, loss or deduction which is accrued under this

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subsection shall be taken into account in determining West Virginia adjusted gross income or West Virginia source income for any subsequent period. (4) The accruals under this subsection shall not be required if the individual files with the Tax Commissioner a bond or other security acceptable to the Tax Commissioner, conditioned upon the inclusion of amounts accruable under this subsection in West Virginia adjusted gross income or West Virginia source income for one or more

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subsequent taxable years as if the individual had not changed his or her resident status.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-30/

(3) "Part-year resident individual" means an individual who is not a resident or nonresident of this state for the entire taxable year.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-7/

(a) Resident individual. -- Resident individual means an individual: (1) Who is domiciled in this state, unless he maintains no permanent place of abode in this state, maintains a permanent place of abode elsewhere, and spends in the aggregate not more than thirty days of the taxable year in this state, or (2) Who is not domiciled in this state but maintains a permanent place of abode in this state and spends in the aggregate

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-7/

more than one hundred eighty-three days of the taxable year in this state. (b) Nonresident individual. -- A nonresident individual means an individual who is not a resident.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-52/

A person required to make and file a return under this article shall, without assessment, notice or demand, pay any tax due thereon to the Tax Commissioner on or before the date fixed for filing such return (determined without regard to any extension of time for filing the return).

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-1-27/

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, every board of examination or registration in this chapter shall issue an occupational or professional license, registration, or certificate without examination in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the board of examination or registration, to a person who either: (1) Establishes residence in this state; or (2) Is married to an active-duty member of the armed forces

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of the United States and has accompanied the member to an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state. (b) To qualify for a license under this section, a person listed in subdivision (1) or (2), subsection (a) of this section must apply to a board of examination or registration in this chapter for a license in a particular discipline and meet all of the following criteria: (1) The person

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is currently licensed, registered, or certified in at least one other state in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the board of examination or registration in this chapter; (2) The person’s license, registration, or certification is in good standing in all states in which the person holds a license, registration, or certification; (3) The person has been licensed, registered, or certified by another state: Provided , That for

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professions regulated by §30-3-1 et seq . or §30-14-1 et seq . of this code, the person has been licensed to practice medicine, podiatric medicine, or osteopathic medicine without clinical supervision after successfully completing a graduate medical education program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Council on Podiatric Medical Education or Colleges of Podiatric Medicine: Provided further , That for professions regulated by §30-4-1 et seq

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. of this code, the person shall have completed a clinical hand-skills exam; (4) The person was licensed, registered, or certified by another state where there were minimum education requirements and, if applicable, work experience and clinical supervision requirements in effect and the other state verifies that the person met those requirements in order to be licensed, registered, or certified in that state; (5) The person previously passed any examinations, written or clinical, required for

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the license, registration, or certification if required by the other state; (6) The person has not had a license, registration, or certificate revoked or has not voluntarily surrendered a license, registration, or certificate in any other state or country while under investigation for unprofessional conduct; (7) The person has not had any other form of discipline imposed by any other regulating entity: Provided , That if another state’s regulating entity has taken disciplinary action against

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the person, a board of examination or registration in this state may issue the person a license, registration, or certificate if it determines the cause of action in the other state was corrected and the matter fully resolved. If the matter has not been resolved in the other state, the board of examination or registration in this state may not issue or deny a license until the matter is resolved; (8) The person pays all

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applicable fees in this state; and (9) The person does not have a disqualifying criminal history as determined by the board of examination or registration in this state.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-7F-4/

(c) If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving between two party states, the nurse must apply for licensure in the new home state, and the multistate license issued by the prior home state will be deactivated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission. (1) The nurse may apply for licensure in advance of a change in primary state of residence. (2) A multistate license shall not be issued by the

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-7F-4/

new home state until the nurse provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a multistate license from the new home state.

https://www.nursecompact.com/files/nlc_rules_2024.pdf

(2) A multistate licensee who changes primary state of residence to another party state shall apply for a multistate license in the new party state within 60 days.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-12-9/

