Free ANSWER [WRONGFUL OCCUPATION] RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY OR FACTORY BUILT HOME SITE (SCA-M234) - West Virginia

IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF

COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

Petitioner

v.
Respondent(s)

Case No.

Answer: Wrongful Occupation of Residential Rental Property or Factory-Built Home Site
I, by admitting the matters set forth in the petition and confessing judgment. or denying the matters set forth in the petition admitting in part and denying in part the matters set forth in the petition and (if applicable) raising defense(s) explained below the premises are defective and violate the warranty of habitability as described below the action was filed in retaliation for complaints I made about the premises as described below the duty to pay rent depended on an express or implied covenant or warranty described below which the landlord breached other as described below asserting a counterclaim explained below asserting a cross-claim explained below and further state: , as a respondent in the above case answer the allegations in the petition

Respondent s signature, address and phone number:

Date

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: One copy of this answer must be filed with the court and one copy must be mailed or delivered by hand to the attorneys for all other parties or to the parties themselves if they are not represented by attorneys.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, , hereby certify that I have served a copy of the above answer on the attorneys for all parties, or if such parties are not represented by attorneys, to the parties themselves on the day of . , by hand by first-class mail to:

Name and address of attorneys or parties served: Signature Date

W.Va. Code §§ 55-3A-2, 50-4-9; 55-3B-4; 55-3B-5; Mag. Ct. Civ. Rules 4, 5, 8, 9 SCA-M234 / 09-04

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