Property Ownership

West Virginia timber rights, when severed from the surface estate, are treated as:

APersonal property with no connection to real property
BA separate real property interest that can be conveyed independently✓ Correct
CA government-regulated resource requiring state approval to sell
DA fixture that always transfers with the land

Explanation

In West Virginia, timber rights can be severed from the surface and treated as a separate real property interest. They can be conveyed by deed, mortgaged, and otherwise dealt with as real property, separate from the underlying surface ownership.

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