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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] West Virginia: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] West Virginia's statutes are published on the official West Virginia Code site at code.wvlegislature.gov, which lists chapters including Chapter 49A titled 'Child Online Protection and Liability'.",
      "body": "West Virginia's statutes are published on the official West Virginia Code site at code.wvlegislature.gov, which lists chapters including Chapter 49A titled 'Child Online Protection and Liability'.\n\nWhat West Virginia Legislature actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 49A. CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION AND LIABILITY.”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading and the presence of Chapter 49A are the verbatim evidence.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "West Virginia Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 49A. CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION AND LIABILITY.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "879-west-virginia-age-verification-laws",
      "subject": "West Virginia",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
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        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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