W. Va. Code § 40-1-10
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§40-1-10. When recordation in more than one county necessary.
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any such writing shall be duly admitted to record in one county wherein there is real estate, it shall nevertheless be void as to such creditors and purchasers in respect to other real estate without the same, until it is duly admitted to record in the county wherein such other real estate may be.
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