17-4-1 Classification of state roads; control over state roads; control by county courts of roads, bridges and landings; roads in state parks, forests and public hunting and fishing areas made part of state road system
17-4-2 Definitions of roads comprising state road system
17-4-3 Classification of roads in state road system; reclassification
17-4-4 Interstate and international highway planning
17-4-5 Right of eminent domain
17-4-6 Cost of acquiring rights-of-way
17-4-7 Information to be filed with clerk of county court
17-4-8 Use of roadbed by railroad, telephone company, etc
17-4-9 Separation, elimination or avoidance of railway-highway grade crossings — When commissioner may require
17-4-10 Same — Commissioner’s order to eliminate, etc., crossing; amendment to order
17-4-11 Same — Protest against order; hearing; appeal
17-4-12 Same — Railroad to file plans, etc., for separation with commissioner
17-4-13 Same — Bidding upon approval of plans; work to be let to lowest responsible bidder
17-4-14 Same — Distribution of cost between railroad and state
17-4-15 Same — Rejection of bids; new bids; performance of work by state or railroad
17-4-16 Same — Payment of state’s share of cost; commissioner may furnish engineer
17-4-17 Same — Maintenance of work
17-4-17a Same — Relocation or reconstruction of existing grade separation structures
17-4-17b Relocation of public utility lines on highway construction projects
17-4-17d Relocation of public utility lines and public service districts utility lines on state highway construction projects
17-4-18 Approved types of paving to be determined and advertised
17-4-19 Contracts for construction, materials, etc.; work by prison labor, etc.; bidding procedure
17-4-20 Bidder’s bond required; return or forfeiture of bond
17-4-21 Form and signing of deeds and contracts made by commissioner
17-4-22 Combination in restraint of trade; persons limiting competition in bidding
17-4-23 Certificate showing constituents of materials; false certificates
17-4-24 Testing and approval of materials or supplies
17-4-24a Guardrail construction
17-4-25 Acquisition, establishment and operation of quarries, cement and other plants
17-4-26 Municipal streets and bridges and free bridges designated as connecting part of state road system — Authorized
17-4-27 Same — Control of connecting parts of state road system within municipalities
17-4-28 Same — Notice and laying of necessary pipes, etc., before reconstruction within municipality
17-4-29 Same — Taking over streets not to affect franchise
17-4-30 Same — Taking over streets not to affect existing contracts
17-4-31 Same — Rules and regulations of commissioner to govern streets taken as connecting parts of state road system
17-4-33 Inspection, condemnation, etc., of unsafe bridges
17-4-34 Contracts for interstate bridges; report to Governor
17-4-35 Diversion of nonnavigable stream
17-4-36 Construction and removal of sidewalks along state roads; injury to, failure to repair, etc., sidewalks
17-4-37 State not to be made defendant in action for damages
17-4-38 Violations of article; penalty
17-4-39 Controlled-access facilities — Defined
17-4-40 Same — Authority to establish, maintain, regulate, etc
17-4-41 Same — Design of controlled-access facilities
17-4-42 Same — Acquisition of property and property rights
17-4-43 Same — New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations; consent to connect
17-4-44 Same — Authority to contract with other governmental agencies
17-4-45 Same — Local service roads and streets
17-4-46 Same — Certain commercial enterprises prohibited; commercial enterprises on service roads; turnpikes excluded from provisions of section
17-4-47 Access from commercial, etc., property and subdivisions to highways — Purposes of regulation; right of access; provisions inapplicable to controlled-access facilities; removal of unauthorized access; bond for access
17-4-48 Same — Regulations by commissioner
17-4-49 Same — Points of commercial, etc.; access to comply; plans, objections and procedures for new points; review of and changes in existing points; commissioner’s preliminary determination; requiring notice
17-4-50 Same — Commissioner’s authority as to subdivisions abutting state highway; notice of proposal to subdivide; filing, approval or disapproval of subdivision plans
17-4-51 Same — Amendment or withdrawal of objections or preliminary determinations by commissioner; delegation of authority by commissioner
17-4-52 Same — Requirements for objections, preliminary determinations and notices
17-4-53 Same — Appeals from and judicial review of determinations and final orders of commissioner
17-4-54 Location of trash and garbage collection containers by counties and municipalities
17-4-17e Utility relocation on state highway construction projects financed by proceeds of bonds or notes issued before July 1, 2021
17-4-55 Rest area, welcome center, road, and vehicle commercial sponsorship program
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 17 > Article 4 - State Road System

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • state road commission: when used in this chapter, shall refer to and mean the West Virginia commissioner of highways, created by section one, article two-a of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 17-1-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.