States: West Virginia

West Virginia

Sealed: 1941

 

Access Status:  Sealed

  • Court order with good cause and usually birthparent consent
  • State-operated mutual consent registry with mandatory counseling

Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.

Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)

 

2024 Legislation: HB4815 and SB153 (OBC)

2023 Legislation: HB2361; SB470 (OBC); HB3559 (SHBB)

2022 Legislation: SB55; HB2943 (records access)

2021 Legislation:  SB 60 (OBC)l HB2943 (records access)

2020 Legislation: AB579/SB25 (OBC); HB4793 (Safe Haven Baby Boxes)

2019 Legislation SB25

2018 Legislation : H2313/S300

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LINKS

Updated  January 24, 2024

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