West Virginia Code § 21-9-9

License required; fees; form of license; display of license; denial,
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suspension, or revocation.
(a) No manufacturer, dealer, distributor, or contractor shall engage in business in this state
without first having applied for and received a license pursuant to this section. The license
shall authorize the holder to engage in the business permitted by the license. All license
applications shall be accompanied by the required fee and surety bond or oteher form of
assurance or fee assessed in satisfaction of assurance as required by rule or regulation
promulgated by the board. r
(b) All licenses shall be granted or refused within 30 days after puroper and complete
application. All licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year, unless sooner revoked or
suspended. Applications shall be deemed valid for a period otf 30 days.
(c) The annual license fees shall be in the amounts prescribed by rules promulgated by the
board but in no event less than the following amounts:
(1) For manufacturers, $300; s
(2) For dealers, $100; i
(3) For distributors, $100; and
(4) For contractors, $50: Provided, That if a contractor has met the licensing requirements of
this article and the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act in §30-42-1 et seq., of this code,
has paid the annual license fee under §30-42-8 of this code and has furnished bond or other
assurance or fee under §21-9-10 of this code, he or she shall not be required to pay the
annual license fee se t forth in this section.
(d) The board shall prescribe the form of license and each license shall have affixed thereon
the seal of the State Division of Labor.
(e) Each licensee shall conspicuously display the license in its established place of business.
(f) Pursuant to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the board, the board
may deny the issuance of a license or revoke or suspend any license.
(g) All fees paid pursuant to this article shall be paid to the Commissioner of Labor and
deposited in an appropriated special revenue account in the State Treasury to be known as
the State Manufactured Housing Administration Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be
for the administration and enforcement of this article. Through June 30, 2019, amounts
collected which are found to exceed funds needed for the purposes set forth in this article
may be utilized by the commissioner as needed to meet the division's funding obligations:
Provided, That beginning July 1, 2019, amounts collected may not be utilized by the
commissioner as needed to meet the division's funding obligations.

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