# W. Va. Code § 55-2-6: Actions to recover on award or contract other than judgment or recognizance

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S6

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 55-2-6
- **Heading:** Actions to recover on award or contract other than judgment or recognizance
- **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 6

## Text

Every action to recover money, which is founded upon an award, or on any contract other than a judgment or recognizance, shall be brought within the following number of years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued, that is to say: If the case be upon an indemnifying bond taken under any statute, or upon a bond of an executor, administrator or guardian, curator, committee, sheriff or deputy sheriff, clerk or deputy clerk, or any other fiduciary or public officer, within ten years; if it be upon any other contract in writing under seal, within ten years; if it be upon an award, or upon a contract in writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby, or by his agent, but not under seal, within ten years; and if it be upon any other contract, express or implied, within five years, unless it be an action by one party against his copartner for a settlement of the partnership accounts, or upon accounts concerning the trade or merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants, where the action of account would lie, in either of which cases the action may be brought until the expiration of five years from a cessation of the dealings in which they are interested together, but not after.

## 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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