West Virginia Code § 46-2-402

Rights of seller's creditors against sold goods
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), rights of unsecured creditors of the seller
with respect to goods which have been identified to a contract for sale are subject to the
buyer's rights to recover the goods under this article (sections 2-502 and 2-716).
(2) A creditor of the seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale
as void if as against him a retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any rule
of law of the state where the goods are situated, except that retention of possession in good
faith and current course of trade by a merchant-seller for a commercially reasonable time
after a sale or identification is not fraudulent. u
(3) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to impair the rights of creditors of the seller
(a) under the provisions of the article on secured transaactions (article 9); or
(b) where identification to the contract or delivery lis made not in current course of trade but
in satisfaction of or as security for a preexisting claim for money, security or the like and is
made under circumstances which under any rule of law of the state where the goods are
situated would apart from this article consititute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or
voidable preference.

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