(c) Any person changing residence to this state from another state or federal or military jurisdiction who is required to register as a sex offender under the laws of that state or federal or military jurisdiction shall register as a sex offender in this state.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-12-2/

(d) A person required to register under the provisions of this article shall register in person at the West Virginia State Police detachment responsible for covering the county of his or her residence, and in doing so, provide or cooperate in providing, at a minimum, the following when registering: (1) The full name of the registrant, including any aliases, nicknames, or other names used by the registrant; (2) The address where the registrant intends to

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reside or resides at the time of registration, the address of any habitable real property owned or leased by the registrant that he or she regularly visits: Provided , That a post office box may not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address, the name and address of the registrant’s employer or place of occupation at the time of registration, the names and addresses of any anticipated future employers or places of occupation,

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the name and address of any school or training facility the registrant is attending at the time of registration and the names and addresses of any schools or training facilities the registrant expects to attend; (3) The registrant’s Social Security number; (4) A full-face photograph of the registrant at the time of registration; (5) A brief description of the crime or crimes for which the registrant was convicted; (6) The registrant’s fingerprints and palm prints;

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(7) Information related to any motor vehicle, trailer, or motor home owned or regularly operated by a registrant, including vehicle make, model, color, and license plate number: Provided , That for the purposes of this article, the term "trailer" means travel trailer, fold-down camping trailer, and house trailer as those terms are defined in §17A-1-1 of this code; (8) Information relating to any Internet accounts the registrant has and the screen names, user names, or

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aliases the registrant uses on the Internet; (9) Information related to any telephone or electronic paging device numbers that the registrant has or uses, including, but not limited to, residential, work, and mobile telephone numbers; (10) A photocopy of a valid driver’s license or government-issued identification card, including a tribal identification card; (11) A photocopy of any passport and immigration documents; (12) A photocopy of any professional licensing information that authorizes the registrant to engage

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in an occupation or carry out a trade or business; and (13) Any identifying information, including make, model, serial number, and photograph, regarding any unmanned aerial vehicle owned or operated by a registrant.

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=26060&Format=PDF

17.8.a. Within ten (10) business days of the change of address, the person shall physically appear at the State Police detachment in the county(ies) where they reside or intend to reside and provide the information necessary to complete the registration procedures in 13.3 of this procedural rule.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-12-3/

When any person required to register under this article changes his or her residence, address, place of employment or occupation, motor vehicle, trailer or motor home information required by section two of this article, or school or training facility which he or she is attending, or when any of the other information required by this article changes, he or she shall, within ten business days, inform the West Virginia State Police of the changes in

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the manner prescribed by the Superintendent of State Police in procedural rules promulgated in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code: Provided, That when any person required to register under this article changes his or her residence, place of employment or occupation or school or training facility he or she is attending from one county of this state to another county of this state, he or she shall inform the

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West Virginia State Police detachment responsible for covering the county of his or her residence within ten business days of the change in the manner prescribed by the superintendent in procedural rules promulgated in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=26060&Format=PDF

17.6.b. Within ten (10) business days following the move, the person must physically appear at the State Police detachment in the county(ies) where the new address is located and provide the new address according to the registration procedure outlined in 13.3 of this procedural rule. 17.6.c. Within ten (10) business days of a change in registration information, the person must physically appear at a State

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=26060&Format=PDF

Police detachment in the county(ies) where they reside, work or attend school and provide the information necessary to comply with the registration procedures outlined in 13.4.a of this procedural rule.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-13-3/

(a) When any person required to register under this article changes his or her residence, address, or when any of the other information required by this article changes, he or she shall, within ten business days, inform the West Virginia State Police of the changes in the manner prescribed by the superintendent of State Police in procedural rules promulgated in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. Upon directive by

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the State Police, any person required to register under this article may be required to appear at the nearest State Police detachment from his or her residence, to verify or provide additional information or documentation necessary to have complete and accurate registry records.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-13-2/

