This article may be cited as the "Sex Offender Registration Act."
W. Va. Code § 15-12-1
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Known as the Sex Offender Registration Act
The act spans §§ 15-12-1 to 15-12-9 (15 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case State v. Bryant (2005)
Most recently applied in R.S. Mutter, Warden v. Bobby Ross (March 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.