West Virginia Code § 21A-5-18

Priorities
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(1) In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of the court
under a law of this state, payments then or thereafter due and interest allowable thereon
shall be paid in full prior to all other claims except taxes and claims for wages. Wage claims
in excess of $250 per claimant or earned more than six months before the commencement of
the proceeding, shall not be entitled to priority. e
(2) In the event of an employer's adjudication in bankruptcy, judicially confirmed extension
proposal, or composition, under the Federal Bankruptcy Act of one thousand eight hundred
ninety-eight, as amended, claims for payments then or thereafteru due and interest thereon,
which have not been reduced to lien, shall be entitled to such priority as is provided in said
bankruptcy act for taxes due any state of the United States.t

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