(b) Any person who has been convicted of an offense or has been found not guilty solely by reason of mental illness, mental retardation or addiction of an offense under any of the provisions of sections two, two-a, three, three-a, four and four-a, article eight-d, of chapter sixty-one of this code or under a statutory provision of another state, the United States Code or the Uniform Code of Military Justice which requires proof of the

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same essential elements shall register as set forth in subsection (e) of this section and according to the internal management rules promulgated by the superintendent under authority of section twenty-five, article two of this chapter. (c) The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted for an offense described in subsection (b) of this section, or for an offense described in a municipal ordinance which has the same elements as an offense described

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in said section, shall forward to the superintendent, at a minimum, information required on forms provided by the State Police relating to the person required to register. (1) If the conviction is the judgment of a magistrate court, mayor, police court judge or municipal court judge, the clerk or recorder shall forward to the superintendent, at a minimum, information required on forms provided by the State Police relating to the person required to register when

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the person convicted has not requested an appeal within thirty days of the sentencing for such conviction. (2) If the conviction is the judgment of a circuit court, the circuit clerk shall submit, at a minimum, the required information to the superintendent regarding the person convicted within thirty days after the judgment was entered. (d) If a person has been convicted of any criminal offense against a child in his or her household or of

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whom he or she has custodial responsibility, and the sentencing judge makes a written finding that there is a continued likelihood that the person will continue to have regular contact with that child or other children and that as such it is in the best interest of the child or children for that person to be monitored, then that person is subject to the reporting requirements of this article.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-20-2/

It shall be the duty of the county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within this state, at the time they are making assessment of the personal property within such county, to assess and collect a head tax of $3 on each dog, male or female; and in addition to the above, the assessor and his or her deputies shall have the further duty of collecting any such head tax on dogs

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as may be levied by the ordinances of each and every municipality within the county. However, no head tax may be levied against any guide or support dog especially trained for the purpose of serving as a guide, leader, listener or support for a blind person, deaf person or a person who is physically or mentally disabled because of any neurological, muscular, skeletal or psychological disorder that causes weakness or inability to perform any function.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-20-2/

Guide or support dogs must be registered as provided by this section.

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At the same time as the head tax is assessed, the assessor and his or her deputies shall, on the forms prescribed under section four of this article, take down the age, sex, color, character of hair (long or short) and breed (if known) and the name and address of the owner, keeper or harborer thereof. When the head tax, and extra charges, if any, are paid, the officer to whom payment is made shall

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issue a certificate of registration and a registration tag for such dog. In addition to the assessment and registration above provided for, whenever a dog either is acquired or becomes six months of age after the assessment of the personal property of the owner, keeper or harborer thereof, the said owner, keeper or harborer of said dog shall, within ten days after the acquisition or maturation, register the said dog with the assessor, and pay

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the head tax thereon unless the prior owner, keeper or harborer paid the head tax.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-20-5/

Every registered dog shall at all times wear a valid registration tag issued as provided in this article. The failure to have displayed or worn on any dog, at any time, of such valid tag shall be prima facie evidence that such dog is not registered and such dog shall be subject to be, and shall be, impounded, sold, or destroyed as hereinbefore or hereinafter provided.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-20A-2/

(a) A person who owns, obtains or possesses a dog or cat within the State of West Virginia shall have the dog or cat properly vaccinated against rabies with a vaccine capable of producing immunity for three years, boostered one year after initial vaccination and every third year thereafter. Dogs and cats need not be vaccinated before the age of three months, but must be vaccinated by the age of six months. (b) Dogs and

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cats over six months of age entering the State of West Virginia must have been vaccinated for rabies as set forth in subsection (a) of this section prior to entry.

