33-17-1 Scope of article
33-17-2 Standard fire policy
33-17-3 Arrangement of policy
33-17-4 Information as to insurer
33-17-5 Insertion of provisions required by law or charter
33-17-6 Additional contracts, riders or endorsements
33-17-6a Notice of noncoverage of flood damages and the availability of flood insurance
33-17-7 Designation as standard policy; agent’s name
33-17-8 Filing of forms
33-17-9 Total or partial fire loss
33-17-9b Claims for total loss; debris removal proceeds
33-17-11 Exclusion of nuclear perils
33-17-12 Payment discharges insurer

Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 33 > Article 17 - Fire and Marine Insurance

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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