West Virginia Code > Chapter 22 > Article 1A – Private Real Property Protection


22-1A-1	Short title
22-1A-2	Legislative findings and purpose
22-1A-3	Actions by Division of Environmental Protection; requirement for assessment
22-1A-4	Buffer zones
22-1A-5	Remedies
22-1A-6	Scope of application

Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
Division: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-1-2
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
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.
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.
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