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=54066&Format=WORD&KeyWord=

8.18.a. A person shall not import any dog or cat into this state that is over 2 months of age without a valid CVI stating that the animal over 6 months of age has had a rabies vaccination within the 12 months prior (unless the animal is between 6 and 18 months of age) to the importation. Dogs and cats must be vaccinated for rabies by 6 months of age.

https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=54066&Format=WORD&KeyWord=

8.10. Any person in possession of any animal that is imported into this state shall maintain the CVI on the waybill that shall accompany the animal at all times.

https://agriculture.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/WV-Interstate-Movement-Requirements-US-NWS-Findings.pdf

All warm-blooded animals imported to West Virgina from an infested zone ( NWS Confirmed Detections ) must comply with the New World Screwworm National Continuity of Business Standardized Animal Movement Guidance and request an entry permit number at least 48 hours prior to movement. Go to: wvpermits@wvda.us during normal business hours (M-F from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET) to request an electronic permit. See InterstateLivestock.com for all states’ movement requirements.

https://agriculture.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/WV-Interstate-Movement-Requirements-US-NWS-Findings.pdf

All warm-blooded animals imported to West Virginia from outside an infested zone but within a surveillance zone or high-risk county (NWS Confirmed Detections) must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) declaring all the animals listed on the CVI were inspected and found free of NWS. The CVI must include the statement, “All animals listed on the CVI have been inspected and are free from screwworm larvae infestation.” The CVI shall be valid

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for no more than 7 days from the date of inspection, Due to time restraints, only WV- approved digital software platform electronic CVIs can be processed for NWS movements.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-12-11/

It shall be unlawful to deliver, transport or ship within this state, nursery stock which has not been inspected in accordance with the provisions of this article and which does not carry an inspection certificate attached to each carload, truckload, box, bale, package or item, or to deliver, ship, send or bring any such nursery stock into this state from any place outside thereof, unless there is attached to each carload, truckload, box, bale, package

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or item, in a conspicuous place, a valid certificate of inspection issued by the proper official of the state, territory, district or country from which it was shipped, sent or brought, showing that such nursery stock, including soil, was found to be free from plant pests at the time of inspection.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-12-2/

(l) "Nursery stock" means all trees, shrubs and woody vines, including ornamentals, bush fruits, grapevines, fruit trees and nut trees, whether cultivated, native or wild, and all buds, grafts, scions, fruit pits and cuttings from such plants. It also means sod, including sod plugs and sod-producing plants, and such herbaceous plants, including strawberry plants, narcissus plants and narcissus bulbs as the commissioner declares by rule to be so included whenever he or she considers control

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of the movement of such plants and bulbs necessary for the control of any destructive plant pest. Florists' or greenhouse plants for inside culture or use, unless declared otherwise by the commissioner, as herein authorized, shall not be considered nursery stock, except that all woody plants, whether greenhouse or field grown, if for outside planting, are hereby defined as nursery stock.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/18-8-1/

(A) Upon commencing home instruction under this section the parent of a child receiving home instruction shall present to the county superintendent or county board a notice of intent to provide home instruction that includes the name, address, and age of any child of compulsory school age to be instructed and assurance that the child shall receive instruction in reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies, and that the child shall be assessed annually in

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accordance with this subdivision. The person providing home instruction shall notify the county superintendent upon termination of home instruction for a child who is of compulsory attendance age. Upon establishing residence in a new county, the person providing home instruction shall notify the previous county superintendent and submit a new notice of intent to the superintendent of the new county of residence: Provided , That if a child is enrolled in a public school, notice

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of intent to provide home instruction shall be given on or before the date home instruction is to begin.

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(2) Upon beginning participation in a learning pod or microschool pursuant to this subsection, the parent or legal guardian of the child participating shall present to the county superintendent or county board a notice of intent to participate in a learning pod or microschool that includes the name, address, and age of any child of compulsory school age participating and assurance that the child shall receive instruction in reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies,

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and that the child shall be assessed annually in accordance with this subsection. The person providing instruction shall notify the county superintendent upon termination of participation in a learning pod or microschool for a child who is of compulsory attendance age. Upon establishing residence in a new county, the person providing instruction shall notify the previous county superintendent and submit a new notice of intent to the superintendent of the new county of residence: Provided

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, That if a child is enrolled in a public school, notice of intent to participate in a learning pod or microschool shall be given on or before the date participation is to begin.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17B-2-13/

(a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver’s license moves from the address named in the application or in the license issued to the person, or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, the person shall within 20 days thereafter notify the division in writing of the old and new addresses or of the former and new names and of the number of any license then held

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by the person on the forms prescribed by the division.

