West Virginia Code § 38-1-7

Application of proceeds; action to recover a deficiency
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(a) The trustee shall apply the proceeds of sale, first to the payment of expenses attending
the execution of the trust, including a commission to the trustee of five percent on the first
$300, and two percent on the residue of the proceeds, and shall apply the balance of such
proceeds pro rata, or in the order of priority, if any, prescribed by the trust deed, to the
payment of the debts secured and the indemnity of the sureties indemnifiede by the deed, and
shall pay the surplus, if any, to the grantor, his, her or its heirs, personal representatives,
successors or assigns, as their interests may appear. r
(b) A trust deed grantor, the obligor on the debt secured by the dueed of trust, including any
maker, comaker, guarantor, surety or other accommodation party, or other defendant in a
civil action seeking a deficiency judgment on the debt securetd by the deed of trust, may not
assert as a defense that the fair market value of secured real property was not obtained at a
trust deed foreclosure sale conducted in accordance with this article.

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