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West Virginia Municipal Courts
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Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | (a) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, any city may provide by charter provision and any municipality may provide by ordinance for the creation and maintenance of a municipal court, for the appointment or election of an officer to be known as municipal court judge and for his or her compensation, and authorize the exercise by the court or judge of the jurisdiction and the judicial powers, authority and duties set forth in section one of this article and similar or related judicial powers, authority and duties enumerated in any applicable charter provisions, as set forth in the charter or ordinance. Additionally, any city may provide by charter provision and any municipality may provide by ordinance, that in the absence of or in the case of the inability of the municipal court judge to perform his or her duties, the municipal court clerk or other official designated by charter or ordinance may act as municipal court judge: Provided, That the municipal court clerk or other official designated by charter or ordinance to act as municipal court judge shall comply with the requirements set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, as well as any other requirements that the city by charter provision or the municipality by ordinance may require.[2] | ” |
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the West Virginia Municipal Courts are selected to varying terms in a variety of manners depending on the municipality they serve in. Judges of these courts do not need to be lawyers, but they must complete a course in rudimentary principles of law and procedure.[3]
Judicial elections in West Virginia
- See also: West Virginia judicial elections
West Virginia is one of 11 states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
General election
Judges in West Virginia compete in nonpartisan elections in even-numbered years. They run in a general election in that takes place on the same day as West Virginia's primary for partisan offices.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Code, "CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. ARTICLE 10. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. §8-10-2. Municipal court for municipalities.," accessed May 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: West Virginia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia
State courts:
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia • West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals • West Virginia Circuit Courts • West Virginia Family Courts • West Virginia Magistrate Courts • West Virginia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in West Virginia • West Virginia judicial elections • Judicial selection in West Virginia
