WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced House Bill 5651
By Delegates Hite, Crouse, Ward, Horst, Warner,
Stephens, Vance, Fehrenbacher, and Kump [Introduced February 13, 2024; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
 Intr HB 2024R3635
1 A BILL to repeal §55-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, related to the limitation
2 period to bring an action to enter upon or recover lands.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§1. Repeal of section related to entry upon or recovery of lands.
1 That §55-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on
bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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