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(a) Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title shall move from the address named in the application or shown upon a registration card or certificate of title the person shall within ten days thereafter notify the division in writing of the old and new addresses.

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(a) Registration plates issued for vehicles required to be registered under this article shall be attached to the rear of the vehicles except that on truck tractors and road tractors designed and constructed to pull trailers or semitrailers, the registration plate shall be mounted to the front. (b) Every registration plate shall at all times be securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to prevent the

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plate from swinging and at a height of not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, an owner of a motor vehicle with a Class G registration as defined in section one, article

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ten of this chapter may choose to: (1) Display a standard, Class G registration plate in a horizontal position; or (2) Display a specially designed Class G registration plate in a vertical position issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles if the owner: (A) Pays a one-time fee of $25 to cover the additional cost and services necessary to issue the special registration plate to be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used

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for the administration of this chapter; and (B) Pays all other required fees and complies with all other applicable provisions of this code regarding the titling, registration and operation of the vehicle.

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For WV WORKS cases, a client must report all changes in circumstances within 10 days.

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A change of address is made in the eligibility system as soon as the client reports it. Any other changes the client reports, in addition to the address change, are also acted on at the same time.

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The client must report changes as soon as possible after he becomes aware of them.

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Clients must report all changes in circumstances such as, but not limited to, income, assets, household composition, and change of address.

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When a client reports a change during the Medicaid certification period that affects eligibility, the Worker must only request the information on the change reported.

https://workforcewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WorkForce-West-Virginia-Claimant-Handbook-Rev.-03.26.pdf

If you move or change your phone number, let us know as soon as possible, even if you are not filing for benefits at that time. Failure to notify our agency of your current contact information may result in a delay or denial of benefits. The easiest way to update your address, phone number, or email address is online.

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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this article, compulsory school attendance begins with the school year in which the sixth birthday is reached prior to July 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a full-time publicly funded kindergarten program, and continues to the 17th birthday or for as long as the student continues to be enrolled in a school system after the 17th birthday. (1) A child may be removed from such

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kindergarten program when the parent or guardian determines that the best interest of the child would not be served by requiring further attendance: Provided , That the principal shall make the final determination with regard to compulsory school attendance in a publicly supported kindergarten program. (2) The compulsory school attendance provision of this article shall be enforced against a person 18 years of age or older for as long as the person continues to be

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enrolled in a school system and may not be enforced against the parent, guardian, or custodian of the person. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this article, compulsory school attendance begins with the school year in which the sixth birthday is reached prior to September 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a publicly supported kindergarten program and continues to the seventeenth birthday or for as long as the student continues to

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be enrolled in a school system after the 17th birthday: Provided , That beginning in the school year 2019-2020, compulsory school attendance begins with the school year in which the sixth birthday is reached prior to July 1 of such year or upon enrolling in a publicly supported kindergarten program.

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(a) Any parent, guardian, or custodian who fails to cause a child or children under 18 years of age in that person's legal or actual charge to attend school in violation of this article or without just cause, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, shall, upon conviction of a first offense, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100 together with the costs of prosecution.

