# W. Va. Code § 55-2-3: Entry upon or recovery of lands by persons under disability

> West Virginia · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S3

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 55-2-3
- **Heading:** Entry upon or recovery of lands by persons under disability
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 55 / Article 2 / Section 3

## Text

If at the time at which the right of any person to make an entry on, or bring an action to recover, any land shall have first accrued, such person was an infant or insane, then such person, or the person claiming through him may, notwithstanding such period of ten years shall have expired, make an entry on, or bring an action to recover, such land within five years next after the time at which the person to whom such right shall have first accrued as aforesaid shall have ceased to be under such disability as existed when the same so accrued, or shall have died, whichever shall first have happened.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-1 §55-2-1. Entry upon or recovery of lands.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-1A §55-2-1a. Ownership or possession of surface of lands after severance of minerals not adverse to owner of minerals.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S1A.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-2 §55-2-2. Claim not to preserve right as to lands.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-3 §55-2-3. Entry upon or recovery of lands by persons under disability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-4 §55-2-4. Limitations upon §55-2-3.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-6 §55-2-6. Actions to recover on award or contract other than judgment or recognizance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-6A §55-2-6a. Deficiencies, injuries or wrongful death resulting from any improvements to or survey of real property; limitation of actions and suits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S6A.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-7 §55-2-7. Actions on bonds of personal representatives and fiduciaries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-8 §55-2-8. Acknowledgment by new promise.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-9 §55-2-9. Effect of acknowledgment by personal representative or joint contractor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-10 §55-2-10. Effect of devise for payment of debts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-11 §55-2-11. Action or scire facias on recognizance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-12 §55-2-12. Personal actions not otherwise provided for.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S12.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 55-2-13 §55-2-13. Foreign judgments and decrees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S13.md)

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