West Virginia Code Chapter 38. Liens § 38-9-1. Persons entitled to homestead; value

Any husband, wife, parent or other head of a household residing in this State, or the infant children of deceased or insane parents, owning a homestead shall by operation of law have a homestead exemption therein to the value of five thousand dollars, subject to the provisions of section forty-eight, article six of the Constitution of this State.