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Beginning on July 1, as aforesaid, the assessor or a deputy shall obtain from every person in the county who is liable to assessment, a full and correct description of all of the personal property of which he was the owner on July 1, of the current year, fixing what he deems to be the true and actual value of each item of personal property for the guidance of the assessor, who shall finally settle

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and determine the actual value of each item of such property by the rule prescribed in section one of this article. The assessor or a deputy shall also obtain from such person separate, full and true statements, in like manner, and upon forms to be furnished him distinctly setting forth in each a correct description of all property, real and personal, held, possessed or controlled by him as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, receiver, agent, partner,

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attorney, president or accounting officer of a corporation, consignee, broker, or in any representative or fiduciary character; and he shall fix what he deems the true and actual value thereof to each item of such property, which valuation shall be subject to revision and change by the assessor in like manner as property owned by such person in his own right: Provided, That no person shall be compelled to furnish the list mentioned in this

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section sooner than July 10, of the current year.

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(c) The taxes upon all property shall be paid by those who are the owners thereof on the assessment date whether it be assessed to them or others.

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(b) When a licensee changes his or her name, mailing address or residence, or when a licensee's classifications, endorsements, or restrictions or medical certification status changes; the licensee shall submit an application for a duplicate license and obtain a duplicate driver's license displaying the updated information.

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(h) Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the commissioner within 15 days if his or her address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of the notification, furnish the commissioner with his or her new address. The commissioner may provide by rule for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement with a certificate bearing the new address or for

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the alteration of an outstanding certificate to show the new address of the holder.

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(4) Within 20 days of a nonresident licensee relocating to West Virginia from the address provided in his or her application, he or she shall provide written notification of the relocation to the sheriff of the county to which he or she has moved and provide his or her new address. The sheriff shall then issue a new resident license bearing the licensee’s new address and the original expiration date, for a fee not to

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exceed $5. This license remains valid for the remainder of the original five-year term, unless the sheriff has determined that the person is no longer eligible for a concealed weapon license under the provisions of this article.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/33-12-14/

(b) An individual licensed as an insurance producer in another state who moves to this state shall make application within ninety days of establishing legal residence to become a resident licensee pursuant to section five of this article. No prelicensing education or examination shall be required of that individual to obtain any line of authority previously held in the prior state except where the Insurance Commissioner determines otherwise by regulation.

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If a change occurs to the licensee’s name, physical address, mailing address, or electronic mail address after licensure, the licensee shall inform the Insurance Commissioner by any means acceptable to the Insurance Commissioner of the updated contact information within 30 days of the change. Failure to timely inform the Insurance Commissioner of a change in legal name, residency, mailing address, or electronic mail address may result in a penalty pursuant to §33-12-24 of this code.

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Every licensee under the provisions of this article shall notify the board in writing of the address of each place where he is, or intends to be, engaged in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids.

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(a) Every person holding a broker’s license under the provisions of this article shall: ... (3) Make application to the commission before changing the address of any office or within 10 days after any change;

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V. Regulated areas. 1. Those areas located in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington that are infested with non-native, plant-feeding snails. 2. Any other state or area found to be infested with non-native, plant-feeding snails, including snail rearing facilities in otherwise uninfested areas. VI. Conditions governing the movement of regulated articles. Regulated articles shall not be moved into the state of West Virginia from a regulated area

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unless they are accompanied by a certificate, issued by a duly authorized agriculture official of the state of origin, stating that the articles are free of non-native, plant-feeding snails.

https://agriculture.wv.gov/wv_non-native_plant_feeding_snail_quarantine/

Plant material - All wild, cultivated, or greenhouse-grown plants, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbous plants and roots, grafts, scions, and buds. This definition includes nursery stock, annuals, bedding plants, vegetable plants, cut flowers and decorative plants without roots.

