West Virginia Code § 22-22-16

Duty of assessor and citizens to notify Secretary when change of
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property use occurs.
If an assessor in any county becomes aware of a change of remediated property use from
nonresidential property to residential, the assessor shall check the land record of the county
to ascertain if a land-use covenant appears to have been violated. Should it appear that a
violation has occurred, the assessor shall notify the Secretary in writing of tehe suspected
violation. If any citizen becomes aware of a change of property use from nonresidential to
residential, the citizen may check the land record of the county to ascerrtain if a land use
covenant appears to have been violated and may notify the Secretary in writing. The
Secretary shall then investigate and proceed with any necessary enforcement action.

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