W. Va. Code § 14-1-17
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§14-1-17. Sale of real estate under execution -- Return of execution where property encumbered.
Official statutory text
In any case in which an officer having an execution issued under the provisions of this article shall decline levying it because of any previous conveyance, execution or encumbrance, a return shall be made setting forth the nature of such conveyance, execution or encumbrance, in whose favor and for what amount, and the office in which the conveyance or encumbrance is recorded, or from which the execution issued.
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