West Virginia has no statute setting a rent-increase notice period and no rent control, so the lease governs. A landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed-term lease, but for a month-to-month tenancy may increase it by ending the existing period with the notice required to terminate under W. Va. Code § 37-6-5.
No provision of W. Va. Code Chapter 37, Article 6 sets a notice period for rent increases, and West Virginia has no rent control. On a fixed-term lease the rent is locked until the term ends, and the landlord may propose a higher amount only at renewal. For a periodic (month-to-month) tenancy, raising rent effectively means ending the current period and offering new terms, so the practical floor is the termination notice in W. Va. Code § 37-6-5, which requires "notice for one full period before the end of any period" (one month for a month-to-month tenancy). Written notice stating the new amount and effective date is standard practice but is dictated by the lease and § 37-6-5, not by any rent-increase statute.
No specific statutory penalty. A tenant is not bound by an increase that violates the lease or that takes effect during a fixed term, and may treat an improperly noticed month-to-month increase as ineffective.
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