Charleston, WV

Charleston's noise ordinance bans excessive noise citywide and only exempts power tools, landscaping and yard equipment from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekends and…

Charleston's zoning code blocks any helipad or heliport from creating a noise nuisance or sitting too close to a residential zoning district.

Charleston's citywide noise ban covers industrial and commercial sources too, but exempts noise from a properly licensed enterprise operating lawfully in a correctly zoned area, plus…

Charleston requires motor vehicles to run quietly, bans car stereo sound audible 25 feet away, and prohibits cutout mufflers and unnecessary dynamic-braking noise, with fines…

Charleston's noise ordinance exempts construction, drilling, earthmoving, excavating, and demolition activity from noise restrictions at any hour, as long as motorized equipment…

Charleston law makes it illegal to keep a dog or cat in a residential district whose frequent or continued barking disturbs the comfort or repose of nearby residents, enforceable under…

Charleston's noise-control ordinance bans unreasonable outdoor noise citywide, so unpermitted outdoor amplified or live music that disturbs neighbors can draw a citation, but…

Charleston limits noisy yard equipment, including leaf blowers, to daytime hours: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekends and holidays under the city's noise ordinance.

Charleston lets homeowners store a trailer, camper, or boat trailer on their own property indefinitely, but no trailer can sit on a city street overnight, and nobody may sleep or live…

Charleston can mark a no-parking zone by painting the curb yellow instead of posting a sign, and the painted length sets the no-parking area.

Charleston lets neighborhoods petition the city to create residential permit parking districts, restricting on-street spaces to permit holders once traffic surveys confirm nonresident…

Charleston requires off-street parking areas to be paved with asphalt, concrete, or masonry, and allows gravel driveways only for single-family and duplex homes that meet paving-apron…

Charleston caps how long an oversized truck or trailer can sit on any city street to two hours, citywide, under the traffic ordinance's stopping-standing-parking article.

Charleston caps stops in on-street loading zones at 30 minutes and requires a loading zone permit, with the parking department authorized to establish and sign each zone citywide.

Charleston makes it unlawful to abandon a motor vehicle on any public right-of-way, other public property, or private property you don't own, lease, rent or control, and separately…

Charleston bans parking in front of driveways, near intersections, hydrants, and 15 other spots, and requires vehicles to sit within 18 inches of the right-hand curb facing traffic.

Charleston prohibits parking any trailer on a city street overnight: the ban targets towed units, not ordinary passenger cars.

A tow you did not ask for is regulated in West Virginia as common carriage. W. Va. Code § 24A-2-2a makes it unlawful to tow wrecked or disabled vehicles for hire without registering…

Charleston bans letting a dog run at large: any dog off its owner's property without a leash or chain under direct physical control violates Sec. 10-161, with exceptions for fenced…

Every cat six months or older in Charleston must be currently vaccinated against rabies, though owners only need to keep proof on hand rather than a visible tag.

Charleston's zoning code excludes veterinary clinics and hospitals from the list of allowed home-based businesses, so a vet practice can't operate out of a residential home even under…

Charleston designates the entire city a bird sanctuary, banning hunting, trapping, shooting, or nest robbing of any wild bird within city limits.

Charleston lets residents keep chickens, goats, hogs and other livestock, but the animals can't create a nuisance and poultry can't be housed within 25 feet of a neighbor's home.

Charleston requires any dog formally declared dangerous by the municipal court to be microchipped by a veterinarian at the owner's expense, with the chip recording the dangerous-dog…

Charleston prohibits keeping panthers, bears, bobcats, venomous reptiles, and constrictor snakes within city limits unless the owner holds a city license or permit under Sec. 10-13.

Charleston runs a permit-only urban hunt for deer, bear, and coyote, letting the city manager designate tracts and letting hunters use an air rifle on coyotes under strict distance and…

Charleston limits households to two dogs unless the owner gets a special permit or zoning variance, a direct check on the kind of excessive-animal accumulation that leads to hoarding…

Charleston's zoning code limits home beekeeping to 2-12 hive colonies based on lot size and requires hives to sit in rear yards, away from property lines.

