# W. Va. Code § 62-11B-3: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S3

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 62-11B-3
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 62 / Article 11B / Section 3

## Text

As used in this article:

(1) "Home" means the actual living area of the temporary or permanent residence of an offender. The term includes, but is not limited to, a hospital, health care facility, hospice, group home, residential treatment facility and boarding house.

(2) "Monitoring device" means an electronic device that is:

(A) Limited in capability to the recording or transmitting of information regarding an offender's presence or absence from the offender's home and his or her use or lack of use of alcohol or controlled substances;

(B) Minimally intrusive upon the privacy of other persons residing in the offender's home; and

(C) Incapable of recording or transmitting:

(i) Visual images;

(ii) Oral or wire communications or any Auditory sound; or

(iii) Information regarding the offender's activities while inside the offender's home without the offender's knowledge or consent.

(3) "Offender" means any adult convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment or detention in a county jail or state penitentiary; or a juvenile convicted of a delinquent act that would be a crime punishable by imprisonment or incarceration in the state penitentiary or county jail, if committed by an adult.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-1 §62-11B-1. Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-2 §62-11B-2. Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-3 §62-11B-3. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-4 §62-11B-4. Home incarceration; period of home incarceration; applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-5 §62-11B-5. Requirements for order for home incarceration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-6 §62-11B-6. Circumstances under which home incarceration may not be ordered; exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-7 §62-11B-7. Home incarceration fees; special fund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-7A §62-11B-7a. Employment by county commission of home incarceration supervisors; authority of supervisors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S7A.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-7B §62-11B-7b. Home incarceration supervisors deemed qualified law-enforcement officers as that term is used in 18 U.S.C. §926B.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S7B.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-8 §62-11B-8. Offender responsible for certain expenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-9 §62-11B-9. Violation of order of home incarceration procedures; penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-10 §62-11B-10. Information to be provided law-enforcement agencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-11 §62-11B-11. Discretion of the court; provisions of article not exclusive.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 62-11B-12 §62-11B-12. Supervision of home incarceration by circuit court.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C62_A11B_S12.md)

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