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I. GROWING AND DISSEMINATION OF CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. Under authority of Chapter 19, Article 12, of the State Code of West Virginia, a quarantine is hereby established against white pine blister rust, prohibiting the dissemination, growing or other uses of all species of currants and gooseberries, including any plants, cuttings, viable seeds or parts of these plants capable of propagation, except as otherwise provided herein, in the following twenty-three (23) protected counties in the state

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of West Virginia, where white pine blister rust is a potential hazard. Twenty-three (23) Protected Counties 1. Barbour 13. Nicholas 2. Fayette 14. Pendleton 3. Grant 15. Pocahontas 4. Greenbrier 16. Preston 5. Hampshire 17. Raleigh 6. Hardy 18. Randolph 7. Harrison 19. Summers 8. Marion 20. Taylor 9. Mercer 21. Tucker 10. Mineral 22. Upshur 11. Monongalia 23. Webster 12. Monroe II. EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANTS PROHIBITED. European black currant plants (Ribes nigrum) may not

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be moved to any destination in West Virginia.

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III. ERADICATION OF ALL RUST-SUSCEPTIBLE BERBERIS, MAHONIA AND MAHOBERBERIS PLANTS. All rust-susceptible species and varieties of Berberis, Mahonia, and Mahoberberis are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and their Page Two Barbery and Black Stem Rust Quarantine propagation, growth or possession is prohibited. The commissioner, insofar as funds are available, is authorized to enter all premises whatsoever subject to the Plant Pest Act, to destroy or cause to be destroyed such plants, seeds, fruits,

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or parts capable of propagation of rust- susceptible Berberis, Mahonia and/or Mahoberberis, wherever found, and may cooperate with other agencies and individuals within the State and with the United States Department of Agriculture in the removal of these plants for the control of the black stem rust disease of small grains. IV. VARIETIES CLASSIFIED AS RUST-SUSCEPTIBLE. Until further notice, all species and varieties of Berberis, Mahonia, and Mahoberberis will be considered rust- susceptible except those

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tested and designated as rust-resistant or immune by the United States Department of Agriculture. V. RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT, PLANTING AND/OR GROWING OF RUST-SUSCEPTIBLE BERBERIS, MAHONIA AND MAHOBERBERIS. The movement, planting and/or growing of species and varieties of Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis, determined to be alternate hosts of black stem rust (Puccinia graminis) are hereby prohibited throughout the State. VI. VARIETIES CLASSIFIED AS RUST-RESISTANT OR IMMUNE AND EXEMPT FROM THESE REGULATIONS. No restrictions are placed by

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these regulations on the movement, planting or growing within the State of any species or varieties of Berberis, Mahonia, or Mahoberberis designated as immune or rust-resistant by the United States Department of Agriculture except as set forth in Section VII. VII. ALL PACKAGES TO BE PLAINLY LABELED OR STAMPED FOR SHIPPING. All shipments and/or individual packages of rust-resistant Berberis, Mahonia, or Mahoberberis plants, seeds, or parts thereof capable of propagation, must be plainly marked with

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the names and addresses of the consignee and consignor.

https://agriculture.wv.gov/nursery-regulations_out-of-state/

However, all shipments and/or individual packages of rust-resistant Berberis, Mahonia, or Mahoberberis plants, seeds, or parts capable of propagation, must be plainly labeled or stamped as to the botanical species or variety and must be plainly marked with the name and address of consignee and consignor.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/19-12D-7/

(b) No person shall move, transport, deliver, ship or offer for shipment into or within this state any noxious weed without first obtaining a permit from the commissioner and such permit shall be issued only after it has been determined that the noxious weed is generally present throughout the state or is for scientific purposes subject to prescribed safeguards: Provided, That the division shall take final action upon all completed permit applications within thirty days

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of receipt if the application is uncontested, or within ninety days if the application is contested.

https://agriculture.wv.gov/gm-quarantine-07-25-2016/

Regulated articles may not be moved from a regulated area to an unregulated area of the state unless a certificate, limited permit, or outdoor household article gypsy moth inspection report has been issued and attached to the regulated article in accordance with the provisions set forth in Sections VII and VIII of these regulations.

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( 2 ) An outdoor household article shall not be moved interstate from any quarantined area into or through any area that is not quarantined unless a certificate or OHA document has been issued and attached to such outdoor household article in accordance with §§ 301.45-5 and 301.45-8 .

