West Virginia Code § 55-21-16

Use or transfer of receivership property not in ordinary course of
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business.
(a) In this section, "good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable
commercial standards of fair dealing.
(b) With court approval, a receiver may use receivership property other than in the ordinary
course of business.
(c) With court approval, a receiver may transfer receivership property, other than in the
ordinary course of business, by sale, lease, license, exchange, oru other disposition. Unless
the agreement of sale provides otherwise, a sale under this section is free and clear of a lien
of the person that obtained appointment of the receiver, any subordinate lien, and any right
of redemption, but is subject to a senior lien.
(d) A lien on receivership property which is extinguished by a transfer under subsection (c)
of this section attaches to the proceeds of the translfer with the same validity, perfection, and
priority the lien had on the property immediatsely before the transfer, even if the proceeds
are not sufficient to satisfy all obligations secured by the lien.
(e) A transfer under subsection (c) of this section may occur by means other than a public
auction sale. A creditor holding a valid lien on the property to be transferred may purchase
the property and offset against the purchase price part or all of the allowed amount secured
by the lien, if the creditor tenders funds sufficient to satisfy in full the reasonable expenses
of transfer and the obligation secured by any senior lien extinguished by the transfer.
(f) A reversal or modification of an order approving a transfer under subsection (c) of this
section does not affe ct the validity of the transfer to a person that acquired the property in
good faith or Vrevive against the person any lien extinguished by the transfer, whether the
person knew before the transfer of the request for reversal or modification, unless the court
stayed the order before the transfer.

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