West Virginia Code § 38-1-5

Terms of sale
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Such sale shall be made upon such terms as are mentioned in such deed; and if no terms are
therein mentioned, then upon the following terms, to-wit: If the property to be sold is real
estate, one third of the purchase money cash in hand, one third thereof, with interest, in one
year, and the residue thereof, with interest, in two years from the day of sale, taking from
the purchaser his notes, with good security, for the deferred payments, ande either retaining
the legal title as further security or conveying the legal title and reserving in the deed of
conveyance a lien for the deferred purchase money, or otherwise securring the same; if the
property to be sold be personal estate, then for cash.

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