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( e ) An OHA document may be issued by the owner of an outdoor household article for the interstate movement of the article if such person has inspected the outdoor household article and has found it to be free of any life stage of gypsy moth.

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( a ) A certificate, limited permit, or OHA document required for the interstate movement of a regulated article or outdoor household article must at all times during such movement be securely attached to the outside of the container containing the regulated article or outdoor household article, securely attached to the article itself if not in a container, or securely attached to the consignee's copy of the waybill or other shipping document: Provided, however, That

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the requirements of this section may be met by attaching the certificate, limited permit, or OHA document to the consignee's copy of the waybill or other shipping document only if the regulated article or outdoor household article is sufficiently described on the certificate, limited permit, OHA document or shipping document to identify such article. ( b ) The certificate, limited permit, or OHA document for the movement of a regulated article or outdoor household article

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shall be furnished by the carrier to the consignee at the destination of the shipment.

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A copy of the outdoor household article gypsy moth inspection report must be forwarded to Plant Industries Division, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0191 within two weeks of the date of the actual move.

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IV. Regulated articles. 1. Geosmithia morbida 2. Pityophthorus juglandis in any life stage. 3. Any plants and plant parts of walnut (Juglans sp.); including nursery stock, budwood, scionwood, green lumber, and any other material whether living or dead, such as logs, stumps, roots, branches, mulch and chips or any other articles determined by an inspector to be capable of being infected with TCD. EXCEPTIONS: Nuts, nut meats, hulls, processed lumber (one hundred percent [100%] bark-free,

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kiln-dried with squared edges), and finished wood products without bark (such as furniture, instruments and gun stocks) are exempt from the quarantine. 4. Non-coniferous firewood. V. Regulated areas. 1. The entire states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington. 2. AND any portions or areas of states where TCD has been found. VI. Conditions governing the movement of regulated articles. Regulated articles shall not be moved into or through the

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state of West Virginia from a regulated area unless they are accompanied by a certificate or phytosanitary certificate issued by a duly authorized agriculture official of the state of origin, stating that the articles are free of Geosmithia morbida and Pityophthorus juglandis.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-12-9/

Any person changing residence to this state from another state or federal or military jurisdiction who is required to register as a sex offender under the laws of that state or federal or military jurisdiction shall register as a sex offender in this state.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-12-3/

When any person required to register under this article changes his or her residence, address, place of employment or occupation, motor vehicle, trailer or motor home information required by section two of this article, or school or training facility which he or she is attending, or when any of the other information required by this article changes, he or she shall, within ten business days, inform the West Virginia State Police of the changes

https://tax.wv.gov/Documents/PIT/2024/it140.PersonalIncomeTaxFormsAndInstructions.2024.pdf

Nonresidents and part-year residents must first complete lines 1 through 7 of Form IT-140, then complete Schedule A.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-30/

"Part-year resident individual" means an individual who is not a resident or nonresident of this state for the entire taxable year.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/11-21-44/

If an individual changes his or her status from nonresident to resident, he or she shall, regardless of his or her method of accounting, accrue to the portion of the taxable year prior to such change of status any items of income, gain, loss or deduction accruing prior to the change of status, other than items derived from or connected with West Virginia sources, if not otherwise properly entering into his or her federal adjusted gross income for such portion of the taxable year or for a prior taxable year under his or her method of accounting.

https://tax.wv.gov/Documents/PIT/2024/it140.PersonalIncomeTaxFormsAndInstructions.2024.pdf

A part-year resident is subject to West Virginia tax on the following: ... taxable income received from all sources while a resident of West Virginia; ... West Virginia source income earned during the period of nonresidence; and ... applicable special accruals.

https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-3-4/

No child or person may be admitted or received in any of the schools of the state or a state-regulated child care center until he or she has been immunized against chickenpox, hepatitis-b, measles, meningitis, mumps, diphtheria, polio,, rubella, tetanus and whooping cough or produces a certificate from the commissioner granting the child or person an exemption from the compulsory immunization requirements of this section.