Charleston has no breed-specific ban. Instead, any dog that attacks, threatens, or is bred for dog fighting can be declared dangerous by the municipal court, triggering strict…

West Virginia Division of Natural Resources regulations prohibit intentionally feeding black bears statewide and restrict baiting of deer and other wildlife. These rules apply…

Charleston lets home-based businesses skip a conditional use permit only if they don't add neighborhood traffic beyond what's normal for a residence.

Running a family day care home in Charleston requires a conditional use permit in every residential district, plus health and fire sign-off before you open.

Charleston requires home-based businesses to get a Municipal Business License endorsed by the Planning Department, which checks the operation against eight "no impact" zoning criteria…

Charleston's zoning code flatly prohibits any signage for home-based businesses, whether Level 1 or conditional-use, anywhere in the city.

West Virginia lets you sell non-potentially-hazardous homemade foods, breads, cakes, candies, jams, honey, dried produce, direct to consumers with no license, permit, or inspection. W…

West Virginia has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. Searching the Code for "home kitchen" and for "microenterprise" returns nothing at all, so there is no licence a…

Charleston requires a free residential rental license for any rental unit leased "by day, week, month, year, or any other term": a definition that pulls Airbnb-style short-term rentals…

Charleston collects a 6% municipal hotel occupancy tax on short-term lodging, covering hotels, motels, inns, and tourist homes; guests staying 30+ consecutive days are exempt.

Short-term-rental guests in unincorporated Kanawha County follow the same noise law as everyone: the Sheriff-enforced disorderly-conduct statute, W. Va. Code §61-6-1b. Charleston…

Charleston allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot, but only as an accessory to an owner-occupied single-family home, with a recorded deed notice and one parking space per bedroom.

Charleston allows accessory dwelling units only on lots where the owner of record lives in the primary house or the ADU itself.

Charleston's zoning ordinance treats a detached carport as an accessory structure: it cannot sit in the front yard, must stay at least 3 feet from side and rear lines, and can't exceed…

Charleston only allows an accessory dwelling unit on a lot where the owner of record lives in either the main house or the ADU, blocking pure investor rentals of both units.

In unincorporated Kanawha County, a foundation-built tiny home is a dwelling under the West Virginia State Building Code, while a tiny home on wheels is treated like an RV or mobile…

Charleston's zoning ordinance limits residential fences to stone, brick, wood, vinyl, chain link or wire, wrought iron, aluminum, or ornamental concrete block, and requires a building…

Charleston's zoning code lets homeowners put up a residential fence up to 6.5 feet tall, but front-yard fences are capped at 4 feet and a building permit is required.

Charleston doesn't require a permit for an ordinary yard fence, but a barbed-wire fence built along or within 18 inches of a public street needs a permit from the building and housing…

Charleston requires a zoning permit and site plan review before building a retaining wall, and its zoning code defines a regulated retaining wall as one retaining more than 18 vertical…

West Virginia has no residential shared-cost fence statute, so no one can force a Kanawha County neighbor to split a boundary fence. On rural land, WV Code §19-17 governs partition…

Consumer fireworks in Charleston can only be set off between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day, or from 11 a.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, unless the…

Charleston prohibits burning trash or refuse in the open or in home incinerators anywhere in the city; a fire department permit is required for any authorized solid waste or yard…

Backyard fire pits are legal across Kanawha County with no county permit, but during West Virginia's spring and fall forest-fire seasons even a small warming or cooking fire must sit…

Kanawha County sets no defensible-space mandate, but if you burn cleared brush you must follow West Virginia's forest-fire-season rules: a 10-foot safety strip around the fire and the…

West Virginia regulates propane storage, handling, and installation through the State Fire Code adopted by the State Fire Commission under Code Section 29-3-5b, incorporating NFPA 58…

West Virginia Code Chapter 20 Article 3 establishes Division of Forestry authority over wildfire protection statewide, imposing strict liability for fire suppression costs and uniform…

Remove a public tree in Charleston without a permit exemption and you must replace it at your own cost, meeting the city's size, species, and placement standards.

