West Virginia Code 8-14A-4 – Right to refuse to disclose personal finances; exceptions
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No police officer or fireman shall be required or requested for purposes of job assignment or other personnel action to disclose any item of his property, income, assets, source of income, debts or personal or domestic expenditures unless such information is obtained through proper legal procedures or is necessary for the employing agency to ascertain the desirability of assigning the police officer to a specialized unit in which there is a strong possibility that bribes or other improper inducements might be offered.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 8-14A-4
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- officer: means any police officer or firefighter of a police or fire department employed by the city or municipality, but shall not include (a) the highest ranking officer of the police or fire department or (b) any noncivil service officer who has not completed the probationary period established by the department by which he or she is employed. See West Virginia Code 8-14A-1