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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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51-2-1e Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Fifth Circuit For the county of Calhoun, on the third Tuesday in April, August and November. For the county of Jackson, on the first Monday in April, the first Tuesday in A… Proofed
51-2-1f Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Sixth Circuit For the county of Cabell, on the first Monday in January and May, and the second Monday in September. For the county of Lincoln, on the third Monday in March,… Proofed
51-2-1g Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Seventh Circuit For the county of Logan, on the second Monday in January, and the first Monday in April, July and October. Proofed
51-2-1h Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Eighth Circuit For the county of Mingo, on the first Monday in January, May and October. For the county of McDowell, on the second Monday in March and June, and the first Mo… Proofed
51-2-1i Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Ninth Circuit For the county of Mercer, on the second Monday in March, May and August, and the fourth Monday in November. For the county of Wyoming, on the second Monday in… Proofed
51-2-1j Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Tenth Circuit For the county of Boone, on the first Monday in February, May and August, and the second Monday in November. For the county of Raleigh, on the third Monday in… Proofed
51-2-1k Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Eleventh Circuit For the county of Greenbrier, on the third Tuesday in January, and the fourth Tuesday in April, July and November. For the county of Monroe, on the first Tues… Proofed
51-2-1l Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twelfth Circuit For the county of Fayette, on the first Tuesday in January, April and July, and the third Tuesday in September. For the county of Nicholas, on the third Tuesd… Proofed
51-2-1m Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Thirteenth Circuit For the county of Kanawha, on the second Monday in January, May and September. Proofed
51-2-1n Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Fourteenth Circuit For the county of Braxton, on the second Tuesday in March and July, and the third Tuesday in November. For the county of Clay, on the fourth Tuesday in January… Proofed
51-2-1o Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Fifteenth Circuit For the county of Harrison, on the first Monday in January, May and September. For the county of Lewis, on the first Monday in March, the third Monday in June… Proofed
51-2-1p Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Sixteenth Circuit For the county of Marion, on the second Monday in March, June and November. Proofed
51-2-1q Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Seventeenth Circuit For the county of Monongalia, on Thursday after the first Monday in January, April, July and October. Proofed
51-2-1r Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Eighteenth Circuit For the county of Preston, on the second Tuesday in March and June and the third Tuesday in November. Proofed
51-2-1s Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Nineteenth Circuit For the county of Barbour, on the second Monday in January and April, and the first Monday in September. For the county of Taylor, on the third Monday in Febr… Proofed
51-2-1t Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twentieth Circuit For the county of Randolph, on the third Tuesday in February and May, and the first Tuesday in October. For the county of Upshur, on the second Monday in Janu… Proofed
51-2-1u Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twenty-first Circuit For the county of Grant, on the first Tuesday in April, the second Tuesday in July, and the third Tuesday in November. For the county of Mineral on the third … Unreviewed
51-2-1v Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twenty-second Circuit For the county of Hampshire, on the first Tuesday in January, March and July, and the third Tuesday in September. For the county of Hardy, on the third Tuesda… Proofed
51-2-1w Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twenty-third Circuit For the county of Morgan, on the first Tuesday in January, April and September. For the county of Jefferson, on the third Tuesday in January, April and Septem… Proofed
51-2-1x Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Twenty-fourth Circuit For the county of Wayne, on the first Monday in March, June, September and December. Proofed
51-2-2 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Jurisdiction The circuit court shall have supervision and control of all proceedings before justices and other inferior tribunals, by mandamus, prohibition and certiorari. T… Proofed
51-2-3 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Adjourned Terms If any term of a circuit court is about to end without dispatching all its business, the judge thereof may, by an order entered of record, adjourn the holding o… Proofed
51-2-4 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Special Terms If any term of such court has ended without dispatching all its business, or if there be a failure to hold any term, or whenever he thinks the public interest r… Proofed
51-2-5 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Adjournment Thereof Whenever any judge of a circuit court shall have appointed a special term of any circuit court in the manner directed by the preceding section, and shall afterw… Proofed
51-2-6 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Special Term for Trial of Person Imprisoned Whenever the situation of a prisoner confined in jail for trial in a circuit court makes it proper that his case should be disposed of before the next regular t… Proofed
51-2-7 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges What Causes May be Tried at Special Term; Judge Presiding Any cause, civil or criminal, and any motion or proceeding ready for trial or hearing, may be tried, heard and determined at a special term, the same as if it w… Proofed