Charleston limits grass and weeds to one foot in height on any premises and on the sidewalk strip abutting the property, with the city empowered to order a 48-hour cleanup and bill…

Charleston bars property owners from letting trees, shrubs, bushes or weeds grow into the street right-of-way or block a driver's or pedestrian's view, treating overgrowth as a…

West Virginia Code §22-15 and 45CSR6 set statewide composting and open burning standards. Residential backyard composting is exempt from solid waste permits, but open burning is…

Charleston's zoning ordinance requires community swimming pools to be enclosed by a wall or fence between 6 and 10 feet high that can be locked whenever the pool isn't staffed by a…

Charleston requires new residential pools to comply with the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, adopted as part of the city's building code under Sec. 14-33, so a building…

Charleston bans illicit discharges into its municipal storm sewer system (MS4) and requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan for construction disturbing 5,000+ square…

Private residential docks are permitted by right in every Charleston zoning district, but commercial docks and marinas need a conditional use permit reviewed by the Municipal…

Charleston requires land-disturbance approval before issuing a building permit whenever grading or clearing disturbs 5,000+ square feet or adds 1,000+ square feet of impervious…

Flash flooding is West Virginia's defining hazard. Kanawha County enforces FEMA floodplain standards, and a floodplain development permit is required before building or filling in a…

Charleston requires refuse and recycling containers at the curb (or within 5 feet), set out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before pickup and pulled in by 10 p.m. on collection day.

Charleston requires residents to separate yard and green waste from regular trash, bag it in clear city-provided bags, and set limbs or heavy brush at the curb unbagged for chipping.

Charleston prohibits dumping refuse, waste, or debris on streets, sidewalks, vacant lots, or another person's property without consent; violators face a $25 fine per offense, rising to…

Charleston runs standard weekly curbside collection, and refuse must go out within a strict evening-to-evening window on your assigned day.

Charleston picks up bulky waste, furniture, appliances, tires, e-waste, at the curb on your regular collection day, but only if it's set out within a strict window: no earlier than 6…

Charleston residents must separate at least three recyclable materials from trash and set them out in a clear bag or marked bin under 48 gallons and 40 pounds.

Charleston bars refuse and recycling haulers from collecting in or near residential districts between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. to protect neighborhood quiet.

In Charleston, only the city or a Public Service Commission-certified hauler permitted under the city's refuse code may remove recyclables or recycling bins once they've been set out…

Commercial waste haulers must hold an annual city permit before placing or servicing dumpsters and roll-off containers anywhere in Charleston.

Charleston prohibits serving or possessing an open or unsealed alcohol container in any public place, with exceptions only when authorized in writing by the police chief.

Charleston's toy vehicle ordinance bars skateboards, roller skates, sleds, and similar devices from roadways and sidewalks citywide, with narrow exceptions for crossing at a corner or…

Charleston prohibits smoking inside any permitted outdoor dining area on city sidewalks in the Central Business and Urban Corridor Districts.

Appearing in any Charleston public place while visibly under the influence of marijuana is a misdemeanor. Police can cite or arrest on the spot, with fines and jail time escalating for…

Charleston makes it illegal for pedestrians to cross streets or alleys in the business district anywhere except marked intersections or designated crosswalks, under Sec. 114-661 of the…

Charleston's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it illegal to congregate on a public way so as to stop traffic and then refuse a police order to clear out.

Charleston limits street vending to designated public rights-of-way zoned commercial, industrial, or central business, plus any area the city manager separately approves for vendors.

Charleston requires every food truck, legally a "mobilized vending vehicle", to hold a city vending permit before operating on public rights-of-way or private property, backed by a $20…

Charleston requires every sidewalk food vendor to hold an annual $20 vending permit from the City Collector's Office before setting up a pushcart, table, or stand on any approved…

Charleston enacts the state building code under Sec. 14-33, which adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) with two local amendments easing GFCI and AFCI rules for certain…

Family day care facilities and homes in Charleston need health, building, and fire sign-off plus dedicated drop-off parking before they can operate.

Charleston requires a building permit before you erect, alter, repair, move, or demolish any structure, since the city has adopted the state building code (2018 ICC family) as its own.

Charleston adopts the state building code by reference, including the 2018 International Plumbing Code with city-specific amendments, so plumbing work here is permitted and inspected…

Charleston requires every business's exterior doors to carry police-chief-approved locking hardware, deadbolts, guarded latches, or padlocked bars, under the city's…

The City of Charleston's code official can enter buildings and structures at reasonable times to conduct building-code inspections once granted permission, and can seek a municipal…

Charleston requires every rental unit to hold a residential rental license and undergo periodic city inspections at least once every 24 months.

