(a) A person who by threats, menaces, acts or otherwise forcibly or illegally hinders or obstructs or attempts to hinder or obstruct a law enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, or a full-time Deputy or Assistant Fire Marshal acting in his or her official capacity is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.
(b) A person who, with intent to impede or obstruct a law enforcement officer, the State Fire Marshal or a full-time Deputy or Assistant Fire Marshal in the conduct of an investigation of a misdemeanor or felony offense, knowingly and willfully makes a materially false statement is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200. The provisions of this section do not apply to statements made by a spouse, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sibling, half-sibling, child, stepchild or grandchild, whether related by blood or marriage, of the person under investigation. Statements made by the person under investigation may not be used as the basis for prosecution under this subsection (b). For purposes of this subsection (b), “law enforcement officer” does not include a watchman, a member of the West Virginia State Police or college security personnel who is not a certified law enforcement officer. A criminal charge under this subsection (b) relating to the investigation of a misdemeanor offense may not be used to seek or support a secured bond or pre-trial incarceration.
(c) A person who intentionally flees or attempts to flee by any means other than the use of a vehicle from a law enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, or a full-time Deputy or Assistant Fire Marshal acting in his or her official capacity who is attempting to make a lawful arrest of or to lawfully detain the person, and who knows or reasonably believes that the officer is attempting to arrest or lawfully detain him or her, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.
(d) A person who intentionally flees or attempts to flee in a vehicle from a law enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in his or her official capacity after the officer has given a clear visual or audible signal directing the person to stop is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
(e) A person who intentionally flees or attempts to flee in a vehicle from a law enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in his or her official capacity after the officer has given a clear visual or audible signal directing the person to stop, and who causes damage to the real or personal property of a person during or resulting from his or her flight, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000.
(f) For purposes of this section, the term “vehicle” includes any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or snowmobile as those terms are defined in W.Va. Code § 17A-1-1, whether or not it is being operated on a public highway at the time and whether or not it is licensed by the state.
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms “flee”, “fleeing” and “flight” do not include a person’s reasonable attempt to travel to a safe place, allowing the pursuing law enforcement officer to maintain appropriate surveillance, for the purpose of complying with the officer’s direction to stop.
(h) (1) No person, with the intent to purposefully deprive another person of emergency services, may interfere with or prevent another person from making an emergency communication, which a reasonable person would consider necessary under the circumstances, to law enforcement, fire or emergency medical services personnel.
(2) For the purpose of this subsection (h), the term “interfere with or prevent” includes, but is not limited to, seizing, concealing, obstructing access to or disabling or disconnecting a telephone, telephone line or equipment or other communication device.
(3) For the purpose of this subsection, the term “emergency communication” means communication to transmit warnings or other information pertaining to a crime, fire, accident, power outage, disaster, or risk of injury or damage to a person or property.
(4) A person who violates this subsection (h) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $2,000 or both fined and confined.
(5) A person who is convicted of a second offense under this subsection (h) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $3,000, or both fined and confined.
(6) A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this subsection (h) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $4,000.
(7) In determining the number of prior convictions for purposes of imposing punishment under this subsection (h), the court shall disregard all such prior convictions occurring more than ten years prior to the offense in question.
(i) (1) A person is guilty of filing a false complaint against a law enforcement officer when, knowing the information reported is false or baseless, he or she:
A. Initiates a false complaint of improper action of a law enforcement officer relating to an incident or other circumstance; or
B. Reports, by word or action, to any official or quasi-official agency or organization having the function of dealing with conduct of law enforcement officers which did not occur, does not in fact exist; or
C. Reports to a law enforcement officer or agency the alleged occurrence of any offense or incident which did not in fact occur.
(2) Any person who violates this subsection (i) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000.
(W.Va. Code § 61-5-17)