Any person who knowingly, willfully and without authorization accesses or causes to be accessed any computer or computer network and thereby obtains information filed by any person with the state or any county or municipality which is required by law to be kept confidential shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or confined in the county jail not more than six months, or both.
W. Va. Code § 61-3C-11
Obtaining confidential public information
Known as the West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse Act
The act spans §§ 61-3C-1 to 61-3C-9 (25 sections).
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.