Charleston code enforcement officers can inspect a rental unit after a complaint, a violation observation, or a direct request from the owner or tenant, outside the normal 24-month…

Charleston bars anyone from placing an obstruction on a street, sidewalk, or public grass strip without a permit from the street commissioner, who must confirm the work won't endanger…

Charleston puts sidewalk upkeep on the property owner, not the city. Sec. 102-52 requires the owner (or agent of a nonresident owner) to keep the abutting sidewalk in good order, or…

Charleston bans blocking sidewalks or streets with goods, materials, or hazards without a street commissioner's permit, and requires a clear pedestrian path when items sit out…

Charleston's zoning ordinance treats sexually oriented businesses, adult bookstores, and adult theaters as a conditional use, subject to strict distance separations from each other and…

Charleston's zoning ordinance flatly excludes commercial automobile repair or storage from the list of allowed home-based businesses, no matter how small the operation.

Charleston requires anyone buying or selling junk, including itinerant collectors, to hold a city license before doing business.

Charleston zoning rules require tattoo and body-piercing studios to sit at least 1,500 feet apart, get state licensing and Kanawha County Health Department inspection, and limit hours…

Charleston bars any towing company from handling police-ordered tows of wrecked, abandoned, or disabled vehicles unless its trucks, storage yard, and business hours meet the minimum…

Charleston requires pawnbrokers to hold an annual $20 city license and keep detailed transaction records reported to police within 24 hours.

Charleston requires a city permit to operate a massage parlor, with a $20 annual fee and mandatory fire, building, and health inspections before issuance.

Charleston zoning treats vape and smoke shops as a conditional use in most commercial districts, requiring a 1,500-foot buffer from any other vape/smoke shop and from schools.

In Charleston's R-2 Single Family Residential District, buildings and structures can cover no more than 50 percent of a lot, keeping yards open for light, drainage, and green space.

Charleston's zoning ordinance sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks for principal structures, and the numbers shift by residential district: for example 25/8/30 feet in the R-2…

In Charleston's R-2 single-family zone, houses are capped at 2.5 stories or 35 feet, and detached garages and sheds top out at 18 feet.

Charleston's zoning ordinance limits garage and yard sales to four times per year, with each sale capped at two consecutive days, under the Land Use Table's supplemental regulations.

Charleston lets off-premise signs (billboards) light up, but bans visible bulbs and any flashing, moving, or variable-intensity illumination.

Charleston requires off-street parking and loading area lighting to be shielded from residential lots and cut off during non-operating hours.

Charleston's zoning code requires off-street parking and loading lot lighting to point away from residential lots, shield public streets and adjoining land from glare, and stay off…

Charleston's noise ordinance requires burglar and fire alarms on vehicles to shut off within five minutes of activation, unless police are still responding to a legitimate emergency at…

Street and event vendors in Charleston running a generator can't operate within 50 feet of any outdoor dining area, and generator noise still can't cross the citywide…

Charleston makes it illegal for the owner, operator, or employee of any hotel, motel, restaurant, tavern, or other place open to the public to let patrons disturb others through…

Any syringe services or needle-exchange program in Charleston needs a state license plus a City Council public hearing near the proposed site before it can operate.

Charleston occupants must keep their dwelling unit and premises clean and sanitary and are personally responsible for exterminating any insects, rodents, or other pests within the…

Charleston imposes a 6% municipal hotel occupancy tax on hotel room charges, collected by the operator and remitted to the city collector.

Charleston's Planned Unit Development process lets developers earn greater residential density than standard zoning allows, but only in exchange for open space, architectural quality…

Charleston bars anyone under 18 from public places between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights and after 12:01 a.m. on weekends, with police-permit exceptions.

Charleston closes every city park overnight, with seasonal cutoffs enforced by police and the parks director.

Charleston's code enforcement agency can order repair, closing, or demolition of any structure deemed unsafe, unsanitary, or dangerous, with written notice, a correction deadline, and…

Charleston requires whoever occupies or owns a building or lot on a paved street to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of it within three hours of the snowfall, or by 11:00…

Charleston's Housing Code requires every dwelling unit to have working heat to 70°F, hot water, a kitchen sink, and adequate light and ventilation, enforced through code-official…

Charleston requires every residential rental unit to hold a city rental license, issued free of charge but subject to inspection and revocation.

