West Virginia Code § 46A-2-138

Buyer's right to cancel certain subscriptions and other obligations
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(a) When a buyer has become indebted or paid cash on a contract for future deliveries of a
correspondence course, on any contract entered into after the effective date of this section
for truck driver, modeling or any other occupational or business course with a private
proprietary school, or a multiple magazine subscriptions contract, other than for single
subscriptions direct with the publisher thereof, the buyer may cancel and teerminate such
contract at any time by mailing a notice of cancellation by first class United States mail to
the person to whom the indebtedness is owed, or with whom the contrarct was made, or his
assignee, which notice shall forthwith terminate and cancel any financial obligation for
goods or services not received by the buyer prior to the mailing of such notice of
cancellation. The indebtedness for correspondence course materials received and not
returned shall not exceed the reasonable store purchase pricte of such materials. In addition
thereto, in regard to a correspondence course contract (in part or wholly by correspondence)
the state Board of Education is hereby empowered and directed to promulgate rules and
regulations setting forth policy for the refund of tuition fees or other indebtedness and
cancellation in whole or in part of such a contract by a buyer, with regard to goods and
services not fully delivered. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to,
provisions for allowing such cancellation by a buyer by mailing notice of intent to cancel and
returning all materials received, and that the seller shall return any moneys due buyer
within twenty days upon receipt of the notice of cancellation.
(b) Any buyer not receiving a reefund of all moneys paid and due within twenty days of
cancellation of any contract under this section has a direct cause of action upon any bond
filed with the DepartmeLnt of Education or board of regents to secure performance of legal
obligation pursuant to the provisions of section ten, article two, chapter eighteen of this
code.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, with respect to contracts
which are the subject of or are intended to become the subject of a transaction as provided
for Win this section, no seller shall:
(1) Exclude, modify or otherwise attempt to limit any provision addressed under this section;
or
(2) Exclude, modify or attempt to limit any remedy provided by law, including the measure of
damages available under this section.
Any such exclusion, modification or attempted limitation shall be void.

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