West Virginia Code Chapter 54. Eminent Domain § 54-3-1. Definitions

(1) “Federal act” means the “Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970”,  1 being Public Law 91-646, enacted by the Ninety-first Congress of the United States of America, and the 1987 amendments thereto known as Title IV of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 being Public Law 100-17 enacted by the One Hundredth Congress of the United States of America.

(2) “Acquiring agency” means the State of West Virginia or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision thereof or any department, agency or instrumentality of two or more states or of two or more political subdivisions of a state or states, and any person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance which causes a person to be a displaced person within the intent and meaning of the federal act.

(3) “Person” means any individual, partnership, association or corporation.