51-2-8 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Residence of Judge; Disqualification Each circuit, criminal or intermediate judge, during his contfhuance in office, shall reside in the circuit or county for which he was elected. When such judge … Proofed
51-2-9 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Judge May Hold Court in Any Circuit A judge of one circuit may, by arrangement with the judge of any other circuit, or when the office of judge in any other circuit is vacant, hold the courts in a… Proofed
51-2-10 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Special Judge in Circuit, Criminal or Intermediate Court; Election; Selection by Agreement; Oath; Eligibility; Removal When, for any cause, the judge of a circuit court, criminal court, or other court of record of limited jurisdiction, shall fail to attend and hold the same, eit… Proofed
51-2-11 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Jurisdiction of Special Judge Every judge so elected or agreed upon shall have and possess the same powers and perform the same duties in all respects as the regularly elected judge of such … Proofed
51-2-12 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Circuit Courts; Circuit, Criminal and Intermediate Judges Compensation of Special Judge The judge so elected or agreed upon shall receive for his services, while sitting as such judge, fifteen dollars per day, to be certified by the court and paid … Proofed
51-3-1 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Seals of Courts For every court without one, the governor shall provide a seal to be deposited with the clerk of such court. Proofed
51-3-2 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Use of Private Seals Until provided with an official seal, every clerk of such court may use his private seal or scroll by way of seal, in cases where the use of the seal is require… Proofed
51-3-3 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Jurisdiction Over Watercourses When any river or watercourse lies between any counties in this State, the circuit and county courts and justices for the counties on each side, respectively, s… Proofed
51-3-4 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Records The proceedings of every court shall be entered in a book and the law orders read in open court by the clerk of the court. The law proceedings of each day shall… Proofed
51-3-5 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Attending Officer The supreme court of appeals shall not be attended by any sheriff, but every circuit court, county court, and other court of record of any county shall be atten… Proofed
51-3-6 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Citizenship and Taxpaying Not Ground for Disqualification of Judge, Sheriff or Other Court Officer No judge of any court, and no sheriff or other officer of a court, shall be disqualified from performing his official duties with respect to any cause by reason… Proofed
51-3-7 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Place of Sessions of Courts of County; Destruction of Courthouse Every circuit court, county court and other court of record of any county shall be held at the courthouse of such county, except where some other place is presc… Proofed
51-3-8 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Change of Place or Time of Session by Governor Whenever, by reason of the destruction of the building in which the supreme court of appeals was held, or by reason of any building in which any courts are appo… Proofed
51-3-9 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Limitation of Two Preceding Sections No such place of session for a circuit court, county court, or other court of record of any county, shall be without the limits of the county in which it is to … Proofed
51-3-10 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Opening After Day Fixed Though a court be not held on the first day of a term, it may nevertheless be opened on any subsequent day; provided, in the case of any court of record for any… Proofed
51-3-11 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Effect of Changing Time or Place of Session When the place for holding any court, or the day for commencing any term, is changed, or when a court fails to sit on any day appointed for it, or to which it m… Proofed
51-3-12 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS Courts in General Adjournments Any court of record may, at any term, whether regular, adjourned or special, adjourn from day to day until the business before it is dispatched, or until the en… Proofed
51-4-1 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Where Clerks’ Offices to be Kept The clerk’s office of the supreme court of appeals shall be kept at the seat of government, unless such court shall direct it to be kept elsewhere. The clerks’ … Proofed
51-4-2 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Inspection of Records and Papers; Copies The records and papers of every court shall be open to the inspection of any person, and the clerk shall, when required, furnish copies thereof, except in cases… Proofed
51-4-3 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Preservation of Papers All papers lawfully returned to, or filed in the clerk’s office shall be preserved therein until legally delivered out. Proofed
51-4-4 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Removal of Records or Papers Out of County; Penalty None of the records or papers of a court shall be removed by the clerk, nor allowed by him or by the court to be removed, out of the county wherein the clerk’s … Proofed
51-4-5 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Authority to Administer Oath Any clerk of a court, or his deputy, may administer an oath in any case wherein an affidavit is necessary or proper. Proofed
51-4-6 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Preparation of Bonds Every clerk shall prepare in a proper manner any bond to be taken by or given before him or his court or the judge thereof in vacation. Proofed
51-4-7 Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts Transmission of Copies of Certain Records to County Clerk; Recordation; Penalty The clerk of the court wherein there is any partition of, or assignment of dower in, or any recovery of, land under any judgment, decree or order, shall transmi… Proofed
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