West Virginia has no just-cause eviction law, and Kanawha County cannot add one. A landlord ends a month-to-month tenancy with a full period's notice under §37-6-5, then files a…

West Virginia requires no pre-suit notice before filing to evict for nonpayment of rent. Under W. Va. Code § 55-3A-1 a landlord may file a verified wrongful-occupation petition in…

West Virginia has no statute setting an advance-notice period for landlord entry. Chapter 37, Article 6 is silent on routine access, so entry is governed by the lease and the tenant's…

To end a month-to-month tenancy in West Virginia, either party must give written notice of one full rental period before the end of a period under W. Va. Code § 37-6-5. A year-to-year…

West Virginia sets no cap on the amount of a residential security deposit. After a tenancy ends, the landlord must return the deposit, with a written itemization of any damages or…

West Virginia requires ten years of adverse possession to claim title to land under W. Va. Code § 55-2-1. The possession must run continuously for the full statutory period, and a…

Event vendors selling at Charleston street fairs and festivals need a $20 annual vending permit from the city collector, plus proof of health and insurance compliance before setting up.

Charleston charges set hourly and daily rental fees to reserve city parks like Haddad Riverfront Park and Magic Island Park for private use.

Charleston restaurants need an outdoor dining area permit from the Planning Department to seat patrons on the public sidewalk in the Central Business or Urban Corridor District, with…

Charleston requires a permit from the police chief or city council before any parade or procession occupies a public street, and no route can pass the central fire station.

The Charleston Historic Landmarks Commission designates buildings, sites, and districts as historic landmarks and requires a certificate of appropriateness before any exterior…

In Charleston's R-O and higher zoning districts, window signs can't cover more than 25% of a window's glass area, or 50% if the business has no wall signs.

Charleston only allows new digital billboards through a sign-removal swap, and requires messages to hold static for at least 8 seconds with capped nighttime brightness.

Political signs in Charleston's residential zoning districts are exempt from the city's 90-day cumulative limit on temporary signs, unlike yard-sale and special-event signs.

Charleston's sanitary board won't reduce your sewer bill for a water leak on your side of the meter: if that leaked water drains into the city sewer, you're billed for all of it.

Anyone making home solicitation sales in Charleston must get a $20 license from the city collector and post a $3,000 bond before knocking on a single door.

Filing a complaint with Charleston's building and housing commissioner, police chief, fire prevention chief, city engineer, city manager, or health commissioner triggers a mandatory…

Charleston requires cyclists to ride near the right side of the road, caps side-by-side riding at two abreast unless traffic isn't impeded, and steers riders toward adjacent bike paths…

Rental scooter companies need a city council-approved operating agreement before dropping scooters on Charleston streets, and riders can't take them onto sidewalks.

A golf cart cannot be made street legal in West Virginia. W. Va. Code § 17A-3-2(c) tells the Division of Motor Vehicles to title and register a low-speed vehicle only where the…

Charleston's business and occupation tax splits every business into a classification, contracting, retail, wholesale, service, manufacturing, natural resources, utilities, or banking…

Charleston's zoning ordinance lists Medical Cannabis Dispensary, Growing Facility, and Processing Facility as permitted-by-right uses in eight of its seventeen zoning districts -- the…

Growing cannabis at home is illegal everywhere in Kanawha County. West Virginia allows medical cannabis only, and even registered patients cannot cultivate. Growing any plant is…

Planting a tree in Charleston's street right-of-way requires a city permit; the application must list each tree's location, size, species and planting method before the city arborist…

Rooftop solar in Kanawha County needs building and electrical permits plus a utility interconnection agreement. West Virginia guarantees net metering through the Public Service…

West Virginia Code §36-4-19 makes any HOA covenant that prohibits or restricts a homeowner's solar energy system void and unenforceable, so a housing association cannot block rooftop…

Commercial drone operations in West Virginia require FAA Part 107 remote pilot certification, with state criminal limits in W. Va. Code §61-16-2 covering weaponization…

Recreational drone flight in West Virginia is governed primarily by FAA rules for recreational flyers, with state criminal limits in W. Va. Code §61-16-2 covering weaponized drones…

West Virginia sets a uniform minimum wage and overtime framework under W. Va. Code 21-5C, leaving little room for higher local minimum wages.

