§17C-4-16. Accidents involving state and municipal property; reports to be provided.
Whenever a report of a motor vehicle accident prepared by a member of the West Virginia state police, conservation officer of the division of natural resources, a member of a county sheriff's department or a municipal police officer, in the regular course of their duties, indicates that as a result of such accident damage has occurred to any bridge, sign, guardrail or other property, exclusive of licensed motor vehicles, a copy of such report shall, in the case of such property belonging to the division of highways, be provided to the commissioner of the division of highways, and, in the case of such property belonging to a municipality, be provided to the mayor of that municipality. The copies of such reports shall be provided to the commissioner or mayor, as applicable, without cost to them.