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West Virginia Code
Chapter 23
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Employers and Employees Subject to Chapter; Extraterritorial Coverage.
23-2-1
Employers subject to chapter; elections not to provide certain coverages; notices; filing of business registration certificates.
23-2-1a
Employees subject to chapter.
23-2-1b
Special provisions as to premiums.
23-2-1c
Extraterritorial coverage; approval and change of agreements.
23-2-1d
Prime contractors and subcontractors liability.
23-2-2
Insurance Commissioner to be furnished information by employers, State Tax Commissioner, and WorkForce West Virginia; secrecy of information; examination of employers, etc.; violation a misdemeanor.
23-2-3
Report forms and other forms for use of employers.
23-2-4
Classification of industries; rate of premiums; authority to adopt various systems; accounts.
23-2-5
Notice to employees.
23-2-5a
Collection of premiums from defaulting employers; interest and penalties; civil remedies; creation and enforcement of lien against employer and purchaser; duty of Secretary of State to register liens; distraint powers; insolvency proceedings; Secretary of State to withhold certificates of dissolution; injunctive relief; bond; attorney fees and costs.
23-2-5c
Statute of limitations; effective date for new payments; previous payments due not affected.
23-2-5d
Uncollectible receivables; write-offs.
23-2-6
Exemption of contributing employers from liability.
23-2-6a
Exemption from liability of officers, managers, agents, representatives or employees of contributing employers.
23-2-7
Benefits of chapter may not be waived by contract or regulation.
23-2-8
Liability of employer for failing to procure or maintain workers’ compensation insurance; certain common-law defenses prohibited; exceptions.
23-2-9
Election of employer or employers’ group to be self-insured and to provide own system of compensation; exceptions; self administration; rules; penalties; regulation of self-insurers.
23-2-9a
Sanctions for default by self-insured employers; rulemaking authority.
23-2-10
Application of chapter to interstate commerce.
23-2-11
Partial invalidity of chapter.
23-2-12
Effect of repeal or invalidity of chapter on action for damages.
23-2-13
Interest.
23-2-14
Sale or transfer of business; attachment of lien for premium, etc.; payments due; criminal penalties for failure to pay; creation and avoidance or elimination of lien; enforcement of lien; successor liability.
23-2-15
Liabilities of successor employer; waiver of payment by commission; assignment of predecessor employer’s premium rate to successor.
23-2-16
Acceptance or assignment of premium rate.
23-2-17
Employer right to hearing; content of petition; appeal.