West Virginia Code § 46-2A-525

Lessor's right to possession of goods
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(1) If a lessor discovers the lessee to be insolvent, the lessor may refuse to deliver the goods.
(2) After a default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in section
2A-523(1) or 2A-523(3)(a) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor has the
right to take possession of the goods. If the lease contract so provides, the lessor may
require the lessee to assemble the goods and make them available to the lessor at a place to
be designated by the lessor which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Without removal,
the lessor may render unusable any goods employed in trade or business, and may dispose of
goods on the lessee's premises (section 2A-527). u
(3) The lessor may proceed under subsection (2) without judicial process if it can be done
without breach of the peace or the lessor may proceed by action.

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