§36-8A-3 Treasurer's response to unclaimed stolen property report. - West Virginia Statutes

§36-8A-3. Treasurer's response to unclaimed stolen property report.
Within thirty days of the receipt of an unclaimed stolen property report, the treasurer shall send a response to the law-enforcement agency submitting it. For each item identified in the unclaimed stolen property report except firearms and ammunition which the chief executive determined to be of sufficient quality to trade in on new weapons or ammunition or to appropriate for the law-enforcement agency's use, the treasurer shall either require that it be delivered to the treasurer, authorize the law-enforcement agency to sell it at a public sale, authorize the law-enforcement agency to donate it to a nonprofit organization, authorize the law-enforcement agency to use it for any legitimate and authorized law-enforcement or educational purpose, or authorize the law-enforcement agency either to sell it at a public sale, to donate it to a nonprofit organization, or to use it for any legitimate and authorized law-enforcement or educational purpose. However, the treasurer may not authorize the law-enforcement agency to sell or donate any firearms or ammunition. If the treasurer determines that any item identified in an unclaimed stolen property report is of such value that it should be processed by the treasurer's office, the treasurer shall have the authority to require that the item be delivered to the treasurer.