West Virginia Household Paperwork Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (WV Executor and Estate Kit, West Virginia POA Signing Kit, West Virginia Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in West Virginia getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in West Virginia. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The West Virginia kits are built only from our West Virginia data files: Sources, checked November 2026: W. Va. Code 44-1A, West Virginia Small Estate Act (West Virginia Legislature); W. Va. Code Chapter 41, Article 1, Making of Wills (West Virginia Legislature); West Virginia power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against West Virginia Code chapter 39B, Uniform Power of Attorney Act (West Virginia Legislature); West Virginia will signing data file, checked November 2026 against W. Va. Code Chapter 41, Article 1, Making of Wills (West Virginia Legislature); W. Va. Code Chapter 41, Wills (West Virginia Legislature).
• Every kit in the set is written for West Virginia.

What is inside

• West Virginia Executor and Estate Kit. Personal property (motor vehicles included) worth no more than $50,000, and no probate real property. Real estate in the person's name alone takes the estate out of this procedure. 60 days. Sixty days after the death; 30 days if the successor is the nominated personal representative. Signed before a notary. Made on oath under penalty of perjury; the statutory form has a notary jurat. Filed with a county office. Tendered to the clerk of the county commission (or the fiduciary supervisor). Two witnesses present at the same time, who sign in the testator's presence and each other's. Witnesses can sign affidavits at the testator's request before any officer authorized to administer oaths. Keep them with the will. They can't be used if the will is contested. Recognized. Witnesses aren't needed for a will wholly in the testator's handwriting. A gift to a witness, or to a witness's spouse, is void. A witness who would inherit anyway keeps up to the value of the gift. Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $50,000, dates day 60 after the death and flags real estate in the person's name alone, which rules the route out.
• West Virginia Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your West Virginia power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. The power of attorney is acknowledged by the principal before a notary or other official. Notary: "acknowledged by the principal before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments." Witnesses: "must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual" Agent's acknowledgment: "by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent" Recording for real estate: "must first be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county commission" Durable after incapacity: "is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal." Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Statutory form power of attorney (W; notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: The execution section doesn't require witnesses; agent's acknowledgment: No signed acceptance is required before acting; recording for real estate: If the agent will sign a deed or mortgage, record the power of attorney with the county; durable after incapacity: Durable unless it says incapacity ends it. Recording: For several real property powers (39B-2-104(b)), the power of attorney must first be recorded with the clerk of the county commission where the property is. Agent: An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance. Plus a copies log.
• West Virginia Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two witnesses present at the same time, who sign in the testator's presence and each other's. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. If a beneficiary would have to witness, stop and call the lawyer first: A gift to a witness, or to a witness's spouse, is void. A witness who would inherit anyway keeps up to the value of the gift. Have a notary or another officer who can administer oaths there for the self-proving affidavit. The statute names that officer rather than notaries by name. Witnesses can sign affidavits at the testator's request before any officer authorized to administer oaths. Keep them with the will. They can't be used if the will is contested. The rule here: A gift to a witness, or to a witness's spouse, is void. A witness who would inherit anyway keeps up to the value of the gift. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in West Virginia: Recognized. Witnesses aren't needed for a will wholly in the testator's handwriting. The 5 confirmed West Virginia facts at a glance; not confirmed: electronic wills, remote witnessing.