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Sheehan v. Peveich, 574 F.3d 248 (4th Cir. 2009) - West Virginia's separate set of bankruptcy exemptions is not unconstitutional.
In re Morrell, 394 B.R. 405 (Bkrtcy.N.D.W.Va 2008) - West Virginia's separate set of bankruptcy exemptions is not unconstitutional.
W. Va. Code § 18-7A-30 - Teachers
W. Va. Code § 23-4-18 - Workers' compensation
W. Va. Code § 33-23-21 - Fraternal benefit society benefits
W. Va. Code § 33-6-28 - Group life insurance policy or proceeds
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(5) - All deposits in IRAs, SEPs and other individual retirement accounts
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (l),(m) - As of July 1, 2021, West Virginia now allows its residents to use the federal exemptions pursuant to Code § 522(b). WVC § 38-10-4. West Virginia has two sets of state law exemptions. The exemptions for debtors who are not filing bankruptcy are provided under WVC §§ 38-8-1 et seq. for personal property exemptions and WVC §§ 38-9-1 et seq. for homestead exemptions.
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (e) - $800 plus unused portion of homestead or burial exemption, of any property)
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (f) - Implements, books, & tools of trade to $3,000
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(2) - Veterans' benefits
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(1) - Unemployment compensation
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(1) - Social Security
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(1) - Crime victims' compensation
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(2) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on, needed for support
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(6) - Prepaid higher education tuition trust fund and savings plan payments
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(4) - Personal injury recoveries to $15,000
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (b) - Motor vehicle to $7,000
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(5) - Lost earnings payments needed for support
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (d) - Jewelry to $2,000
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (i) - Health aids
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (a) - Burial plot to $35,000, in lieu of homestead
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (c) - Animals, crops, clothing, appliances, books, household goods, furnishings, musical instruments to $400 per item, $8,000 total
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(5) - ERISA-qualified benefits or profit sharing plan, needed for support
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(4) - Alimony, child support needed for support
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (h) - Unmatured life insurance contract's accrued dividend, interest, or loan value to $8,000, if debtor owns contract & insured is either debtor or a person on whom debtor is dependent
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (g) - Unmatured life insurance contract, except credit insurance policy
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (k)(3) - Life insurance payments from policy for person you depended on, needed for support
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(3) - Health or disability benefits
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (a) - Real or personal property used as residence to $35,000; unused portion of homestead may be applied to any property (husband & wife may double)
W. Va. Code § 38-5A-3 - Minimum 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage per week; bankruptcy judge may authorize more for low-income debtors
W. Va. Code § 47B-5-4 - Property of business partnership
W. Va. Code § 5-10-46 - Public employees
W. Va. Code § 9-5-1 - Aid to blind, aged, disabled; general assistance

