West Virginia Code — Chapters 11 / 11A / 11B (Taxation)
W. Va. Code § 11A-3-33
State commissioner of delinquent and nonentered lands
The State Auditor shall ex officio be state commissioner of delinquent and nonentered lands. The term "Auditor" whenever used in this chapter in connection with delinquent, nonentered, escheated or waste and unappropriated lands, shall be construed to refer to the Auditor in his capacity as state commissioner of delinquent and nonentered lands.
The Auditor is empowered, and it shall be his duty, through the land department in his office, to administer and carry into execution the laws with reference to such lands. The Auditor on behalf of the state shall have power to hold and manage such lands, and to exercise all other powers incident to the powers and duties conferred upon him by this article.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 11A-3-13 · Publication by sheriff of certification list
- 11A-3-14 · Purchase by individual at tax sale; certificate of sale
- 11A-3-15 · Certificate of sale assignable
- 11A-3-16 · Subsequent tax payments by purchaser
- 11A-3-17 · Sale of subsequent tax liens
- 11A-3-18 · Limitations on tax liens
- 11A-3-19 · What purchaser must do before the deed can be secured
- 11A-3-20 · Refund to purchaser of payment made at sheriff’s sale where…
- 11A-3-21 · Notice to redeem
- 11A-3-22 · Service of notice
- 11A-3-23 · Redemption from purchase; receipt; list of redemptions;…
- 11A-3-24 · Notice of redemption from purchases; moneys received by…
- 11A-3-25 · Distribution of surplus to purchaser
- 11A-3-26 · Certificate of redemption issued by State Auditor;…
- 11A-3-27 · Deed to purchaser; record
- 11A-3-28 · Compelling service of notice or execution of deed
- 11A-3-29 · One deed for adjoining pieces of real estate within the same…
- 11A-3-30 · Title acquired by individual purchaser; action to quiet title
- 11A-3-31 · Effect of irregularity on title acquired by purchaser
- 11A-3-32 · Sheriff to keep proceeds in separate accounts; disposition
- 11A-3-33 · State commissioner of delinquent and nonentered lands
- 11A-3-34 · Deputy commissioners of delinquent and nonentered lands; bond
- 11A-3-35 · Land record in Auditor's office
- 11A-3-36 · Operating fund for land department in Auditor’s office
- 11A-3-36A · Credit card approved form of payment in land department of…
- 11A-3-37 · Disposition of nonentered lands
- 11A-3-38 · Redemption of nonentered or certified lands
- 11A-3-39 · Certificate of redemption issued by Auditor; recordation
- 11A-3-40 · Compulsory redemption at election of Auditor
- 11A-3-41 · Auditor to report redemptions to county officers;…
- 11A-3-42 · Lands subject to sale by Auditor
- 11A-3-43 · Officers to report lands subject to sale
- 11A-3-44 · Auditor to certify list of lands to be sold; lands so…
- 11A-3-45 · Auditor to hold annual auction
- 11A-3-45A · Certain parties barred from participating in public auctions
- 11A-3-46 · Publication of notice of auction
- 11A-3-47 · Redemption prior to sale
- 11A-3-48 · Unsold lands subject to sale without auction or additional…
- 11A-3-48A · Certain parties barred from purchasing unsold lands
- 11A-3-49 · Purchase by owner or deputy commissioner or other officers…