# W. Va. Code § 55-2-6A: Deficiencies, injuries or wrongful death resulting from any improvements to or survey of real property; limitation of actions and suits

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C55_A2_S6A

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 55-2-6A
- **Heading:** Deficiencies, injuries or wrongful death resulting from any improvements to or survey of real property; limitation of actions and suits
- **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 6A

## Text

No action, whether in contract or in tort, for indemnity or otherwise, nor any action for contribution or indemnity to recover damages for any deficiency in the planning, design, surveying, observation or supervision of any construction or the actual construction of any improvement to real property, or the actual surveying of real property, or, to recover damages for any injury to real or personal property, or, for an injury to a person or for bodily injury or wrongful death arising out of the defective or unsafe condition of any improvement to real property, or the survey of real property, may be brought more than ten years after the performance or furnishing of the services or construction. However, the above period is tolled according to section twenty-one of this article. The period of limitation provided in this section does not commence until the improvement to the real property, or the survey of the real property in question has been occupied or accepted by the owner of the real property, whichever occurs first.

## 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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