# W. Va. Code § 11-4-4: Making out land books; using copy of last landbook; correcting errors

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S4

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 11-4-4
- **Heading:** Making out land books; using copy of last landbook; correcting errors
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 4

## Text

The landbooks for every county shall be made out by the assessor of such county. In making such landbooks in each year such officer shall be governed, as far as is proper, by the copy of the landbooks last made out in his county. But he shall correct errors and mistakes which he may have made in any such landbooks as to the names of persons properly chargeable with taxes on any tract or lot of land therein, and enter and charge the same with taxes thereon to the person or persons properly chargeable therewith, whether such correction be rendered necessary by the conveyance of such tract or lot by the person last charged with taxes thereon or otherwise. He shall also correct all errors and mistakes he may find in such landbooks as to the local description thereof, and all clerical errors of every sort which he may find therein.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-1 §11-4-1. Land books to contain separate lists; entry of town lots; entry separately for districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-2 §11-4-2. Form of landbooks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-3 §11-4-3. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-4 §11-4-4. Making out land books; using copy of last landbook; correcting errors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-5 §11-4-5. Information to be obtained from landowners by assessor; corrections in landbook of previous year.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-6 §11-4-6. Transfers on books.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-7 §11-4-7. Entry of lands acquired from different sources.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-8 §11-4-8. Lists of transfers of title for assessors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-9 §11-4-9. Assessment of different estates; undivided interests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-10 §11-4-10. Land and buildings assessed separately; town lots; back taxing of omitted buildings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-11 §11-4-11. New buildings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-12 §11-4-12. Assessment of decedent's lands.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S12.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-13 §11-4-13. Lands purchased at tax sale for state or by an individual.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S13.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 11-4-14 §11-4-14. Assessment of lands lying in more than one county.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C11_A4_S14.md)

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