50 State Miscellaneous Exemptions

Alaska Stat. § 09.38.030 (e)(2) - Alimony, to extent wages exempt
Alaska Stat. § 09.38.015 (b) - Child support payments made by collection agency
Alaska Stat. § 09.38.015 (a)(7) - Liquor licenses
Alaska Stat. § 09.38.100 (b) - Property of business partnership
Ala. Code § 6-10-9 - Partnership Property
Ala. Code § 10A-8-5.01 - Partnership Property
Ala. Code § 10A-8-5.04 - Partnership Property
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1151 - All property exempt against claims of unpaid state taxes on pension income, levied by other states
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1126 (A)(3) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1126 (A)(2) - Minor child's earnings, unless debt is for child
Cal. Corp. Code § 16502 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Corp. Code § 16503 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Corp. Code § 16504 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Corp. Code § 16501 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 695.060 - Business or professional licenses
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 704.090 - Inmates' trust funds to $1,900 (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 703.140 (b)(10)(D) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-54-102 (u) - Child support or domestic support obligation
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-54-102.5 - Child support or domestic support obligation
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 7-60-125 - Property of business partnership
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 52-352b (n) - Alimony, to extent wages exempt
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 52-352b (h) - Child support
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 52-352d - Farm partnership animals and livestock feed reasonably required to run farm where at least 50% of partners are members of same family
D.C. Code Ann. § 29-605.01 - Partner's interest in partnership property
D.C. Code Ann. § 29-605.02 - Partner's interest in partnership property
D.C. Code Ann. § 29-605.03 - Partner's interest in partnership property
D.C. Code Ann. § 15-501 (a)(7) - Alimony or child support
Del. Code Ann. tit. 6, § 15-504 (d) - Partner's right in Partnership property
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 222.201 - Alimony, child support needed for support
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 769.05 - Damages to employees for injuries in hazardous occupations
Ga. Code Ann. § 44-13-100 (a)(2)(D) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 425-126 - Property of business partnership
Iowa Code § 486A.203 - Partnership property
Iowa Code § 123.38 - Liquor licenses
Iowa Code § 627.6 (8)(d) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Idaho Code § 23-514 - Liquor licenses
Idaho Code § 11-604 (1)(b) - Alimony, child support
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (g)(4) - Alimony, child support
Ind. Code Ann. § 23-4-1-25 - Property of business partnership
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 41-2629 - Liquor licenses
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 56a-307 - Partnership property
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 56a-502 - Partnership property
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 56a-504 - Partnership property
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-2313 (a)(6) - Liquor licenses
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 41-326 - Liquor licenses
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-2312 (b) - Alimony, maintenance, and support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (1) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 362.270 - Property of business partnership
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13:3881 (A)(3) - Property of minor child
La. Civ. Code Art. 223 - Property of minor child
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, § 25 - Property of business partnership
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] § 11-504 (b)(6) - Child support
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] § 11-504 - Alimony to the same extent wages are exempt
Md. Code Ann., [Corps. & Assns] § 9A-502 - Partnership property
Md. Code Ann., [Agric.] § 9A-504 (a) - Partnership property
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 4422 (13)(D) - Alimony & child support needed for support
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.25 - Property of business partnership
Minn. Stat. Ann. § 550.37 subd. 15 - Earnings of minor child
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.250 - Property of business partnership
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(10)(d) - Alimony, child support to $750 per month
Mont. Code Ann. § 25-13-608 (1)(g) - Alimony, child support
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1601 (a)(12) - Support received by a surviving spouse for 1 year, up to $60,000
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1601 (a)(12) - Alimony, support, separate maintenance, and child support reasonably necessary for support of debtor or dependents
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-55 - Property of business partnership
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-15 - Support received by a surviving spouse for 1 year, up to $60,000
N.D. Cent. Code § 28-22-03.1 (d) - Alimony, child support needed for support of debtor and dependents
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-09.31 - Child support payments
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304-A:25 - Property of business partnership
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 512:21 (III) - Wages of minor child
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 301-A:18 - Consumer co-op assn holdings
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 512:21 (VI) - Jury, witness fees
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 42:1A-11 - Partnership property
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 57-28-5 (E) - Escrow funds for construction
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 53-10-2 - Ownership interest in unincorporated association
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 54-1A-501 - Property of business partnership
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 87.250 - Property of business partnership
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 21.090 (1)(t),(s) - Alimony and child support
N.Y. CPLR § 5205 (d)(3) - Alimony, child support
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law § 282 (2)(d) - Alimony, child support
N.Y. Partnership Law § 51 - Property of business partnership
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2329.66 (A)(14) - Property of business partnership
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1775.24 - Property of business partnership
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2329.66 (A)(11) - Alimony, child support, & allowances needed for support
In re Jackson, 348 B.R. 771 (Bkrtcy.S.D.Ohio 2006) - Alimony, child support, & allowances needed for support
6 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 3010 - Beneficiary's interest in a statutory support trust
37 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 532 - Liquor license
54 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1-504 - Property of business partnership
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. § 1 (A)(19) - Alimony, child support
Or. Rev. Stat. § 18.345 (1)(i) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Or. Rev. Stat. § 471.292 (1) - Liquor licenses
Or. Rev. Stat. § 67.190 - Partnership property
15 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 8342 - Property of business partnership (repealed)
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-4 (9) - Earnings of a minor child
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-12-36 - Property of business partnership
S.C. Code Ann. § 33-41-720 - Property of business partnership
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-41-30 (A)(11)(c) - Alimony, child support
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. § 48-7A-501 - Partnership property
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-822 - Educational trust funds and prepayment plans
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-111 (1)(E) - Alimony, child support owed for 30 days before filing for bankruptcy
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-4-108 - Educational trust funds and prepayment plans
Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 54.709 (e) - Higher education savings plan trust account
Tex. Alco. Bev. Code Ann. § 11.03 - Liquor licenses and permits
Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 54.639 - Prepaid tuition plans
Tex. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. 6132b-5.01 - Property of business partnership
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 42.001 (b)(3) - Alimony and child support
11 U.S.C. § 522 (d)(10)(D) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Utah Code Ann. § 48-1-22 (2)(c) - Property of business partnership
Utah Code Ann. § 48-1d-604 - Property of business partnership
Utah Code Ann. § 78B-5-505 (1)(f),(k) - Child support
Utah Code Ann. § 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(vi),(vii) - Child support & Alimony needed for support
Va. Code Ann. � 64.2-309 - Decedents family allowance to $24,000 for surving spouse, or minor children if no surviving spouse.
Va. Code Ann. § 50-73.108 - Property of business partnership
Va. Code Ann. § 50-73.105 - Property of business partnership
Va. Code Ann. § 34-26 (10) - Right to recieve unpaid spousal or child support necessary for support
Va. Code Ann. § 34-28.2 - Right to recieve unpaid spousal or child support necessary for support
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 2740 (19)(D) - Alimony, child support
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, � 3213 - Partnership property
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 26.16.200 - Separate property of non-debtor spouse
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 6.15.040 - Separate property of non-debtor spouse
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 6.15.010 (1)(c)(iv) - Child support payments
Wis. Stat. Ann. § 178.21 (3)(c) - Property of business partnership
Wis. Stat. Ann. § 815.18 (3)(c) - Alimony, child support needed for support
W. Va. Code § 47B-5-4 - Property of business partnership
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (j)(4) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Wyo. Stat. � 35-8-104 - Cemetery property
Wyo. Stat. § 12-4-604 - Liquor licenses & malt beverage permits

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