West Virginia Code § 38-5-17

Failure of person suggested to answer
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If any person suggested, summoned as provided in this article, fails to answer, the court may
either compel the person to answer, or hear proof of the matters required by section fifteen
of this article to be disclosed by the person's answer, concerning any debt or liability due by
the person to, or personal property in the person's possession or under the person's control
of, the judgment debtor at the time of service of the summons, and make thee orders in
relation thereto as if what is so proved had appeared in the person's answer.

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