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West Virginia statutory health care form

West Virginia Living Will

Download the August 2026 West Virginia Living Will packet, the optional sample form under W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(g) for directing that life-prolonging intervention be withheld or withdrawn in a terminal condition. Get the form in editable Word and true fillable PDF. Add the completed sample PDF if you want a filled-in reference.

  • Updated August 2026
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What you receive for West Virginia

A state-specific living will packet, reviewed against the current West Virginia statute and ready for instant secure access.

West Virginia statutory sample

Tracks the § 16-30-4(g) living will sample, including the post-2022 terminal-condition directions about CPR, ventilator, dialysis, and medically administered food and fluids.

Witnesses and notary

West Virginia requires two qualified adult witnesses whose signatures are acknowledged with the principal before a notary public under § 16-30-4(a).

Private self-help workflow

Complete the form on your device, then print and sign with two witnesses and a notary. Your personal details are never entered into an online form builder.

Included documents

This download includes 1 document in editable Word and fillable PDF formats. Use the Word version for editing; the fillable PDF can be completed on screen, then printed and signed.

  • West Virginia Living Will Word PDF

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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

LIVING WILL

The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want and Don't Want

If I Have a Terminal Condition

W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(g)

THIS LIVING WILL made this ______ day of ______________, 20____.

I, ____________________, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily declare that I want my wishes to be respected if I am very sick and unable to communicate my wishes for myself.

If I am very sick and unable to communicate my wishes for myself and I am certified by one physician, who has personally examined me, to have a terminal condition, I direct that life-prolonging intervention that would serve solely to prolong the dying process be withheld or withdrawn. I understand that by signing this document I am agreeing to the REMOVAL or REFUSAL of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), breathing machine (ventilator), dialysis, and medically administered food and fluids, such as might be provided intravenously or by feeding tube.

I give the following SPECIAL DIRECTIVES OR LIMITATIONS: ____________________

Signature of Principal / Address of Principal

Two witness attestation and notary acknowledgment of principal and witnesses.

Legal currency, verified

About the West Virginia Living Will

Sample form W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(g)
Last statutory change 2022 S.B. 470
Execution Two witnesses and notary
Reviewed August 2026

This West Virginia living will lets an adult direct that life-prolonging intervention be withheld or withdrawn if the adult has a terminal condition and cannot communicate, under the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act, W. Va. Code § 16-30-1 et seq.

Current under West Virginia law

Tracks the optional living will sample form in W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(g), as updated by 2022 S.B. 470 for documents executed on or after January 1, 2023. Verified August 2026 against the West Virginia Code and the West Virginia State Bar 2022 living will form. It is not a government publication.

Signing requirements

Sign in the presence of two adult witnesses, and have the principal and witnesses acknowledged before a notary public (W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(a)). Witnesses must not be related by blood or marriage, entitled to your estate, directly financially responsible for your medical care, your attending physician, or your medical power of attorney representative.

What is included

The complete statutory living will sample for a terminal condition, special directives lines, principal signature and address, two-witness attestation, and notary acknowledgment. A completed sample PDF is available separately as a filled-in reference.

What you download

Editable Word and true fillable PDF of the complete West Virginia Living Will. Customer support and lifetime update access are included with your purchase. A separate medical power of attorney or combined form is not included in this product.

This form is not legal advice. Consider speaking with a West Virginia licensed attorney about your situation.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the West Virginia Living Will

Yes. This packet tracks the optional living will sample in W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(g), as updated by 2022 S.B. 470 for documents executed on or after January 1, 2023. Verified in August 2026 against the West Virginia Code and the West Virginia State Bar 2022 living will form. It is not a government publication.

You sign in the presence of two adult witnesses, and the principal and witnesses must be acknowledged before a notary public (W. Va. Code § 16-30-4(a)). Witnesses must meet the statutory disqualification rules in § 16-30-4(b).

The statutory sample addresses a terminal condition and directs withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging intervention that would serve solely to prolong dying, including CPR, ventilator, dialysis, and medically administered food and fluids, while keeping comfort care and oral food and fluids as desired and tolerated.

No. This product is the living will only. West Virginia also authorizes a separate medical power of attorney and a combined medical power of attorney and living will under § 16-30-4.

Both contain the same West Virginia living will text. Use the editable Word file to type details, or the fillable PDF to complete fields on screen. Print the finished document and sign on paper with two witnesses and a notary.

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