# W. Va. Code § 20-7-2: Qualifications of natural resources police officers; right of retired officer to receive complete standard uniform; right of retired officer to acquire uniform; and right of retired officer to acquire badge > West Virginia · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S2 ## Section - **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 20-7-2 - **Heading:** Qualifications of natural resources police officers; right of retired officer to receive complete standard uniform; right of retired officer to acquire uniform; and right of retired officer to acquire badge - **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 7 / Section 2 ## Text In addition to civil service qualifications and requirements, persons selected as natural resources police officers shall have reached their eighteenth birthday at the time of appointment, be in good physical condition and of good moral character, temperate in habits and may not have been convicted of a felony. Whenever possible and practicable, preference in selection of natural resources police officers shall be given honorably discharged United States Military personnel. Each natural resources police officer, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed in article IV, section 5 of the Constitution of West Virginia, which executed oath shall be filed with the director. The director shall prescribe the kind, style and material of uniforms to be worn by natural resources police officers. Uniforms and other equipment furnished to the natural resources police officers are and remain the property of the state, except as hereinafter provided in this section. A natural resources police officer, upon honorable retirement, is authorized to maintain at his or her own cost a complete standard uniform from the law-enforcement agency of which he or she was a member, and shall be issued an identification card indicating his or her honorable retirement from the law-enforcement agency. The uniform may be worn by the officer in retirement only on the following occasions: Police Officer's Memorial Day, Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, at the funeral of a law-enforcement officer or during any other police ceremony. The honorably retired officer is authorized to acquire a badge of the law-enforcement agency from which he or she is retired with the word "retired" placed on it. ## Nearby sections - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1 §20-7-1. Chief natural resources police officer; natural resources police officers; special and emergency natural resources police officers; subsistence allowance; expenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1A §20-7-1a. Natural resources police officer salary increase based on length of service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1A.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1B §20-7-1b. Designation of certain federal law-enforcement officers as special natural resources police officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1B.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1C §20-7-1c. Natural resources police officer, ranks, salary schedule, base pay, exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1C.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1D §20-7-1d. Awarding service weapon upon retirement; disposal of service weapon when replaced due to routine wear; and furnishing uniform for burial.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1D.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1E §20-7-1e. Natural resources police officers failure to perform duties; penalty; providing extraordinary law enforcement or security services by contract.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1E.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-1F §20-7-1f. Awarding service weapon to special natural resources police officers upon retirement; disposal of service weapon when replaced due to routine wear; furnishing uniform for burial.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S1F.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-2 §20-7-2. Qualifications of natural resources police officers; right of retired officer to receive complete standard uniform; right of retired officer to acquire uniform; and right of retired officer to acquire badge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S2.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-3 §20-7-3. Powers and duties of other law officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S3.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-4 §20-7-4. Powers and duties of natural resources police officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S4.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-4A §20-7-4a. Arrest procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S4A.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-4B §20-7-4b. Record of cases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S4B.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-5 §20-7-5. Enforcement of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S5.md) - [W. Va. Code § 20-7-6 §20-7-6. Prosecutions under chapter; attorney services; costs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S6.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C20_A7_S2. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.