West Virginia · retail and wholesale · prohibition
For West Virginia · retail and wholesale · prohibition, state is West Virginia; applies to is retail and wholesale; rule is prohibition; law name is When selling below cost prohibited; penalty; statute citation is §47-11A-2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-20; source re-checked 2026-09-01.
- State
- West Virginia our reading
- Applies to
- retail and wholesale our reading
- Rule
- prohibition our reading
- Law name
- When selling below cost prohibited; penalty. verified
- Statute citation
- §47-11A-2 verified
- What is prohibited
- it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other entity engaged in business as a retailer or wholesaler within this state to sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale any product or item of merchandise at a price less than the cost thereof with the intent to destroy or the effect of destroying competition. verified
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What the source says
Except as otherwise provided in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other entity engaged in business as a retailer or wholesaler within this state to sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale any product or item of merchandise at a price less than the cost thereof with the intent to destroy or the effect of destroying competition.
— code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-20
Source
- code.wvlegislature.govhttps://code.wvlegislature.gov/47-11A-2/