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The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his or her name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his or her driver’s license and shall make report of such accident when and as required.
(WVaC 17C-4-5)
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more shall immediately by the quickest means of communication, whether oral or written, give notice of such accident to the Police Department.
(WVaC 17C-4-6)
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making an immediate report of an accident as required in Section 331.06 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made such report not made by the driver.
(WVaC 17C-4-8)
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the Police Department within twenty-four hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number, and the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle.
(WVaC 17C-4-12)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for general Traffic Code penalty.)
Any person violating the provisions of Section 331.01 after being involved in an accident resulting in physical injury but not death to any person shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both.
(WVaC 17C-4-1)