(A) No person shall, knowingly and without proper authority, use, tamper with, render inoperative, destroy, damage, remove, deface, molest or otherwise interfere with any personal property of another, whether public or private.
(B) No person shall, knowingly and without proper authority, destroy, damage, deface, molest or otherwise interfere with, or trespass upon, any real property of another, whether public or private.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass, injure, mutilate, injure or destroy any fruit, ornamental or shade tree standing upon or along any street or sidewalk or within any park, cemetery, public square or ground within the city.
(1991 Code, § 13-3) Penalty, see § 130.999
Statutory reference:
For state law as to crimes against property generally, see W.Va. Code Ch. 61, Art. 3