11-22-1 Definitions
11-22-2 Rate of tax; when and by whom payable; additional county tax; county clerk funding for election administration, infrastructure, and security, and other county clerk purposes
11-22-3 Payment from proceeds of judicial sale
11-22-4 Documentary stamps; affixing; cancellation; declaration of value
11-22-5 Commissioner to provide for sale of stamps; rules and regulations
11-22-6 Duties of clerk; declaration of consideration or value; filing of sales listing form for Tax Commissioner; disposition and use of proceeds
11-22-7 Failure to affix stamps
11-22-8 Penalty for recording without documentary stamp; effect
11-22-9 Unlawful acts; penalty
11-22-10 Erroneous collections; refund

Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 11 > Article 22 - Excise Tax On Privilege of Transferring Real Property

  • Association: means a partnership, limited partnership or any other form of unincorporated enterprise, owned or conducted by two or more persons. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Commissioner: means the State Tax Commissioner. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: means a corporation or joint-stock association, organized under the laws of this state, the United States or any other state, territory or foreign country or dependency including, but not limited to, banking institutions. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Document: means any deed, or instrument or writing by which any real property within this state or any interest in real property is granted, conveyed or otherwise transferred to the grantee, purchaser or any other person. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under the laws of this state, the United States or by any other state, territory or the District of Columbia. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means every natural person, association or corporation. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Transaction: means the delivering, accepting or presenting for recording of a document. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Value: means in the case of any document not a gift, the amount of the full actual consideration for the document, paid or to be paid, including the amount of any lien or liens assumed. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.