West Virginia Landlord-Tenant Laws
West Virginia Security deposits
West Virginia puts no cap on security deposits, but the landlord must return the deposit with a written itemization within 60 days after the tenancy ends — or within 45 days after a new tenant moves in, whichever comes first.
West Virginia Rent increase notice
West Virginia has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase — the working rule for month-to-month tenancies is derived from W. Va.
West Virginia Late fees
West Virginia sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — no statute regulates when rent is late or what lateness may cost, so the lease governs.
West Virginia Entry notice
West Virginia has no statute requiring landlords to give any advance notice before entering a rental unit — no notice period, no list of permitted reasons, and no emergency exception exists in state law, so entry rights come entirely from the lease.
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official WV Legislature code site (code.wvlegislature.gov): sections 37-6A-1, 37-6A-2, 37-6A-5, and 37-6-5 each read at least three times across two distinct official presentations (individual section pages fetched twice — once via rendered fetch, once via raw curl — plus the official whole-article 'email view' pages /email/37-6A/ and /email/37-6/), with all load-bearing figures matching verbatim (60-day/45-day whichever-shorter return window, 15-day contractor-itemization extension, 1.5x annoyance/inconvenience damages, one-full-period month-to-month termination notice, 6-month hold and 72-hour delivery rules). All of article 6A additionally reconciled character-for-character against the enrolled Committee Substitute for HB 3202 (2011) on wvlegislature.gov — approved by the Governor 2011-04-01, Chapter 149, Acts 2011, effective 2011-06-10 — proving the 1.5x penalty is original 2011 text with no later amendment. Verified negatives (no deposit cap, no interest, no separate account, no late-fee or grace-period statute, no entry-notice statute, no rent-increase-notice statute, no rent-control or preemption statute) run against the full official texts of ch. 37 arts. 6 (all 31 sections), 6A, and 15. Bill outcomes verified on official Bill_Status action tables: dead bills SB590 (2022), SB147 (2023, House-rejected Roll No. 638), SB165 (2024), HB4695 (2006), HB4570/HB4432/HB5155/HB5334 (2026), HB2537/HB2648/HB2828/HB2903 (2025); enacted 2025 acts HB2434 (Stop Squatters Act, Ch. 219, eff. 2025-07-10) and HB3272 (eviction hearing scheduling, Ch. 1, eff. 2025-07-11) confirmed off-topic. 2026 regular session adjourned sine die 2026-03-14 with no on-topic bill passing. Legal Aid WV pages used as corroboration only.