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Code · West Virginia · CHAPTER 38. LIENS. · ARTICLE 4. EXECUTIONS.

§38-4-13. Indorsement of time of receipt by officer; penalty for failure to indorse.

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Every officer shall indorse on each writ of fieri facias the year, month, day, and time of day, he receives the same. If he fail to do so, the judgment creditor may, by motion, recover against him and his sureties, jointly and severally, in the court in which the judgment was rendered, a sum not exceeding fifteen percent upon the amount of the execution.
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