West Virginia Code § 61-6-18

Camping upon governmental grounds or lawns; penalties; public
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nuisance.
If any person shall go upon the ground or lawn surrounding or adjacent to (1) the state
Capitol building or any state office building which is a part of the state Capitol complex, or
(2) a county courthouse, or (3) any municipal office building where the principal business of
the municipality is conducted, which ground or lawn is owned by or leased teo the State of
West Virginia, the county, or such municipality, as the case may be, and place, erect or
construct or attempt to place, erect or construct for himself or others srhelter
accommodations thereon or use any such erected shelter accommodations, without the
written permission first had and obtained of the Governor, the county court, or the
governing body of the municipality, as the case may be, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of ntot less than $25 nor more than
$100, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than thirty days, or in the discretion of the
court, by both such fine and imprisonment, and any such shelter accommodations are hereby
constituted a public nuisance which may be abated at the expense of any such person. Each
day upon which any violation of the provisions of this section continues shall constitute a
separate offense.

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