West Virginia allows permitless concealed carry for adults aged 21 and older and issues optional shall-issue permits for reciprocity and federal purposes.

West Virginia broadly preempts municipal and county firearm regulation under W. Va. Code 8-12-5a, leaving most lawmaking authority to the Legislature.

West Virginia allows lawful adults to carry firearms in their motor vehicles without a permit, consistent with the state's permitless carry law and broad preemption of local rules.

West Virginia casinos are not zoned in locally -- they are switched on by a county vote. A pari-mutuel racetrack can add West Virginia Lottery video lottery games only after the county…

West Virginia bans commercial bingo and raffles but licenses both for charities. Under the Bingo Act and Charitable Raffles Act, Chapter 47, Articles 20 and 21, the Tax Commissioner…

West Virginia's gaming statute draws no line between a casino floor and a kitchen table: betting money on any game of chance "at any place, public or private" is a misdemeanor under W…

West Virginia legalized sports wagering in 2018 under W. Va. Code §29-22D-2, but only through the state's five licensed racetrack casinos and the Greenbrier resort hotel. Under…

Under West Virginia's Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, W. Va. Code § 36B-3-116, an association has an automatic lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and fines from the time they…

Under West Virginia's Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, § 36B-3-108 requires at least one association meeting a year with 10-60 days' agenda notice; it does not impose a general…

West Virginia protects solar access: under W. Va. Code § 36-4-19, housing-association covenants that prohibit or restrict installing a solar energy system are void and unenforceable…

West Virginia puts no dollar ceiling on a homeowners association fine. W. Va. Code § 36B-3-102(a)(11), part of the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act adopted at Chapter 36B, lets a…

A West Virginia association's assessment lien does not last indefinitely. W. Va. Code § 36B-3-116(d) extinguishes it unless proceedings to enforce the lien are instituted within three…

The West Virginia Code neither authorises nor regulates sobriety checkpoints. The word checkpoint appears in a single section, §17G-1-2, and that entire chapter is of no force or…

West Virginia has no statute granting a right to record law enforcement. What it has instead is a one-party consent wiretap law: W. Va. Code §62-1D-3(e) makes it lawful to intercept a…

West Virginia never enacted a stop-and-identify statute. There is no offence in the Code of refusing to give a police officer your name while on foot, and no provision requiring a…

West Virginia is one of a small number of states that put consent to a vehicle search into a statute rather than leaving it to case law. W. Va. Code §62-1A-10 says an officer who stops…

West Virginia limits local zoning that would restrict bona fide agricultural uses, working alongside the Right to Farm Act in W. Va. Code 19-19.

The West Virginia Right to Farm Act in W. Va. Code 19-19 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought by neighbors.

West Virginia has no statewide plastic bag ban or fee and no statute expressly preempting local bag ordinances, leaving the area lightly regulated.

West Virginia prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 under W. Va. Code 16-9A-3.

West Virginia counts and positions each class of add-on lamp separately in W. Va. Code §17C-15-17. A car may carry one spot lamp, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches high, two…

West Virginia never publishes a list of objects allowed on a windshield, so a dash cam is not measured against one. W. Va. Code §17C-15-36(a) forbids driving with any sign, poster or…

West Virginia has written no lane-splitting law in either direction. The Code contains no permission for a motorcycle to ride between lanes and no section that names the practice to…

West Virginia never wrote a statute that names a licence plate cover, a shield or a frame. The rule that decides the question is W. Va. Code § 17A-3-15(b), which requires every…

Nothing in the West Virginia Code prohibits a radar detector in a private car. The ban is in an administrative rule and it reaches only commercial vehicles: 150 CSR 9-4.25, the Public…

West Virginia lets drivers run studded tires from November 1 of each year until April 15 of the following year. W. Va. Code § 17C-15-37(c) otherwise forbids any block, stud, flange…

West Virginia sets one light transmission number for almost every window on a passenger car: 35 percent. W. Va. Code §17C-15-36a requires the front side wings and the side windows…