# W. Va. Code § 55-2-4: Limitations upon §55-2-3

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S4

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 55-2-4
- **Heading:** Limitations upon §55-2-3
- **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 4

## Text

The preceding section is subject to these provisos: That no such entry or action shall be made or brought by any person who, at the time at which his right to make or bring the same shall have first accrued, shall be under any such disability, or by any person claiming through him but within twenty years next after the time at which such right shall have first accrued, although the person under disability at such time may have remained under the same during the whole of such twenty years, or although the term of five years from the period at which he shall have ceased to be under any such disability, or have died, shall not have expired. And when any person shall be under any such disability at the time at which his right to make an entry or bring an action shall have first accrued, and shall depart this life without having ceased to be under any such disability, no time to make an entry or to bring an action, beyond the ten years next after the right of such person shall have first accrued, or the five years next after the period of his death, shall be allowed by reason of any disability of any other person.

## 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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